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Preface—Order of Priesthood—The Diviner and Weather Prophet—Meaning of Divination—Divining a Location for the House—Other Unfavorable Locations—Divination on the Erection of Houses—Faultily Constructed Houses—Divination on a Post denoting Disease—Divining the Positions of Houses.
History of the Hawaiian Priesthood in Olden Time Called Hoomanamana 66
Explanatory Remarks—History of the Sorcery Priesthood—Divisions and Ordinances—Sacrifice Services of the Student—Divination—Praying to Death—Divination Relating to Houses—Divining Omens by the Clouds—Foretelling the Weather—The Healing Priests—Canoe Dreams—Adverse Signs—the Rainbow and the Rain—The Excrements—Bananas—The Mud-Hen—Auguries in Relation to Kings—The Massage Priest—the Hoounauna Priest—The Hookomokomo Priest—the Makani Priest—The Love-Inducing Priest—The Oneoneihonua—Signs Pertaining to Fishermen—Occupation of Farmers—Dreams—Auguries Relating to the Priesthood—Moles—Favorable Birth Months—Auguries of the Canoe-Hewing Priests—Spear Hurling—Bone Breaking Trading as Related to Agriculture—Ceremonial Functions of the Priesthood—Method of Building the Temple—Some Famous Priests.
An Account of Cultivation 160
Dry Planting—Wet Planting—The Potato—The Banana—Sugar-Cane—The Water Melon—The Calabash and Water-Gourd—Corn—The Pie Melon—Names of Different Plants—Men Noted in Agriculture.
Source and Migration of the Polynesian Race 222 Traditional Hawaiian History 239 Hawaiian Origins: Comparative Traditions.
Viti—Fiji—New Zealand—Tonga Islands—Marquesas 258
Legend of Hawaii-Loa 266 The Story of Kahahana 282 A Lamentation for Kahahana 292
Hawaiian Genealogy 324 Notes on the Polynesian Calendar 330
Hawaiian and Samoan Calendar—Days of Months—Names of Months— Hours of the Day—The words: Day, Month, Year—Names of Stars in Hawaiian—Points of the Compass.
Creation Myths 335 Traditionary Voyages 338 On the word Amama 340 Philological and Miscellaneous Notes 341
Story of Hiiakaikapoliopele—Extracts from Story of Keanini— Some Kauai terms with equivalents.
Things similar in India, etc., and Polynesia 347 The Numerical System, comparative 355
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