re he plunged into the water and bathed all
over; this done, he called on his ancestral shades (_Aumakua_), who
came and performed on him the rite of circumcision while lightning
flashed, thunder sounded, and the earth quaked.

Kaopele, on Kauai, heard the commotion and exclaimed, "Ah! my son
has received the purifying rite--the offspring of the gods goes to
meet the sovereign of the land" (_Alii aimoku_).

Meanwhile, the party led by Maliuhaaino was moving slowly down toward
the coast, because the marshal himself was lame. Returning from his
purification, Kalelealuaka alighted just to the rear of the party,
who had not noticed his absence, and becoming impatient at the tedious
slowness of the journey,--for the day was waning, and the declining
sun was already standing over a peak of the Waianae Mountains called
Puukuua,--this marvellous fellow caught up the lame marshal in one hand
and his two comrades in the other, and, flying with them, set them down
at Puuloa. But the great marvel was, that they knew nothing about being
transported, yet they had been carried and set down as from a sheet.

On their arrival at the coast all was ready, and the people
were waiting for them. A voice called out, "Here is you house,
Keinohoomanawanui!" and the Sloven entered with alacrity and found
bundles of his wished-for eels and potatoes already cooked and awaiting
his disposal.

But Kalelealuaka proudly declined to enter the house prepared for
himself when the invitation came to him, "Come in! this is your
house," all because his little friend Kaluhe, whose eyes had often
been filled with smoke while cooking _luau_ and roasting kukui nuts
for him, had not been included in the invitation, and he saw that
no provision had been made for him. When this was satisfactorily
arranged Kalelealuaka and his little friend entered and sat down to
eat. The King, with his own hand, poured out awa for Kalelealuaka,
brought him a gourd of water to rinse his mouth, offered him food,
and waited upon him till he had supplied all his wants.

Now, when Kalelealuaka had well drunken, and was beginning to feel
drowsy from the awa, the lame marshal came in and led him to the two
daughters of Kakuhihewa, and from that time these two lovely girls
were his wives.

PART III

Thus they lived for perhaps thirty days (_he mau anabulu_), when
a messenger arrived, announcing that Kualii was making war at
Moanalua. The soldiers of Kakuhihewa quickly made