ndicated that the person or
persons inhabiting the premises so defined were of the highest rank,
and sacred.

Kahalaopuna was very beautiful from her earliest childhood. Her cheeks
were so red and her face so bright that a glow emanated therefrom
which shone through the thatch of her house when she was in; a rosy
light seemed to envelop the house, and bright rays seemed to play over
it constantly. When she went to bathe in the spring below her house,
the rays of light surrounded her like a halo. The natives maintain
that this bright light is still occasionally seen at Kahaiamano,
indicating that the spirit of Kahalaopuna is revisiting her old home.

She was betrothed in childhood to Kauhi, the young chief of Kailua, in
Koolau, whose parents were so sensible of the honor of the contemplated
union of their son with the Princess of Manoa, who was deemed of a
semi-supernatural descent, that they always sent the poi of Kailua and
the fish of Kawainui for the girl's table. She was thus, as it were,
brought up entirely on the food of her prospective husband.

When she was grown to young womanhood, she was so exquisitely beautiful
that the people of the valley would make visits to the outer puloulou
at the sacred precinct of Luaalea, the land adjoining Kahaiamano, just
to get a glimpse of the beauty as she went to and from the spring. In
this way the fame of her surpassing loveliness was spread all over
the valley, and came to the ears of two men, Kumauna and Keawaa,
both of whom were disfigured by a contraction of the lower eyelids,
and were known as _makahelei_ (drawn eyes). Neither of these men had
ever seen Kahalaopuna, but they fell in love with her from hear-say,
and not daring to present themselves to her as suitors on account
of their disfigurement, they would weave and deck themselves _leis_
(wreaths) of maile (_Alyxia olivaeformis_), ginger, and ferns and go to
Waikiki for surf-bathing. While there they would indulge in boasting
of their conquest of the famous beauty, representing the leis with
which they were decked as love-gifts from Kahalaopuna. Now, when
the surf of Kalehuawehe at Waikiki was in proper condition, it would
attract people from all parts of the island to enjoy the delightful
sport. Kauhi, the betrothed of Kahalaopuna, was one of these. The
time set for his marriage to Kahalaopuna was drawing near, and as
yet he had not seen her, when the assertions of the two makahelei
men came to his ears. These