f all his lands except those of Aleamai. These latter did not obey
this order of the King, for Ku-ula had always lived peaceably among
them. There were days when they had no fish, and he had supplied
them freely.

When Ku-ula and his wife saw the people of Hana bringing firewood
and placing it around the house they knew it foreboded trouble; so
Ku-ula went to a place where taro, potatoes, bananas, cane, and some
gourds were growing. Seeing three dry gourds on the vine, he asked the
owner for them and was told to take them. These he took to his house
and discussed with his wife the evil day to come, and told Aiai that
their house would be burned and their bodies too, but not to fear death
nor trouble himself about it when the people came to shut them in.

After some thinking Ku-ula remembered his giving the ulua to the King's
retainer and felt that he was the party to blame for this action of
the King's people. He had suspected it before, but now felt sure;
therefore he turned to his son and said: "Our child, Aiai-a-Ku-ula,
if our house is burned, and our bodies too, you must look sharp for
the smoke when it goes straight up to the hill of Kaiwiopele. That
will be your way out of this trouble, and you must follow it till
you find a cave where you will live. You must take this hook called
manaiaakalani with you; also this fish-pearl (_pa hi aku_), called
_Kahuoi_; this shell called _lehoula_, and this small sandstone from
which I got the name they call me, _Ku-ula-au-a-Ku-ulakai_. It is
the progenitor of all the fish in the sea. You will be the one to
make all the ku-ulas from this time forth, and have charge also of
making all the fishing stations (_ko'a lawaia_) in the sea throughout
the islands. Your name shall be perpetuated and those of your parents
also, through all generations to come, and I hereby confer upon you
all my power and knowledge. Whenever you desire anything call, or ask,
in our names, and we will grant it. We will stand up and go forth
from here into the sea and abide there forever; and you, our child,
shall live on the land here without worrying about anything that may
happen to you. You will have power to punish with death all those who
have helped to burn us and our house. Whether it be king or people,
they must die; therefore let us calmly await the calamity that is to
befall us."

All these instructions Aiai consented to carry out from first to last,
as a dutiful son.

After Ku-ula's instruct