Note 32 — CONTENTS (continued 5)

While Kamalalawalu was on the hill of Hokuula, in Waimea, he beheld the dust rising above the stones of Kaniku, the stones being gradually reddened by the dirt. On account of the many men the darkness of the stones was covered by the dust. And when Kamalalawalu saw the men of Kaniku advancing, he inquired of Kauhiakama:32 “Where have you traveled on Hawaii that you failed to observe the people?” Kauhiakama answered: “From Kawaihae to Kaawaloa, in Kona, were the places I visited, but I encountered no person.” Kamalalawalu said to Kauhiakama: “Did you not see houses standing?” “There were houses indeed, but there were no occupants. There were pigs running about, and there were chickens crowing.” Whereupon, Kumaikeau and Kumakaia remarked: “You could not find the occupants at home, for they had gone upland to till the ground because it was morning, and they had gone out fishing. If it were in the afternoon you went there, you would have met the men at home.”