Now Haleakala Is So Bulky And
Tall That It Turns The North-East Trade-Wind Aside On Either Hand,
So That In The Lee Of Haleakala No Trade-Wind Blows At All.
On the
contrary, the wind blows in the counter direction, in the teeth of
the north-east trade.
This wind is called Naulu. And day and night
and always Ukiukiu and Naulu strive with each other, advancing,
retreating, flanking, curving, curling, and turning and twisting,
the conflict made visible by the cloud-masses plucked from the
heavens and hurled back and forth in squadrons, battalions, armies,
and great mountain ranges. Once in a while, Ukiukiu, in mighty
gusts, flings immense cloud-masses clear over the summit of
Haleakala; whereupon Naulu craftily captures them, lines them up in
new battle-formation, and with them smites back at his ancient and
eternal antagonist. Then Ukiukiu sends a great cloud-army around
the eastern-side of the mountain. It is a flanking movement, well
executed. But Naulu, from his lair on the leeward side, gathers the
flanking army in, pulling and twisting and dragging it, hammering it
into shape, and sends it charging back against Ukiukiu around the
western side of the mountain. And all the while, above and below
the main battle-field, high up the slopes toward the sea, Ukiukiu
and Naulu are continually sending out little wisps of cloud, in
ragged skirmish line, that creep and crawl over the ground, among
the trees and through the canyons, and that spring upon and capture
one another in sudden ambuscades and sorties.
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