might answer the double purpose of mast and sail, and by its aid he
soon reached the island of Maui, where they rested one night and then
proceeded to Lanai. The day following they moved on to Molokai, thence
to Oahu, the abode of Kolonohailaau, his father, and Kanewahinekeaho,
his sister, to whom he related his disastrous perils, and with whom
he took up his permanent abode.




V

HIKU AND KAWELU

_J. S. Emerson_


Not far from the summit of Hualalai, on the island of Hawaii, in
the cave on the southern side of the ridge, lived Hina and her son,
the _kupua_, or demigod, Hiku. All his life long as a child and a
youth, Hiku had lived alone with his mother on this mountain summit,
and had never once been permitted to descend to the plains below to
see the abodes of men and to learn of their ways. From time to time,
his quick ear had caught the sound of the distant _hula_ (drum) and
the voices of the gay merrymakers. Often had he wished to see the
fair forms of those who danced and sang in those far-off cocoanut
groves. But his mother, more experienced in the ways of the world,
had never given her consent. Now, at length, he felt that he was a
man, and as the sounds of mirth arose on his ears, again he asked
his mother to let him go for himself and mingle with the people