(the land of the divine water of Kane). The tradition says of Pali-uli, that it was a sacred, tabooed land; that a man must be righteous to attain it; if faulty or sinful he will not get there; if he looks behind he will not get there; if he prefers his family he will not enter Pali-uli.” “Among other adornments of the Polynesian Paradise, the Kalana-i-hau-ola, there grew the

     Ulu kapu a Kane

    , the breadfruit tabooed for Kane, and the

     ohia hemolele

    , the sacred apple-tree. The priests of the olden time are said to have held that the tabooed fruits of these trees were in some manner connected with the trouble and death of Kumuhonua and Lalahonua, the first man and the first woman. Hence in the ancient chants he is called

     Kane-laa-uli, Kumu-uli, Kulu-ipo

    , the fallen chief, he who fell on account of the tree, or names of similar import.”

    According to those legends of Kumuhonua and

    Wela-ahi-lani, “at the time when the gods created the stars, they also created a multitude of angels, or spirits (

     i kini akua

    ), who were not created like men, but made from the spittle of the gods (

     i kuhaia

    ), to be their servants or messengers. These spirits, or a number of them, disobeyed and revolted, because they were denied the

     awa

    ; which means that they were not permitted to be worshipped,

     awa

    being a sacrificial offering and sign of worship. These evil spirits did not prevail, however, but were conquered by Kane, and thrust down into uttermost darkness (

     ilalo loa i ka po

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