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Kauai hither, as related in the first two chapters of this story.

After Kahalaomapuana left her sisters, the desire grew within
Laieikawai's mind to travel around Hawaii.

So her companions carried out the chief's wish and they set out to
travel around about Hawaii.

On the princess's journey around Hawaii they went first to Kau, then
Kona, until they reached Kaiopae in Kohala, on the right-hand side of
Kawaihae, about five miles distant; there they stayed several days for
the princess to rest.

During the days they were there the seer saw the rainbow arching over
the sea as if right at Kawaihae. The uplands of Ouli at Waimea was the
place the seer looked from.

For in former chapters it has been told how the seer came to Hilo, to
Kaiwilahilahi, and lived there some years waiting for the sign he was
seeking.

But when it did not come to the seer as he waited for the sign he was
seeking, then he waited and sought no longer for the sign he had
followed from Kauai to this place.

So he left Hilo, intending to go all the way back to Kauai, and he set
out. On his return, he did not leave the offerings which he had brought
from Kauai thither, the pig and the cock.

When he reached Waimea, at Ouli, there he saw the rainbow arching over
the sea at Kawaihae.

And the seer was so weary he was not quick to recognize the rainbow, but
he stayed there, and on the next day he did not see the sign again.

Next day the seer left the place, the very day when Laieikawai's party
left Kaiopae, and came back above Kahuwa and stopped at Moolau.

When the seer reached Puuloa from Waimea, he saw the rainbow arching
over Moolau; then the seer began to wonder, "Can that be the sign I came
to seek?"

The seer kept right on up to the summit of Palalahuakii. There he saw
the rainbow plainly and recognized it, and knew it was the sign he was
seeking.

Then he prayed to his god to interpret the rainbow to him, but his god
did not answer his prayer.

The seer left that place, went to Waika and stayed there, for it was
then dark.

In the early morning, lo! the rainbow arched over the sea at Kaiopae,
for Laieikawai had gone back there.

Then the seer went away to the place where he had seen the rainbow, and,
approaching, he saw Laieikawai plainly, strolling along the sea beach. A
strange sight the beautiful woman was, and there, directly above the
girl, the rainbow bent.

Then the seer prayed to his god to show him whether this