rdered all
women and children to enter their houses and to assist him with their
prayers; all pigs, chickens, and dogs to be tied in dark huts to keep
them quiet, and that the most profound silence should be kept. The
men at work were asked to remember their gods, and to invoke their
assistance for Eleio. He then started for Hana, pulled up a couple
of bushes of awa of Kaeleku, famous for its medicinal properties,
and was back again before the hog was cooked. The awa was prepared,
and when the preparations for the feast were complete and set out,
he offered everything to his gods and begged assistance in what he
was about to perform.

It seems the spirit of the girl had been lingering near him all
the time, seeming to be attached to him, but of course invisible
to every one. When Eleio had finished his invocation he turned and
caught the spirit, and, holding his breath and invoking the gods,
he hurried to the puoa, followed by the parents, who now began to
understand that he was going to try the _kapuku_ (or restoration to
life of the dead) on their daughter. Arriving at the puoa, he placed
the spirit against the insteps of the girl and pressed it firmly in,
meanwhile continuing his invocation. The spirit entered its former
tenement kindly enough until it came to the knees, when it refused
to go any further, as from there it could perceive that the stomach
was beginning to decompose, and it did not want to be exposed to
the pollution of decaying matter. But Eleio, by the strength of his
prayers, was enabled to push the spirit up past the knees till it
came to the thigh bones, when the refractory spirit again refused to
proceed. He had to put additional fervor into his prayers to overcome
the spirit's resistance, and it proceeded up to the throat, when there
was some further check; by this time the father, mother, and male
relatives were all grouped around anxiously watching the operation,
and they all added the strength of their petitions to those of Eleio,
which enabled him to push the spirit past the neck, when the girl
gave a sort of crow. There was now every hope of success, and all
the company renewed their prayers with redoubled vigor. The spirit
made a last feeble resistance at the elbows and wrists, which was
triumphantly overborne by the strength of the united prayers. Then
it quietly submitted, took complete possession of the body, and
the girl came to life. She was submitted to the usual ceremonies
of purif