Note 224 — CONTENTS. (continued 5)

Hua figures prominently in Hawaii and Maui traditions, the one here referred to being: in a dispute with his priest and prophet Luahoomoe, on East Maui, about some uwau (Æstrelata phacopygia sandwichensis) birds, he became so angry that he vowed death to the priest. Aware of his coming fate Luahoomoe directed his sons to safety while he perished in flames. Immediately the rains ceased, streams and springs dried up so that famine and desolation spread, from the continuous drought. Hua died miserably from which comes the saying: “Rattling are the bones of Hua in the sun.” ↑