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Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 4 — CONTENTS (continued 2)

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All through the district of Puna he found no smart thief.4 He next traveled through the district of Kau, without success; then through Kona, still unable to find his man. He next touched at Kohala, and on through that district and the district of Hamakua and Hilo, meeting with the same failure; he found no one smart enough. Keaau then left Hawaii for Maui and traveled around that island; still he met the same disappointment. He found men good in the art of stealing, but none smart enough to recover his shells. He next set out for Lanai and traveled around that island, but he met the same fate. He then set out for Molokai and journeyed around it till, off the point of Kalaeokalaau, he met a man of that island who was out fishing. The man upon seeing him called out, saying: “Where is your canoe sailing for?” Keaau replied: “I am in search of a person who can steal back my leho shells from Umi. I have here with me in my canoe several valuable things which I shall give as presents to the thief who could return my shells to me.” The man replied: “You have found him. You sail on until you come to Makapuu and after you have passed that place steer your canoe for a point between the bird islands and Mokapu. When you reach that point look for the cliff which resembles the roof of a house, above, and directly below the cliff you will see a grove of Kukui trees; there you will find Iwa, the thieving son of Kukui.”

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