a splendid youth. The marshal stands gazing at him in bewilderment
and admiration. When he has regained his equanimity he says to him,
"Mount on my back and let us go down."

"No," said Kalelealuaka, "I will go by myself, and do you walk ahead. I
will follow after; but do not look behind you, lest you die."

As soon as they had started down, Kalelealuaka was transported to
Kuaikua, in Helemano. There he plunged into the water and bathed all
over; this done, he called on his ancestral shades (_Aumakua_), who
came and performed on him the rite of circumcision while lightning
flashed, thunder sounded, and the earth quaked.

Kaopele, on Kauai, heard the commotion and exclaimed, "Ah! my son
has received the purifying rite--the offspring of the gods goes to
meet the sovereign of the land" (_Alii aimoku_).

Meanwhile, the party led by Maliuhaaino was moving slowly down toward
the coast, because the marshal himself was lame. Returning from his
purification, Kalelealuaka alighted just to the rear of the party,
who had not noticed his absence, and becoming impatient at the tedious
slowness of the journey,--for the day was waning, and the declining
sun was already standing over a peak of the Waianae Mountains called
Puukuua,--this marvellous fellow caught up the lame marshal in one hand
and his two comrades in the other, and, flying with them, set them down
at Puuloa. But the great marvel was, that they knew nothing about being
transported, yet they had been carried and set down as from a sheet.

On their arrival at the coast all was ready, and the people
were waiting for them. A voice called out, "Here is you house,