This is the prayer that is referred to in the genealogy of Kamalalawalu. And it is shown by the construction of this poetical prayer that time should be divided into epochs. Because it is only on the reigning kings that the kapu of the islands are conferred, and it would seem time and epochs were divided as shown by the division of the chant referred to above. CHAPTER VII. AN ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST SIGHT OF FOREIGNERS. It is told in the history of Hawaii that was printed at Lahainaluna, and also in the history revised by Pogue of Lahainaluna, that a vessel of some kind had arrived at Hawaii long ago, and that was the first knowledge the people of this race had of foreigners; but in the history of Kualii, one of the former kings of Hawaii nei and a famous one for his strength and valor in battle, it is said that he was the first one to visit Tahiti, and that he was the one that first knew or met foreigners in the olden times. This is how that is recognized by his prayer in the middle of his history as recited below: O Hawaii of the lofty mountains; Pointed to heaven is Kauwiki; Below is the cluster of islands floating on the sea; Clasping Kauwiki the trembling mountain; Hewing Kauwiki till it fell. And now Kauai, Kauai great and peaceful, That is under the lee of Waianae. Kaena is a cape, Kahuku is a pandanus. Kaala is a mountain ridge covered with dew, And Waialua is situated below, O Waialua. Mokuleia is the calabash, the helo, The eight-finned shark; [59] The tail of the white shark is Kaena, The shark stretching away toward Kauai. Below is Kauai, my land, O great Kauai, island (filled) with lehua, [60] Island stretching out towards Tahiti. Away down is Tahiti. Wakea controlled the sun creeping along; Arising from beneath Kumuhonua; Shaking is the foundations of broad Hawaii, Pointing to the rising rays of the sun. Kona stands forth to sight; The sun stands over Kona, Kohala is in darkness. O Tahiti, land of the far-reaching ocean, Land where Olopana dwelt. Within is the land, outside is the sun; Indistinct is the land when approaching. Perhaps you have seen it? I have surely seen Tahiti, A land with a strange language is Tahiti. The people of this place ascended up To the very backbone of heaven; They trampled and looked down below. Kanakas (men of our race) are not in Tahiti. One kind of men is in Tahiti—the haole; [61] He is like a god, I am like a man, Ku is a god. It is made plain by the song or mele that Kualii had met the foreigners at that time, because his knowledge of them is proved nowadays and foreigners are living here in these days. And here is the stanza of the song on that subject: “I have surely seen Tahiti, A land with a strange language is Tahiti.”