The deed this of Lima-loa,
That wonder-monger who works
In the barren land of Maná;
One there munches cane as he plods.
His to deceive the stranger;
I’m the victim of his deceit!
Hiiaka, at the mention of Lima-loa and the part he had taken in constructing the house that served as a sepulcher for Lohiau, jumped to the conclusion that he had been the body-snatcher of Lohiau. Kahuanui strongly dissented from this view. “There can be no doubt,” said she, “that my brother’s body lies in that sepulcher at this very moment. That is the reason for my keeping guard over the place. But why stand we here? Let us go to my home.”
As Hiiaka went with her she again had sight of the ghost-form of Lohiau standing in the door of the cavern, and she addressed to him this mele:
Ako nanani maka i Wawae-nohu,[8] e-e;