Note 118 — CONTENTS. (continued 3)

Supplementary.—When the canoe-making priests prepare to go up to the mountain they sharpen their stone adzes until they are keen-edged; they sleep in the night until they obtain a good dream, then go up. If they do not have a favorable dream they should not go up. Here is another important thing: on going up and reaching the forest, if they should hear the the alala118 (Hawaiian crow), the idea of building the canoe [from that particular log] should be abandoned, because it is evident to them that the tree is rotten inside. If they do not hear any noise from birds until they come to the canoe tree, those priests would feel very glad.