Note 6 — IX THE LEGENDARY ORIGIN OF KAPA
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Sometimes the perfumes of sweet flowers or the oil of such trees as the iliahi6 (sandalwood) were pounded into the kapa while it was being made. The perfumes were made in this way. The sweet-smelling things were placed in a calabash and covered with water. Hot stones were put in the water and the fragrance drawn out of the plants. The water was boiled away until the perfume became very strong. This was done with the sweet-scented flowers of the niu7 (coconut) and of the lau-hala,8 and the wood of the iliahi and other fragrant plants.