Note 12 — PREFACE. (continued 2)

As soon as the brothers of Namakaokahai left the ship, Aukelenuiaiku took up his wooden box and threw it into the sea, for he knew that his brothers and the ship would be destroyed by Namakaokahai. As the box struck the water, Aukelenuiaiku jumped in after it and taking hold of it he swam away from the ship. While Aukelenuiaiku was swimming the nephew called out after him, but Aukelenuiaiku replied: “You cannot follow me, you had better remain where you are.” While he was speaking to his nephew, Namakaokahai arrived at the seashore, took hold of her war12 pau and turned it to her rear, then she next took up her kahili and shook it in the air. No sooner than this was done, the ship together with the brothers of Aukelenuiaiku were turned into ashes. When Aukelenuiaiku looked behind him after swimming for some distance, he saw that the ship had disappeared, so he turned and swam with his box toward land.