Note 15 — PREFACE. (continued 2)

At this, Lapakahoe asked of the boy: “Who gave you such knowledge?” The boy replied: “Such learning is common with the small boys of this land of Molokai.”15 Lapakahoe said: “Such knowledge was not imparted to you from any one else, not even by Kahikiokamoku,16 the king’s favorite friend; there are only two of us who have acquired such knowledge, myself and my elder brother,17 Pakaa. We composed those lines in honor of our master Keawenuiaumi.” Lapakahoe then asked of the boy: “If you know the whereabouts of Pakaa above here, you must tell us.” “There is no such man here, but we have heard that he is living on Kaula” [replied the boy]. This ended Lapakahoe’s remarks and he thought that the information given by Keawenuiaumi, relating to Pakaa as living on Kaula, was the truth after all. This information was given in a dream.