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Polynesian Researches

CHAP. XI

CHAP. XI

FROM PAGE 270 TO PAGE 295.

Journey to Kearakomo—Description of the dracæna, or ti plant—Account of the application of a priestess of Pélé to the chiefs at Maui, to revenge the insult offered to the goddess—Visit of Kapiolani to the crater—Reported eruption of lava in Kapapala—Sabbath in Kearakomo—Affectionate reception of Mauae—Fragment of a song on his birth—Conversation with the people—Marks of an earthquake—Description of Kaimu—Manner of launching and landing canoes at Kehena—Preaching— Visit to Kinao—Popular superstitions respecting the origin of diseases.