Note 234 — CONTENTS. (continued 5)

This prayer is the request of the gods to come and partake of the first fruit of their garden. He then waits until the first Mahoe234 is past, and during the second Mahoe on the day of Lono,235 he goes to get some potatoes for food, taking some of them to the heiau (temple). Because on that night the god returns to partake of the food of his planting devotee; thus the saying: “Lives he who has a god; dead is he who has none.” After these months during which the children and the parents have partaken of the food, these also being the last months of the rainy season, the summer again approaches. Let us drop the discussion about the winter season, and take up for consideration what is done during the summer.