Note 5 — Introductory material (continued 3)

After tasting the different things, Kane and Kanaloa were sure the things tasted just like the good things of of Manowaikeoo. Upon making this discovery Kane and Kanaloa sent Kolea and his mate to fly and inquire of Makalii5 where these good things had come from. Upon their arrival, Makalii told them that these good things were from Manowaikeoo which place had been invaded by Kaulu. On their arrival in the presence of Kane and Kanaloa, they reported what they had heard from Makalii. Upon hearing the report all the spirits got angry with Kaulu and Kaeha, so all the spirits began to tempt Kaeha and urged him to go surf-riding. When they arrived at the place where the surf was breaking, the spirits called for all the sharks to come together and take Kaeha and carry him to their king, Kukamaulunuiakea. This was a very large shark, his length and breadth were unknown. When his mouth was opened the top jaw would reach to heaven while the bottom jaw would be in the bottom of the sea; its body was entirely covered over with coral. As Kaeha came in the presence of the shark, he was swallowed whole. Kaulu at this time was not on his guard which was the reason why his brother was successfully carried away. After a while Kaulu discovered that his brother was missing, so he inquired of the spirits where his brother had gone to. Upon being told that they knew nothing about him, Kaulu then felt that he was dead. He then proceeded to the seashore, stooped down and drank up the sea so that all the fish were stranded, dry. Kaulu then began to make a search for his brother in all the different man-eating fish, the common shark, the tiger shark and the hihimanu, but he was unable to find him. He then searched in all the four corners of the sea and still Kaeha was not to be found. Kaulu then flew up to Makalii to enquire of him for the whereabouts of Kaeha. When he came up to Makalii he found him lying down with his face turned up. Kaulu then pinched his mons veneris at the same time calling him: “Dead you are, Makalii. What have you to say?” Makalii replied: “Your oldest brother is in a shark.” Kaulu asked: “Tell me of him.” While Kaulu was asking these questions of Makalii, Koeleele, a younger brother of Makalii, came in with a large rock, called Ikuwa, which was larger than the island of Maui. Koeleele was a man who had a very bad temper and he was a very powerful man. At sight of Kaulu he threw the rock at him, but Kaulu braced up his fore- or poi finger and held the rock up and then said: “Say, the rock from the mighty one is held up, isn’t it?” When Koeleele heard this he ran away, thus saving himself from Kaulu.