the Menehunes at Puukapele, Kauai, startled the birds of the pond of
Kawainui, at Koolaupoko Oahu.

The _auwai_, or watercourse, of Pi is still to be seen at Kikiaola.

At one time Pi also told the Menehunes to wall in a fish-pond at
the bend of the Huleia River. They commenced work toward midnight,
but at dawn the walls of the pond were not sufficiently finished to
meet, so it was left incomplete, and has remained so to this day.



LAKA'S ADVENTURE


Wahieloa, a chief, lived at Kalaikoi, Kipahulu, Maui. He took to
him a wife named Hinahawea. In due time a boy was born to them, whom
Hinahowana, the mother of Hinahawea, brought up under her own care
at Alaenui. She called him Laka-a-wahieloa. He was greatly petted
by his parents. One day his father went to Hawaii in search of the
_Ala-Koiula a Kane_ for a toy for his son, landing at Punaluu, Kau,
Hawaii, where he was killed in a cave called Keana-a-Kaualehu.

After a long absence Laka asked for his father, and his mother referred
him to his grandmother, who, on being questioned, told him that his
father went to Hawaii, and was supposed to be dead. Laka then asked
for means by which he could search for his father.

His grandmother replied: "Go to the mountains and look for the tree
that has leaves shaped like the moon on the night of Hilo, or Hoaka;