and, accompanied by his friend, fled for his life. The musicians,
dancers, and crowds of spectators were instantly overwhelmed by the
fiery torrent, which, bearing on its foremost wave the enraged goddess,
continued to pursue Kahawali and his companion. They ran till they
came to an eminence called Puukea. Here Kahawali threw off his cloak
of netted ki leaves and proceeded toward his house, which stood near
the shore. He met his favorite pig and saluted it by touching noses,
then ran to the house of his mother, who lived at Kukii, saluted her by
touching noses, and said: "_Aloha ino oe, eia ihonei paha oe e make ai,
ke ai mainei Pele._" (Compassion great to you! Close here, perhaps,
is your death; Pele comes devouring.) Leaving her, he met his wife,
Kanakawahine, and saluted her. The burning torrent approached, and she
said: "Stay with me here, and let us die together." He said: "No; I go,
I go." He then saluted his two children, Poupoulu and Kaohe, and said,
"_Ke ue nei au ia olua_." (I grieve for you two.) The lava rolled near,
and he ran till a deep chasm arrested his progress. He laid down his
spear and walked over on it in safety. His friend called out for his
help; he held out his spear over the chasm; his companion took hold of
it and he drew him securely over. By this time Pele was coming down
the chasm with accelerated motion. He ran till he reached Kula. Here
he met his sister, Koai, but had only time to say, _"Aloha oe!"_
(Alas for you!) and then ran on to the shore. His younger brother had
just landed from his fishing-canoe, and had hastened to his house to
provide for the safety of his family, when Kahawali arrived. He and
his friend leaped into the canoe, and with his broad spear paddled
out to sea. Pele, perceiving his escape, ran to the shore and hurled
after him, with prodigious force, great stones and fragments of rock,
which fell thickly around but did not strike his canoe. When he had
paddled a short distance from the shore the _kumukahi_ (east wind)
sprung up. He fixed his broad spear upright in the canoe, that it