Under Hawaiian skies, a narrative of the romance, adventure and history of the Hawaiian Islands, a complete historical account, by Albert Pierce Taylor.

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UNDER HAWAIIAN SKIES

valley) and where once i-Iawaiians dwelt by thousands, is the
motif for many of the most beautiful legends of the Hawaiians.
()One of the prettiest from this treasure-house of myths and
legends, tells of "Pu-Ahuula" (cluster of feather capes), the
homle of the beautiful eel queen of Manoa. Here is the tale the
I-awaiians relate:
Ages and ages ago there lived in this lovely valley a beautiful
mermaid queen. Her name was Kihanuilulumoku-wahine, and
her home was a woinderful, sparkling spring. She was known,
also, as the "'ing-mlaker."'
This queen was mlore than a mermaid and more than a
queein. She was a colmpanion of the gods, and her home, the
spring, had been created by them. She had the powers, also,
of a goddess, and could change her form whenever she so willed.
Sometimes while she was at the spring she appeared as a silvery eel. WVhen she wished to hold her royal court, or disclose
her royal lineage, she appeared in the form of a huge lizard, the
Queen Moo, whose body was covered with the yellow feathers
of the royal mnamo. bird. And then again she was the beautiful
ehul (auburn) womnan with a brillialnt complexion that reminded
one of the magellta-lhued olia, or mountain-apple blossoms. She
was a queen who blossoimedl like a flower. At these times her
ehl, or sulnburlt brown hair, was wonderfully beautiful and
wavy. She was so gloriously fair that she caused the lehua blossonis to lburst forth in bloom, and the hinano, maile and ginger
i)erfume to permeate the air, and the birds to sing most sweetly.
'The brilliant sun threw out such gorgeous rays that human beings
were overcomlie by the beauty of the princess and became speechless with admiration.
She had a beautiful palace for her hlome. This was the spring
that nestled at the foot of the crags and was shaded )y hau trees.
And this wonderful spring! It was called "Pu-Ahuula," because gorgeous royal feather capes covered its sides and the bottom. Think of a spring whose sparkling waters reflected the
brilliant reds and yellows of the royal feather capes! It was