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