elf on a stone to regain
her breath, she asked Kauhi where they were going. He never answered,
but struck her again with the hala branch, killing her instantly,
as before. He then dug a hole near where she lay, and buried her, and
started for Waikiki by way of the Kakea ridge. He was no sooner out
of sight than the owl again scratched the dirt away and restored the
girl, as before. Again she followed and sang a song of love and regret
for her lover's anger, and pleaded with him to lay aside his unjust
suspicions. On hearing her voice again, Kauhi returned and ordered
her to follow him. They descended into Nuuanu Valley, at Kaniakapupu,
and crossed over to Waolani ridge, where he again killed and buried
the faithful girl, who was again restored by the owl. When he was
on his way back, as before, she sang a song, describing the perils
and difficulties of the way traversed by them, and ended by pleading
for pardon for the unknown fault. The wretched man, on hearing her
voice again, was very angry; and his repeated acts of cruelty and
the suffering endured by the girl, far from softening his heart,
only served to render him more brutal, and to extinguish what little
spark of kindly feeling he might have had originally. His only thought
was to kill her for good, and thus obtain some satisfaction for his
wasted poi and fish. He returned to her and ordered her, as before,
to follow him, and started for Kilohana, at the head of Kalihi Valley,
where he again killed her. She was again restored by the owl, and made
her resurrection known by singing to her cruel lover. He this time
took her across gulches, ravines, and plains, until they arrived at
Pohakea, on the Ewa slope of the Kaala Mountains, where he killed her
and buried her under a large _koa_ (_Acacia koa_). The faithful owl
tried to scrape the dirt away, so as to get at the body of the girl,
but his claws became entangled in the numerous roots and rootlets which
Kauhi had been careful not to cut away. The more the owl scratched,
the more deeply tangled he got, and, finally, with bruised claws and
ruffled feathers, he had to give up the idea of rescuing the girl;
and perhaps he thought it useless, as she would be sure to make her
resurrection known to Kauhi. So the owl left, and followed Kauhi on
his return to Waikiki.

There had been another witness to Kauhi's cruelties, and that was
Elepaio (_Chasiempis sandwichensis_), a little green bird, a cousin to
Kahalaopuna. As s