Note 6 — CONTENTS

Shortly after Halemano was restored to life, Laenihi asked him: “What was the cause of your death?” Halemano replied: “It is because of a woman. This is the manner of her appearance [in my dreams]: she is very beautiful; her eyes and body are perfect; she has long, straight, black hair; is tall, dignified, and seems to be of very high rank like a chiefess.” Laenihi again asked him: “What is the nature of her outward dress?” “Her dress seems to be scented with pele and mahuna6 of Kauai, and her pa-u is made of some very light material dyed red. She wears a hala7 wreath and a lehua8 wreath on her head and around her neck.” Laenihi then said: “It is in Puna and Hilo that the lehua blossoms are found. It is in Puna that the ouholowai9 of Laa and the pukohukohu10 are found; therefore, your lover must be a woman of Puna; she is not of the west. If it is Kamalalawalu, the woman I heard so much of while in Puna, then she must be very beautiful indeed.” Laenihi then again asked: “How do you meet her?” Halemano replied: “When I fall asleep we meet very soon after, and you could hear us talk if you should listen; even now you could hear us if I fall asleep.” Laenihi then said: “Yes, you may go to sleep now. If you should meet your lover, ask her to give you her name and the name of the land in which she lives.”