Sometimes the kings were attended by a man sprung from the gods, and this happy mortal alone had the right to follow, _puris naturalibus_, his august master.

The people said, in speaking of him, _He akua ia_, he is a god.
_Kapa_, a kind of large sheet in which the chiefs dressed themselves, was made of the soaked and beaten bark of several shrubs, such as the wauke, olona, hau, oloa.

Fine varieties were even made of the kukui (_Aleurites moluccana_).

In ancient times it was an offense punishable with death for a common man to wear a double kapa or malo.
The Hawaiians have never worn shoes.

In certain districts where lava is very abundant, they make sandals (_kamaa_) with the leaves of the ki and pandanus.