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

Note 2 — CONTENTS (continued 6)

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Wai auau, bath or bathing water. This phrase in a spear contest—or other practice fraught with danger, as often met with in Hawaiian story—implies that it was his or their delight; in the crux of which he was not only cool and unexcited, but, thoroughly enjoyed it. ↑

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