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PLATE I.

Female dancing in hula costume

Frontispiece

II.

Íe-íe (Freycinetia arnotti) leaves and fruit

19

III.

Hála-pépe (Dræsena aurea)

24

IV

Maile (Alyxia myrtillifolia) wreath

32

V.

Ti (Dracæria terminalis)

44

VI.

Ilima (Sida fallax), lei and flowers

56

VII.

Ipu hula, gourd drum

73

VIII.

Marionettes (Maile-pakaha, Nihi-au-moe)

91

IX.

Marionette (Maka-kú)

93

X.

Pahu hula, hula drum

103

XI.

Úli-ulí, a gourd rattle

107

XII.

Hawaiian tree-shells (Achatinella * * *)

120

XIII.

Lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) flowers and leaves

126

XIV.

Hawaiian trumpet, pu (Cassis madagascarensis)

131

XV.

Woman playing on the nose-flute (ohe-hano-ihu)

135

XVI.

Pu-niu, a drum

142

XVII.

Hawaiian musician playing on the uku-lele

164

XVIII.

Hala fruit bunch and drupe with a "lei"

170

XIX.

Pu (Triton tritonis)

172

XX.

Phyllodia and true leaves of the koa (Acacia koa)

181

XXI.

Pala-palai ferns

194

XXII.

Awa-puhi, a Hawaiian ginger

210

XXIII.

Hinano hala

235

XXIV.

Lady dancing the hula ku’i

250

FIGURE 1.

Puíli, bamboo rattle

113

2.

Ka, drumstick for pu-niu

142

3.

Ohe-hano-ihu, Nose-flute

145

I.

Range of the nose-flute--Elsner

146

II.

Music from the nose-flute--Elsner

146

III.

The ukeké (as played by Keaonaloa)-Elsner

149

IV.

Song from the hula pa’i-umauma--Berger

153

V.

Song from the hula pa-ipu-Berger

153

VI.

Song for the hula Pele--Berger

154

VII.

Oli and mele from the hula ala’a-papa--Yarndley

156

VIII.

He Inoa no Kamehameha--Byington

162

IX.

Song, Poli Anuanu--Yarndley

164

X.

Song, Hua-hua’i--Yarndley

166

XI.

Song, Ka Mawae--Berger

167

XII.

Song, Like no a Like--Berger

168

XIII.

Song, Pili Aoao--Berger

169

XIV.

Hawaii Ponoi--Berger

172