Note 17 — CONTENTS (continued 5)

Let us briefly comment on Kauhiakama. He was an exceedingly careless man regarding his proceedings, and was very ignorant. It seemed as if his stomach17 and head belonged to others that he could not be more thoughtless. While he had been cruising from Kawaihae to Kaawaloa, the seashore borders were completely covered with standing houses. Since he had approached in the early morning, the dwellers had ascended to the uplands to till the soil, while others had gone fishing, therefore, they were not found in the houses. It was at Kohala, the place he had seen that there were many men and numerous houses, and which was the only place, he thought, that was populated.