THE STORY OF KANA, THE YOUTH WHO COULD STRETCH HIMSELF UPWARDS
This story is given in the Fornander Collection, Vol. IV, Part III, with the title Kaao no Kana a Me Niheu, Legend of Kana and Niheu. Mr. Thrum speaks of the legend of Kana and Niheu as having “ear-marks of great antiquity and such popularity as to be known by several versions.” The chant in which his grandmother prays for a double canoe for Kana is over a hundred lines long; Miss Beckwith speaks of this chant as being still used as an incantation.