GE

Frontispiece--Haleakala Crater

"Rugged Lava of Wailuku River" 7

Leaping to Swim to Coral Reefs 12

Sea of Sacred Caves 14

Spearing Fish 21

Here are the Canoes 29

Iao Mountain from the Sea 43

Haleakala 53

Hawaiian Vines and Bushes 74

Bathing Pool 84

Coconut Grove 96

Boiling Pots--Wailuku River 100

Outside were other Worlds 107

Hilo Coast--Home of the Winds 115

Bay of Waipio Valley 121

The Ieie Vine 125

Rainbow Falls 147

Wailuku River--The Home of Kuna 151

On Lava Beds 163

HELPS TO PRONUNCIATION

There are three simple rules which practically control Hawaiian
pronunciation: (1) Give each vowel the German sound. (2) Pronounce each
vowel. (3) Never allow a consonant to close a syllable.

Interchangeable consonants are many. The following are the most common:
h=s; l=r; k=t; n=ng; v=w.

PREFACE

Maui is a demi god whose name should probably be pronounced Ma-u-i, _i.
e._, Ma-oo-e. The meaning of the word is by no means clear. It may mean
"to live," "to subsist." It may refer to beauty and strength, or it may
have the idea of "the left hand" or "turning aside." The word is
recognized as belonging to remote Polynesian antiquity.

MacDonald, a writer of the New Hebrides Islands, gives the derivation of
the name Maui primarily from the Arabic word "Mohyi," which means
"causing to live" or "life," applied sometimes to the gods and sometimes
to chiefs as "preservers and sustainers" of their followers.

The Maui story probably contains a larger number of unique and ancient
myths than that of any other legendary char