animal. The animals specially mentioned in the tradition as having been created by Kane were hogs (

     puaa

    ), dogs (

     ilio

    ), lizards or reptiles (

     moo

    ).

    “Another legend of the series, that of

     Wela-ahi-lani

    , states that after Kane had destroyed the world by fire, on account of the wickedness of the people then living, he organized it as it now is, and created the first man and the first woman, with the assistance of Ku and Lono, nearly in the same manner as narrated in the former legend of Kumuhonua. In this legend the

    man is called Wela-ahi-lani, and the woman is called Owe.”

    Of the primeval home, the original ancestral seat of mankind, Hawaiian traditions speak in highest praise. “It had a number of names of various meanings, though the most generally occurring, and said to be the oldest, was

     Kalana-i-hau-ola

    (Kalana with the life-giving dew). It was situated in a large country, or continent, variously called in the legends Kahiki-honua-kele, Kahiki-ku, Kapa-kapa-ua-a-Kane, Molo-lani. Among other names for the primary homestead, or paradise, are

     Pali-uli

    (the blue mountain),

     Aina-i-ka-kaupo-o-Kane

    (the land in the heart of Kane),

     Aina-wai-akua-a-Kane

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