[Footnote 262: _Palamoa_. The name of a virulent _kupua_ that acted as errand-carrier and agent for sorcerers (_kahuna ánaaná_); also the name of a beautiful grass found on Hawaii that has a pretty red seed. Following the line of least resistance, the latter meaning has been adopted; in it is found a generic expression for the leafy covering of the island.] [Footnote 263: _Mauna-kea_ and _Mauna-loa_. The two well-known mountains of the big island of Hawaii.] [Footnote 264: _Maile-hahei_. Said to be a hill in Kona.] [Footnote 265: _Kilohana_ and _Hu’e-hu’e_. The names of two hills in Kona, Hawaii.] [Page 125] [Translation.] _Song_ Kahiki-nui, land of wind-driven smoke! Mine eyes gaze with longing on Kona; A fire-wreath glows aback of the district, And a robe of wonderful green 5 Lies the sea that has aproned my loins Off the point of Hana-malo. A dark burnished form is Hawaii, To one who stands on the mount— A hamper swung down from heaven, 10 A beautiful carven shape is the island— Thy mountains, thy splendor of herbage: Mauna-kea and Loa stand (in glory) apart, To him who looks from Maile-hahéi; And Kilohana pillows for rest 15 On the shoulder of Hu’e-hu’e. This love-song—_mele hoipoipo_—which would be the despair of a strict literalist—what is it all about? A lover in Kahiki-nui—of the softer sex, it would appear— looks across the wind-swept channel and sends her thoughts lovingly, yearningly, over to Kona of Hawaii, which district she personifies as her lover. The mountains and plains, valleys and capes of its landscapes, are to her the parts and features of her beloved. Even in the ocean that flows between her and him, and which has often covered her nakedness as with a robe, she finds a link in the chain of association. [Page 126] XVIII.—AN INTERMISSION