pua's party left Paauhau, at Hamakua, on the
same day as he sailed and came to Laupahoehoe, the prophet foresaw it
all on the evening before he arrived, and it happened thus:

That evening before sunset, as the seer was sitting at the door of the
house, he saw long clouds standing against the horizon where the signs
in the clouds appear, according to the soothsayers of old days even
until now.

Said the seer, "A chief's canoe comes hither, 19 men, 1 high chief, a
double canoe."

The men sitting with the chief started up at once, but could see no
canoe coming. Then the people with him asked, "Where is the canoe which
you said was a chief's canoe coming?"

Said the prophet, "Not a real canoe; in the clouds I find it; to-morrow
you will see the chief's canoe."

A night and a day passed; toward evening he again saw the cloud rise on the
ocean in the form which the seer recognized as Aiwohikupua's--perhaps as we
recognize the crown of any chief that comes to us, so Aiwohikupua's cloud
sign looked to the seer.

When the prophet saw that sign he arose and caught a little pig and a
black cock, and pulled a bundle of _awa_ root to prepare for
Aiwohikupua's coming.

The people wondered at his action and asked, "Are you going away that
you make these things ready?"

The seer said, "I am making ready for my chief, Aiwohikupua; he is the
one I told you about last evening; for he comes hither over the ocean,
his sign is on the ocean, and his mist covers it."

As Aiwohikupua's party drew near to the harbor of Laupahoehoe, 20 peals
of thunder sounded, the people of Hilo crowded together, and as soon as
it was quiet all saw the double canoe coming to land carrying above it
the taboo sign[37] of a chief. Then the seer's prediction was fulfilled.

When the canoe came to land the seer was standing at the landing; he
advanced from Kaiwilahilahi, threw the pig before the chief, and prayed
in the name of the gods of Aiwohikupua, and this was his prayer:

"O Heavens, Lightning, and Rain; O Air, Thunder, and Earthquake; O gods
of my chief, my beloved, my sacred taboo chief, who will bury these
bones! Here is a pig, a black cock, _awa_, a priest, a sacrifice, an
offering to the chief from your servant here; look upon your servant,
Hulumaniani; bring to him life, a great life, a long life, to live
forever, until the staff rings as he walks, until he is dragged upon a
mat, until the eyes are dim.[38] Amen, it is finished, flown away."