Niheu a bush, and said, "Can you pull
up that bush?"

"Yes," replied Niheu, for it was but a small bush, and he doubted not
his ability to root it up; so he pulled and tugged away, but could
not loosen it.

Kana looking on, said, tauntingly, "Your foeman will not be overcome
by you."

Then Kana stretched forth his hands, scratching among the forests,
and soon had a canoe in one hand; a little more and another
canoe appeared in the other hand. The twin canoes were named
_Kaumueli_. He lifted them down to the shore, provided them with
paddles, and then appointed fourteen rowers. Kana embarked with his
magic rod called _Waka-i-lani_. Thus they set forth to wage war upon
Kapeepeekauila. They went on until the canoes grounded on a hard ledge.

Niheu called out, "Behold, thou sleepest, O Kana, while we all perish."

Kana replied, "What is there to destroy us? Are not these the reefs
of Haupu? Away with the ledges, the rock points, and the yawning
chasms! Smite with _Waka-i-lani_, thy rod."

Niheu smote, the rocks crumbled to pieces, and the canoes were
freed. They pursued their course again until Niheu, being on the watch,
cried out, "Why sleepest thou, O Kana? Here we perish, again. Thy
like for sleeping I never saw!"

"Wherefore perish?" said Kana.

"Behold," replied Niheu, "the fearful wall of water. If we attempt
to pass it, it will topple over and destroy us all."

Then said Kana: "Behold, behind us the reefs of Haupu. That is the
destruction passed. As for the destruction before us, smite with
thy rod."

Niheu smote, the wall of water divided, and the canoes passed safely
through. Then they went on their course again, as before. After a
time, Niheu again called out, "Alas, again we perish. Here comes a
great monster. If he falls upon us, we are all dead men."

And Kana said, "Look sharp, now, and when the pointed snout crosses
our bow, smite with thy rod."

And he did so, and behold, this great thing was a monster fish, and
when brought on board it became food for them all. So wonderfully
great was this fish that its weight brought the rim of the canoes
down to the water's edge.

They continued on their way, and next saw the open mouth of the
sharp-toothed shark--another of the outer defences of Haupu--awaiting
them.

"Smite with thy rod," ordered Kana.

Niheu smote, and the shark died.

Next they came upon the great turtle, another defence of Haupu. Again
the sleepy Kana is aroused by the cry of