Laws have been enacted to prohibit these charlatans from exercising their art; but under the rule of Kamehameha III., who protected them, these laws have not been enforced.
THE CITIZENS.

NA MAKAAINANA.
The class of _Makaainana_ comprises all the inhabitants not included in the two preceding classes; that is to say, the bulk of the people.
There were two degrees of this cast: the _kanaka wale_, freemen, private citizens, and the _kauwa_ or servants.

The Hawaiian saying, _O luna, o lalo, kai, o uka a o ka hao pae, ko ke 'lii_ (All above, all below, the sea, the land, and iron cast upon the shore, all belong to the king), exactly defines the third class of the nation, called makaainana, the class that possesses nothing, and has no right save that of sustenance.
The Hawaiians honored canoe-builders and great fishers as privileged citizens.

The chiefs themselves granted them some consideration; but it must be confessed that the honorable position they occupied in society was due to their skill in their calling rather than to any thing else.

These builders were generally deeply in debt.