Note 25 — Introductory material
Reading edition
In the night of Muku, that being the last day of the month, the priests with their men went out ulua fishing. Upon arriving at the place where the canoes were kept, a tatu beat was sounded on the edge of the canoes.25 As the men came up one of them would be caught and killed and the great hook Manaiakalani26 was put into the dead body and it was taken to the temple. If no one came to the canoes, instructions were given that a great ball of seaweeds be gotten and the hook was placed in it. This custom was favorable to Kaoleioku.