The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-09

ing to Kuula, the remainder was then
free to the people.
Some of the varieties of fish now
eaten were deified and prayed to by the
people of the olien time, and even
some Hawaiians of today labor under
like superstition with regard to sharks,
cells, oopus, and some others. They are
afraid to eat or touch these lest they
suffer in consequence, and this belief
has been perpetuated; handed down
from parents to children, even to the
present day.
A Fish Legend.
The amaze holo is a species of mullet
unlike those of the shallow water. or
pond variety, and this story Of its
habit is Well known to any kupa
tnative born) Of Oahu.
The home of the anae-holo is at Ho-
nouliuh, Pearl HarbOr, at place call
ed Ihuopalaai. They make periodical
journeys around to the opposite side
of the Island. starting from Puuloa and
going to windward passing successive
ly Kumumanu. Kalihi, Kou. Kalia, Wal
kiki. Kaalawai and SO on, around to
the koolau side, ending at Laie, and
then return by the same course to
their starting point. This fish is not
caught at Waianae, Kaena, Waialua,
Waimea or Kahuku because they do
not run that way, though these places
are well supplied with other kinds.
The reason given for this is as fol
! lows:
Ihuopalaai had a Kuula, and this
fish god supplied anaes. Ihuopalaai S
sister took a husband and went and
| lived with him at Laie, X oolauloa. In
course of time there were no fish to
be had. In her distress and desire for
some she bethought herself of her
! brother, so she sent her husband to
HONOLULU to ask Ihuopalaai for a sup
ply, saying: $50 to Ihuopalaai, my
brother. and ask him for fish, If he
offers you dried fish refuse it by all
means. do not take if, because it is
such long distance that YOU would
not be able to carry enough to last
US for any length of time
I When her husband arrived at Homo
| uliuli he went to Ihuopalaai and asked
! him for fish. His hrother-in-law gave
I him several large bundles of dried fish,
one of which he could not very well
! lift, let alone carry distance This
/ offer was refused and reply given ac-
/ cording to instruction. 1huopalaai sat
i thinking for some time and then told
| him to return home, saving: ''You
! take the road on the Kona side of
! the Island; do not sit. stay. nor sleep
on the way till You reach your own
! house,
The man started as directed and
I lhuopalaai asked KuuIa to send fish
! for his sister, and while iourneying
! homeward as directed a school of fish
! was following in the sea, within the
/ breakers, He did not obey fully the
+ words of lhuopalaai for he became so
( tired that he sat down on the way.
! but noticed whenever he did so that
! the fish rested, too. The people seeing
/ the school Of fish went and caught
them. OF course, not knowing that this
was his supply he did not realize that
! the people were taking his fish.
Reaching home he met his wife and
/ told her he had brought no fish but
had seen many all the way, and point
! ed out to her the school Of anae-h0lo
winch was then resting abreast Of their
mouse. She told him it was their sup
ply sent by her brOtherin-law. They
hshed and got all they desired, where
upon the remainder returned by the
same way till they reached Honolulu
where lhu0paIaai was living, and ever
afterwards this variety of fish has
come and gone the same way every
year 10 thls day, commencing some
time IN October and ending in March
or April.