This way, dear friends; turn the canoe this way;
Paddle hither and let me embark.
Hiiaka again in command, the tiger in Lohiau’s nature slunk away into its kennel, allowing his energies to spend themselves in useful work. Under his vigorous paddle the little craft once more moved like a thing of life and long before night found itself off the harbor of Kou, the name then applied to what we now call Honolulu.
[1] Aina, to furnish food. [↑]
[2] Lahui, wholly, entirely. [↑]
[3] Huki, to fetch a wide course; to deviate from a direct course. [↑]
[4] Ilio, dog. It is explained that the meaning covered by this figure is a storm-cloud and that the stripping off of its garment, wehe … i kona kapa, meant its break up into the fleecy white clouds of fair weather. It seems that if the head of this cloud-dog pointed to the west it meant rain, if to the east, fair weather. [↑]
[5] Hanai alualu, to fan with a gentle breeze. Alu-alu is another form for oluolu. [↑]
[6] Miki-kala and Puha-malo, names of places along the coast of Oahu in the region under observation. [↑]