Note 10 — PREFACE. (continued 4)

Some time after Puniakaia had been living with this woman, he went down one day to the beach accompanied by the woman and there saw two men preparing to go out fishing. Upon coming up to the fishermen, Puniakaia asked them: “What kind of fishing are you two going out for?” The two replied: “Oio10 fishing; but the most we will ever catch will be about eight, not very many.” Puniakaia said: “Yes, I will be the one who will get you all you want, from the ocean to the land, from the bottom of the sea to the top and the people will not be able to carry away all the fish; they will salt some and the pigs and dogs will eat their full and a lot will be wasted.” The two men then said: “You are deceiving us. We have lived here all our lives and have never seen so much fish.”