itself, Waka's wish that the Kauai
chief might be the one to hide her bones, the prayer of Aiwohikupua's seer
that his master might, in return for his lifelong service, "bury his
bones"--"_e kalua keai mau iwi_," and his request of Laieikawai, that she
would "leave this trust to your descendants unto the last generation."]

[Footnote 4: Prenatal infanticide, _omilomilo_, was practiced in various
forms throughout Polynesia even in such communities as rejected
infanticide after birth. The skeleton of a woman, who evidently died
during the operation, is preserved in the Bishop Museum to attest the
practice, were not testimony of language and authority conclusive.]

[Footnote 5: The _manini_ (_Tenthis sandvicensis_, Street) is a
flat-shaped striped fish common in Hawaiian waters. The spawn, called
_ohua_, float in a jellylike mass on the surface of the water. It is
considered a great delicacy and must be fished for in the early morning
before the sun touches the water and releases the spawn, which instantly
begin to feed and lose their rare transparency.]

[Footnote 6: The month _Ikuwa_ is variously placed in the calendar year.
According to Malo, on Hawaii it corresponds to our October; on Molokai
and Maui, to January; on Oahu, to August; on Kauai, to April.]

[Footnote 7: The adoption by their grandparents and hiding away of the
twins must be compared with a large number of concealed birth tales in
which relatives of superior supernatural power preserve the hero or
heroine at birth and train and endow their foster children for a life of
adventure. This motive reflects Polynesian custom. Adoption was by no
means uncommon among Polynesians, and many a man owed his preservation
from death to the fancy of some distant relative who had literally
picked him off the rubbish heap to make a pet of. The secret amours of
chiefs, too, led, according to Malo (p. 82), to the theme of the high
chief's son brought up in disguise, who later proves his rank, a theme
as dear to the Polynesian as to romance lovers of other lands.]

CHAPTER II

[Footnote 8: The _iako_ of a canoe are the two arched sticks which hold
the outrigger. The _kua iako_ are the points at which they are bound to
the canoe, or rest upon it, aft and abaft of the canoe.]

[Footnote 9: The verb _hookuiia_ means literally "cause to be pierced"
as with a needle or other sharp instrument. _Kui_ describes the act of
piercing, _hoo_ is the causative prefix, _ia_ th