there in Paliuli all these days where she is."

That morning they left Makahanaloa and sailed out to the harbor of
Keaau.

They sailed until evening, made shore at Keaau and saw Kauakahialii's
houses standing there and the people of the place out surf riding. When
they arrived, the people of the place admired Aiwohikupua as much as
ever.

The strangers remained at Keaau until evening, then Aiwohikupua ordered
the steersmen and rowers to stay quietly until the two of them returned
from their search for a wife, only they two alone.

At sunset Aiwohikupua caught up his feather cloak and gave it to the
other to carry, and they ascended.

They made way with difficulty through high forest trees and thickets of
tangled brush, until, at a place close to Paliuli, they heard the crow
of a cock. The man said to his chief: "We are almost out."

They went on climbing, and heard a second time the cock crow (the cock's
second crow this). They went on climbing until a great light shone.

The man said to his chief, "Here! we are out; there is Laieikawai's
grandmother calling together the chickens as usual."[39]

Asked Aiwohikupua, "Where is the princess's house?"

Said the man, "When we get well out of the garden patch here, then we
can see the house clearly."

When Aiwohikupua saw that they were approaching Laieikawai's house, he
asked for the feather cloak to hold in his hand when they met the
princess of Paliuli.

The garden patch passed, they beheld Laieikawai's house covered with the
yellow feathers of the _oo_ bird, as the seer had seen in his vision
from the god on Kauwiki.

When Aiwohikupua saw the house of the princess of Paliuli, he felt
strangely perplexed and abashed, and for the first time he felt doubtful
of his success.

And by reason of this doubt within him he said to his companion, "Where
are you? We have come boldly after my wife. I supposed her just an
ordinary woman. Not so! The princess's house has no equal for
workmanship; therefore, let us return without making ourselves known."

Said his counsellor, "This is strange, after we have reached the woman's
house for whom we have swum eight seas, here you are begging to go back.
Let us go and make her acquaintance, whether for failure or success;
for, even if she should refuse, keep at it; we men must expect to meet
such rebuffs; a canoe will break on a coral reef."[40]

"Where are you?" answered Aiwohikupua. "We will not meet the princess,
and we sh