Note 3 — Introductory material (continued 3)

Because of these tricks played by Kaulu on the spirits, they tried to find fault about Kaeha in order to find cause for putting him to death; so one day the spirits said to Kaeha: “You must find your own food3 after this as you have eaten all of ours.” So Kaeha was forced to go about from place to place looking for food. When Kaulu saw Kaeha going from place to place he knew what he wanted so he took Kaeha with him and flew to Manowaikeoo, a land owned by Kane and Kanaloa, where all the food belonging to the spirits was raised. The place was guarded by four men, Uweliki, Uweleka, Maalaka and Maalaki. These men watched in pairs. In the watch of Maalaka and Maalaki Kaulu and Kaeha were seen so they turned the face of the land downward causing a deep depression in the land whereby Kaulu and Kaeha fell off the land into space. When Kaulu saw that they were in trouble he called out: