Note 97 — CONTENTS. (continued 2)

Let me say a few words concerning this despicable fish. When he realized that it was a shark holding on he jerked the line; the fish took him to a point near the cape of Papawai here on Maui; from there he again came outside of Manele.97 He noticed that their house was surrounded by a many-colored cloud. When he arrived at his old fishing ground his line and hook were broken off. He returned and when near shore he saw his wife standing on the seashore beckoning to him. He said to himself, “You are unaccountable, my wife; you can see that I am returning.” With one scoop of his paddle in the sea the bow of the canoe landed on the sand. The wife ran to him and grasped him tremblingly. He asked, “What is the cause of this heavy breathing?” She replied, with tears, “Our child has acted the ghost to me.” “For what reason?” “For this reason: soon after you were gone I went to sleep and slept soundly. A voice called, ‘Say, my dear mother, do thou awaken; father is dead.’ I was startled out of my sleep; I thought it was you. Not long after that a voice chanted!”