ich, sweeping
everything before it, spread out upon the belt of lowlands at the
mouth of the valley, overwhelming Kupa and all his people in one common
ruin, and washing them all into the sea, where they were devoured by
the sharks. All were destroyed except Kamalo and his family, who were
safe within their sacred inclosure, which the flood dared not touch,
though it spread terror and ruin on every side of them. Wherefore the
harbor of Pukoo, where this terrible event occurred, was long known
as _Ai Kanaka_ (man eater), and it has passed into a proverb among
the inhabitants of that region that "when the rainbow spans Mapulehu
Valley, then look out for the _Waiakoloa_,"--a furious storm of rain
and wind which sometimes comes suddenly down that valley.

XVIII

KALIUWAA

SCENE OF THE DEMIGOD KAMAPUAA'S ESCAPE FROM OLOPANA

_From "The Hawaiian Spectator"_

A few miles east of Laie, on the windward side of the island of Oahu,
are situated the valley and falls of Kaliuwaa, noted as one of the
most beautiful and romantic spots of the island, and famed in tradition
as possessing more than local interest.

The valley runs back some two miles, terminating abruptly at the
foot of the precipitous chain of mountains which runs nearly the
whole length of the windward side of Oahu, except for a narrow
gorge which affords a channel for a fine brook that descends with
considerable regularity to a level with the sea. Leaving his horse
at the termination of the valley and entering this narrow pass of not
over fifty or sixty feet in width, the traveller winds his way along,
crossing and recrossing the stream several times, till he seems to be
entering into the very mountain. The walls on each side are of solid
rock, from two hundred to three hundred, and in some places four
hundred feet high, directly overhead, leaving but a narrow strip of
sky visible.

Following up the stream for about a quarter of a mile, one's attention
is directed by the guide to a curiosity called by the natives a _waa_
(canoe). Turning to the right, one follows up a dry channel of what
once must have been a considerable stream, to the distance of fifty
yards from the present stream. Here one is stopped by a wall of solid
rock rising perpendicularly before one to the height of some two
hundred feet, and down which the whole stream must have descended in a
beautiful fall. This perpendicular wall is worn in by the former action
of the water in the sha