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in order to deceive and elude Pclc. These transformations were — 

 lice, maiiijii, kuniu, puco, and kala, so there are now five kinds of 

 fishes, of kalo and of forest trees known by these respective names. 

 Pclc could not follow Kamapua'a into the kalo lo'i because her 

 eyes were bleared with the salt water. Hcc means "squid ;"' squid 

 was a very acceptable oft'ering to the gods : if one could not be 

 obtained, the huli of this kalo might be taken and divided into 

 eight parts, so that it resembled the squid in whose place it was 

 offered, hence the name. 



49. Heilia. 



50. Hekili. H chili (thunder) was a king of Maui, who died 

 in 1791. He was noted because one side of his body was tatued 

 black. This particular kalo was his favorite variety, so it was 

 named after him. This kalo was raised in ancient times, both in 

 lo'i and tmirrigated patches, never occurring wild. It is rare 

 now. The interior of the corm varies in tint from light to dark 

 gray. The foliage has no special marking, save that the petiole 

 is sometimes reddish. The lua'u is good. This variety is not 

 used in the preparation of native medicines, although it was used 

 by the kahunas in their sacred rites. 



51. Hele maun a. 



(To be continued.) 



The Balkan War has brought about a rise in certain lumber 

 prices in Europe because of the big demand for wood for ammu- 

 nition boxes. 



Dogwood, the principal source of shuttles for use in cotton 

 mills, is growing scarcer year by year, and various substitutes are 

 being tried, but with no great success. 



Experiments with a tree planting machine at the Utah agricul- 

 tural experiment station indicate that it may be used to advan- 

 tage in reforesting old burned areas on the national forests. 



The leading forest schools of the country not only have their 

 own forest tracts for continuous experiments, l)ut give their 

 students actual experience in the woods by having them take part 

 in big lumbering oj)erations. 



France has spent $35,000,000 in i)lanting trees on the water 

 sheds of important streams. 



.According to the Canadian forestry association 50 per cent, 

 of Canada is capable of growing nothing but timber crops. 



A shingle mill in Maine uses 2000 cords of paper birch each 

 year in the mruiufaciure of toothpicks. 



