ers of Aiwohikupua had come down with Laieikawai,
according to their compact.

As Laieikawai and her companions were sitting there that morning,
Hauailiki stood up and walked about before them, showing off his good
looks to gain the notice of the princess of Paliuli. But what was
Hauailiki to Laieikawai? Mere chaff!

Four days Laieikawai came to Keaau after Hauailiki's entering the
harbor; and four days Hauailiki showed himself off before Laieikawai,
and she took no notice at all of him.

On the fifth day of her coming, Hauailiki thought to display before the
beloved one his skill with the surf board;[48] the truth is Hauailiki
surpassed any one else on Kauai as an expert in surf riding, he
surpassed all others in his day, and he was famous for this skill as
well as for his good looks.

That day, at daybreak, the natives of the place, men and women, were out
in the breakers.

While the people were gathering for surfing, Hauailiki undid his
garment, got his surf board, of the kind made out of a thick piece of
_wili-wili_ wood, went directly to the place where Laieikawai's party
sat, and stood there for some minutes; then it was that the sisters of
Aiwohikupua took a liking to Hauailiki.

Said Mailehaiwale to Laieikawai, "If we had not been set apart by our
parents, I would take Hauailiki for my husband."

Said Laieikawai, "I like him, too; but I, too, have been set apart by my
grandmother, so that my liking is useless."

"We are all alike," said Mailehaiwale.

When Hauailiki had showed himself off for some minutes, Hauailiki leaped
with his surf board into the sea and swam out into the breakers.

When Hauailiki was out in the surf, one of the girls called out, "Land
now!"

"Land away!" answered Hauailiki, for he did not wish to ride in on the
same breaker with the crowd. He wished to make himself conspicuous on a
separate breaker, in order that Laieikawai should see his skill in surf
riding and maybe take a liking to him. Not so!

When the others had gone in a little wave budded and swelled, then
Hauailiki rode the wave. As he rode, the natives cheered and the sisters
of Aiwohikupua also. What was that to Laieikawai?

When Hauailiki heard the cheering, then he thought surely Laieikawai's
voice would join the shouting. Not so! He kept on surfing until the
fifth wave had passed; it was the same; he got no call whatever; then
Hauailiki first felt discouragement, with the proof of Aiwohikupua's
saying about