hem in again. So he
determined to make the Sun go slower. He first went to Wailohi, in
Hamakua, on East Maui, to observe the motions of the Sun. There he
saw that it rose toward Hana. He then went up on Haleakala, and saw
that the Sun in its course came directly over that mountain. He then
went home again, and after a few days went to a place called Paeloko,
at Waihee. There he cut down all the cocoanut-trees, and gathered the
fibre of the cocoanut husks in great quantity. This he manufactured
into strong cord. One Moemoe, seeing this, said tauntingly to him:
"Thou wilt never catch the Sun. Thou art an idle nobody."

Maui answered: "When I conquer my enemy, and my desire is attained,
I will be your death." So he went up Haleakala again, taking his
cord with him. And when the Sun arose above where he was stationed,
he prepared a noose of the cord and, casting it, snared one of the
Sun's larger beams and broke it off. And thus he snared and broke off,
one after another, all the strong rays of the Sun.

Then shouted he exultingly: "Thou art my captive, and now I will kill
thee for thy going so swiftly."

And the Sun said: "Let me live, and thou shalt see me go more slowly
hereafter. Behold, hast thou not broken off all my strong legs,
and left me only the weak ones?"

So the agreement was made, and Maui permitted the Sun to pursue
its course, and from that time on it went more slowly; and that is
the reason why the days are longer at one season of the year than at
another. It was this that gave the name to that mountain, which should
properly be called _Alehe-ka-la_ (sun snarer), and not _Haleakala_.

When Maui returned from this exploit, he went to find Moemoe, who
had reviled him. But that individual was not at home. He went on in
his pursuit till he came upon him at a place called Kawaiopilopilo,
on the shore to the eastward of the black rock called Kekaa, north
of Lahaina. Moemoe dodged him up hill and down, until at last Maui,
growing wroth, leaped upon and slew the fugitive. And the dead body
was transformed into a long rock, which is there to this day, by the
side of the road.

II.--THE ORIGIN OF FIRE

Maui and Hina dwelt together, and to them were born four sons, whose
names were Maui-mua, Maui-hope, Maui-kiikii, and Maui-o-ka-lana. These
four were fishermen. One morning, just as the edge of the Sun lifted
itself up, Maui-mua roused his brethren to go fishing. So they
launched their canoe from the be