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 would quit the island forever. Kaulu effaced a portion of his circle sixty paces wide, and through this gap the hideous Moo rushed down to the sea, and troubled the island of Lanai no more.

When Kaulu had exterminated the last of his supernatural foes, he rested awhile among the grateful and adoring people of the island. He resolved to spend a few days in fishing and bathing in the surf as a recreation, and one day having grown tired of sporting on the surf-board he returned to the shore and threw himself down under the shade of a tree. There, watching the shadows of the clouds floating over the bathers, he fell asleep, and on opening his eyes, saw sitting near him a very beautiful woman. Her garment was all spangled with crystals and