with the joy and light-heartedness of man's Arcadian period.

The instruments generally used in the musical accompaniment
of the hula ku'i are the guitar, the _uku-lele_,[501] the
taro-patch fiddle,[501] or the mandolin; the piano also lends
itself effectively for this purpose; or a combination of
these may be used.

The songs that are sung to this dance as a rule belong
naturally to later productions of the Hawaiian muse, or to
modifications of old poetical compositions. The following
mele was originally a namesong (mele-inoa). It was
appropriated by the late Princess Kino-iki; and by her it was
passed on to Kalani-ana-ole, a fact which should not
prejudice our appreciation of its beauty.

_Mele_

I aloha i ke ko a ka wai,
I ka i mai, e, anu kaua.
Ua anu na pua o ka laina,[502]
Ka wanine noho anu o ke kula.
5 A luna au a o Poli-ahu;[503]
Ahu wale kai a o Wai-lua.
Lua-ole ka hana a ka makani,
A ke Kiu-ke'e[504] a o na pall,
Pa iho i ke kai a o Puna--
10 Ko Puna mea ma'a mau ia.
Pau ai ko'u lihi hoihoi
I ka wai awili me ke kai.
Ke ono hou nei ku'u pu'u
I ka wai hu'ihu'i o ka uka,
[Page 252] 15 Wai hone i ke kumu o ka pali,
I malu i ka lau kui-kui.[505]
Ke kuhi nei au a he pono
Ka ilima lei a ke aloha,
Au i kau nui aku ai,
20 I ka nani oi a oia pua.

[Footnote 501: The _uku-lele_ and the _taro-patch fiddle_ are
stringed instruments resembling in general appearance the
fiddle. They seem to have been introduced into these islands
by the Portuguese immigrants who have come in within the last
twenty-five years. As with the guitar, the four strings of
the uku-lele or the five strings of the taro-patch fiddle are
plucked with the finger or thumb.]

[Footnote 502: _Na pua o ka laina_. The intent of this
expression, which seems to have an