enough to steal them back from Umi. He is directed
to a grove of _kukui_ trees between Mokapu Point and Bird Island, on
Oahu, where lives Kukui and his thieving son Iwa. This child, "while yet
in his mother's womb used to go out stealing." He was the greatest thief
of his day. Keaau engages his services and they start out. With one dip
of Iwa's paddle, Kapahi, they are at the next island. So they go until
they find Umi fishing off Kailua, Hawaii. Iwa swims 3 miles under water,
steals the shells, and fastens the hooks to the coral at the bottom of
the sea 400 fathoms below. Later, Iwa steals back the shells from Keaau
for Umi.

Iwa's next feat is the stealing of Umi's ax, Waipu, which is kept under
strict taboo in the temple of Pakaalana, in Waipio, on Hawaii. It hangs
on a rope whose ends are fastened to the necks of two old women. A crier
runs back and forth without the temple to proclaim the taboo. Iwa takes
the place of the crier, persuades the old women to let him touch the ax,
and escapes with it.

Umi arranges a contest to prove who is the champion thief. Iwa is pitted
against the six champions from each of the six districts of Hawaii. The
test is to see which can fill a house fullest in a single night. The six
thieves go to work, but Iwa sleeps until cockcrow, when he rises and
steals all the things out of the other thieves' house. He also steals
sleeping men, women, and children from the king's own house to fill his
own. The championship is his, and the other six thieves are killed.

MANINIHOLOKUAUA

This skillful thief lives at Kaunakahakai on Molokai, where he is noted
for strength and fleetness. In a cave at Kalamaula, in the uplands, his
lizard guardian keeps all the valuables that he steals from strangers
who land on his shore. This cave opens and shuts at his call.
Maniniholokuaua steals the canoe of the famous Oahu runner, Keliimalolo,
who can make three circuits of Oahu in a day, and this man secures the
help of two supernatural runners from Niihau, Kamaakauluohia (or
Kaneulohia), and Kamaakamikioi (or Kaneikamikioi), sons of Halulu, who
can make ten circuits of Kauai in a day. In spite of his grandmother's
warning, Maniniholokuaua steals from them also, and they pursue him to
his cave, where he is, caught between the jaws in his haste.

PUPUALENALENA

This marvelous dog named Pupualenalena fetches _awa_ from Hakau's food
patches in Waipio, Hawaii, to his master in Puako. Hakau has