Note 300 — XX.—THE HULA OHE

Footnote 300: (return) Kaili. The full form is said to be Ka-ili-lau-o-ke-koa—Skin-like-the-leaf-of-the-koa. In the text of the mele this name is analyzed into its parts and written as if the phrase at the end were an appellative and not an integral part of the name itself. This was a mythical character of unusual beauty, a person of superhuman power, kupua, a mistress of the art of surf-riding, which passion she indulged in the waters about Wai-lua.