172
XX. Phyllodia and true leaves of the koa
(Acacia koa) 181
XXI. Pala-palai ferns 194
XXII. Awa-puhi, a Hawaiian ginger 210
XXIII. Hinano hala 235
XXIV. Lady dancing the hula ku'i 250
FIGURE 1. Puili, bamboo rattle 113
2. Ka, drumstick for pu-niu 142
3. Ohe-hano-ihu, nose-flute 145

MUSICAL PIECES

I. Range of the nose-flute--Elsner 146
II. Music from the nose-flute--Elsner 146
III. The _ukeke_ (as played by Keaonaloa)--Eisner 149
IV. Song from the hula pa'i-umauma--Berger 153
V. Song from the hula pa-ipu--Berger 153
VI. Song for the hula Pele--Berger 154
VII. Oli and mele from the hula ala'a-papa--Yarndley 156
VIII. _He Inoa no Kamehameha_--Byington 162
IX. Song, _Poli Anuanu_--Yarndley 164
X. Song, _Hua-hua'i_--Yarndley 166
XI. Song, _Ka Mawae_--Berger 167
XII. Song, _Like no a Like_--Berger 168
XIII. Song, _Pili Aoao_--Berger 169
XIV. _Hawaii Ponoi_--Berger 172

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INTRODUCTION

This book is for the greater part a collection of Hawaiian
songs and poetic pieces that have done service from time
immemorial as the stock supply of the _hula_. The descriptive
portions have been added, not because the poetical parts
could not stand by themselves, but to furnish the proper
setting and to answer the questions of those who want to
know.

Now, the hula stood for very much to the ancient Hawaiian; it
was to him in place of our concert-hall and lecture-room, our
opera and theater, and thus became one of his chief means of
social enjoyment. Besides this, it kept the communal
imagination in living touch with the nation's legendary past.
The hula had songs proper to itself, but it found a mine of
inexhaustible wealth in the epics and wonder-myths that
celebrate