Note 4 — CONTENTS

One day Keliiokaloa sent all the chiefs, together with all the people, to the uplands to work on the king’s farm lands, as it was the king’s labor day. After everybody had gone, Keliiokaloa and Keaweikekahialii remained at home playing konane.4 Keaweikekahialii had lost three games to Keliiokaloa and the fourth game was also about to be lost, when Mao came in. Mao had secreted on his person a long stone club, about two feet in length and covered over with a network of cords. As he stood before them watching the game he asked: “Whose are the white pebbles?” Keaweikekahialii answered: “The white pebbles are Keliiokaloa’s and the black ones are mine.” At this time there were but very few black pebbles left on the board, in other words Keaweikekahialii was about to again lose to Keliiokaloa.