“If that will serve you, you are welcome,” said the old man.
“We shall also need an outrigger-float for our craft,” Hiiaka remarked.
“An ama (outrigger-float) is a thing I lack,” he answered.
“You must have some block of wili-wili—such as that one, for instance, which you use to hold your fishhooks,” Hiiaka urged.
The old man was able to meet their demands. The two women then set their wits to work and finally succeeded in lashing the parts together in such fashion as to make something that would serve as a canoe.
Hiiaka, as the one in command, sat astern and Wahine-oma’o in the bow. As they sailed away Hiiaka saluted Cape Ka-ena in these words:
Holo Ka-ena, la,
Me he wa’a kaukahi la i ka malie;—
Ka lau hoe, lau hoe o Kua-o-ka-la;[1]
Ke kowelowelo[2] la o Lehua, e;