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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER

 

PAGE

 

INTRODUCTION

xi

I.

THE MIGRATION OF THE HAWAIIANS

1

II.

LEGENDARY PLACES IN HONOLULU

14

III.

THE GOD OF PAKAKA TEMPLE

23

IV.

LEGEND OF THE BREAD-FRUIT TREE

28

V.

THE GODS WHO FOUND WATER

37

VI.

THE WATER OF LIFE OF KA-NE

43

VII.

MAMALA THE SURF-RIDER

52

VIII.

A SHARK PUNISHED AT WAIKIKI

55

IX.

THE LEGENDARY ORIGIN OF KAPA

59

X.

CREATION OF MAN

70

XI.

THE CHIEF WITH THE WONDERFUL SERVANTS

75

XII.

THE GREAT DOG KU

82

XIII.

THE CANNIBAL DOG-MAN

90

XIV.

THE CANOE OF THE DRAGON

97

XV.

THE WONDERFUL SHELL

105

XVI.

THE GHOST DANCE ON PUNCHBOWL

112

XVII.

THE BIRD-MAN OF NUUANU VALLEY

121

XVIII.

THE OWLS OF HONOLULU

127

XIX.

THE TWO FISH FROM TAHITI

138

XX.

IWA, THE NOTABLE THIEF OF OAHU

148

XXI.

PIKOI THE RAT-KILLER

157

XXII.

KAWELO

173

XXIII.

"CHIEF MAN-EATER"

189

XXIV.

LEPE-A-MOA

204

XXV.

KAMAPUAA LEGENDS

246

 

APPENDIX

 

 

Polynesian Language

 

 

Partial List of Hawaiian Terms Used

 

 

Press Notices

 

 

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

{omitted from etext}

LOTUS LILIES AND COCONUTS

Frontispiece

 

OPPOSITE PAGE

YOUNG HONOLULU AND LEAHI

8

HONOLULU HARBOR

18

ULU OR BREADFRUIT TREES

30

LE PASSAGE DES BRISANTS

52

KAPA OR BARK CLOTH (piece of real tapa)

58

KUKUI OR CANDLE-NUT TREES

82

MOANALUA

94

THE GNARLED KOA

104

MISTY FALLS

122

NUUANU PALI

136

POI POUNDER

144

THE BANYAN (in "Songs of Hawaii" called "The Grandfather Tree")

166

A WAHINE

178

A STONE ALTAR BENEATH THE LAHALA TREES

188

HAT AND MAT MAKER

204

HALIEWA AND WAIANAE MOUNTAINS

220

KAKURIHEWA'S LANDS

228

WEARING THE LEI

244

IN KAPIOLANI PARK

252

RICE FIELDS AND COCONUT TREES

258

MAP OF OAHU

278

Some illustrations are from the author's own snapshots.

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