Page PLATE I. Female dancing in hula costume Frontispiece II. Íe-íe (Freycinetia arnotti) leaves and fruit 19 III. Hála-pépe (Dracaena aurea) 24 IV. Maile (Alyxia myrtillifolia) wreath 32 V. Ti (Dracaena terminalis) 44 VI. Ilima (Sida fallax), lei and flowers 56 VII. Ipu hula, gourd drum 73 VIII. Marionettes (Maile-pakaha, Nihi-au-moe) 91 IX. Marionette (Maka-kú) 93 X. Pahu hula, hula drum 103 XI. Úli-ulí, a gourd rattle 107 XII. Hawaiian tree-snails (Achatinella) 120 XIII. Lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) flowers and leaves 126 XIV. Hawaiian trumpet, pu (Cassis madagascarensis) 131 XV. Woman playing on the nose-flute (ohe-hano-ihu) 135 XVI. Pu-niu, a drum 142 XVII. Hawaiian musician playing on the uku-lele 164 XVIII. Hala fruit bunch and drupe with a “lei” 170 XIX. Pu (Triton tritonis) 172 XX. Phyllodia and true leaves of the koa (Acacia koa) 181 XXI. Pala-palai ferns 194 XXII. Awa-puhi, a Hawaiian ginger 210 XXIII. Hinano hala 235 XXIV. Lady dancing the hula ku’i 250 FIGURE 1. Puíli, bamboo rattle 113 2. Ka, drumstick for pu-niu 142 3. Ohe-hano-ihu, nose-flute 145 MUSICAL PIECES I. Range of the nose-flute—Elsner 146 II. Music from the nose-flute—Elsner 146 III. The _ukeké_ (as played by Keaonaloa)—Eisner 149 IV. Song from the hula pa’i-umauma—Berger 153 V. Song from the hula pa-ipu—Berger 153 VI. Song for the hula Pele—Berger 154 VII. Oli and mele from the hula ala’a-papa—Yarndley 156 VIII. _He Inoa no Kamehameha_—Byington 162 IX. Song, _Poli Anuanu_—Yarndley 164 X. Song, _Hua-hua’i_—Yarndley 166 XI. Song, _Ka Mawae_—Berger 167 XII. Song, _Like no a Like_—Berger 168 XIII. Song, _Pili Aoao_—Berger 169 XIV. _Hawaii Ponoi_—Berger 172 [Page 7] INTRODUCTION