Note 267 — CONTENTS. (continued 5)

The use of its nut: Its nut was strung into candles; that is, when the kukui nut is dried a person goes for it and gathers plenty, then he returns to the house, cooks them and when done cracks them; then string them on a coconut stem, and when that is done it becomes the kukui candle with which to look at each other, but that is a new name; the old name was kali kukui.267 Here is another thing: The nut of the kukui is also used in place of fish; it is cooked and when it is done that is the time to eat it. It is then called inamona, because it was sweet to the taste when eaten. Still another thing: The nut is used in fishing for uhu or in spying for squid; if it were not for the kukui, these kinds of fishing could not be carried on; for the oil of the kukui is the thing which enables one to see the dark places of the ocean. That is one of its uses.