Note 41 — Introductory material (continued 2)

There was a great fisherman from Puueo engaged with a large net at the heenehu41 fishing grounds, who noticed the dirty water of the sea and was surprised at the fact. He thought that there was war in the mountains which was the cause of the dirt in the stream. Others contradicted: there was no war; the dirt in the water was the result of a cloudburst causing the muddy stream which flowed down to the sea. But in this the man would not agree with them; he held to the idea that the discoloration of the water was caused by the feet of men. He hurriedly pulled his net into his canoe and returned to the shore. He did not wait to dry his net, but seized a long spear, also some taro and a few nehu, and throwing a ki-leaf fishing coat over his back, immediately set out toward the mountain. Nau was the name of the man.