Chapter 51

[Footnote 56: The three mountain domes of Hawaii rise from 13,000 to 8,000 feet above the sea, and the two highest are in the wintertime often capped with snow.]

[Footnote 57: The games of _kilu_ and _ume_, which furnished the popular evening entertainment of chiefs, were in form much like our "Spin the plate" and "Forfeits." _Kilu_ was played with "a funnel-shaped toy fashioned from the upper portion of a drinking gourd, adorned with the _pawehe_ ornamentation characteristic of Niihau calabashes." The player must spin the gourd in such a way as to hit the stake set up for his side. Each hit counted 5, 40 scoring a game. Each player sang a song before trying his hand, and the forfeit of a _hula_ dance was exacted for a miss, the successful spinner claiming for his forfeit the favor of one of the women on the other side. _Ume_ was merely a method of choosing partners by the master of ceremonies touching with a wand, called the _maile_, the couple selected for the forfeit, while he sang a jesting song. The sudden personal turn at the close of many of the _oli_ may perhaps be accounted for by their composition for this game. The _kaeke_ dance is that form of _hula_ in which the beat is made on a _kaekeeke_ instrument, a hollow bamboo cylinder struck upon the ground with a clear hollow sound, said to have been introduced by Laamaikahiki, the son of Moikeha, from Tahiti.]