6o Director' s Anjiual J\cporf. 



With the careful study of the ilhistrations, many new forms 

 may be seen. One striking peculiarit>' was the use of irregularly 

 circular lines for the inclusion or separation of groups of petro- 

 glyphs, perhaps for the purpose of limiting or defiuing a particular 

 record. There were forms innumerable, forms not suggestive of the 

 human or animal, which from this grouping could leave but little 

 doubt that they told a connected stor)-. They left a strong impres- 

 sion that the Hawaiians had made a decided advance towards a 

 written language. Kllis' concentric rings were here aplenty, and 

 cup-marks, isolated and grouped. Mostly on the outskirts of this 

 interesting area were many names of Hawaiians, sometimes dated, 

 and more initials. It seemed to have been a time-honored place 

 for recording events. The place had been isolated b}' the flow 

 of lava in 1859 and is not eas}* of approach. It is doubtful if 

 Ellis visited this spot, though he landed at "Wainanarii" (now 

 unknown) two hours canoe journey from Kiholo. If we call this 

 distance nine miles, it would mean that he lauded wnthin a mile 

 of the petroglyphs. Ellis rested at "Wainanarii" a few hours, 

 and merely mentioned that as it was Saturday he found the natives 

 spending their time preparing for the Sabbath. It is most regret- 

 table that Ellis did not continue his journey a little inland, as had 

 that careful and accurate observer seen the petroglyphs at Puuana- 

 hulu, Hawaiian ethnology would probably be richer today by the 

 explanations and views of the natives of his time. 



Molokai. — Molokai was visited in the middle of 1909. At 

 Puu Hakina, towards the sovith-west corner of the island, and 

 about two miles north-west of Hale o Eono is a low, rocky hillock. 

 On the top of the rise were three stones standing in line, each 

 marked with shallow cut figures on the vertical side facing the 

 south (Fig. 40) . The figures were not marked before photograph- 

 ing. The index finger of the man holding the tape is one foot from 

 the lower part of the wire. The most striking form in this series 

 is that of a male on the middle stone ; in addition to a wide, taper- 

 ing trunk and twisted limbs, it has an oval loop reaching from the 

 neck high above the head. Below these stones and about fifteen 

 feet to the south is a terrace artificially walled up. Fig. 41 shows 

 the wall faiutlv, and three men sitting on the graved stones. Mr. 



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