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that size. At the northeast edge of the terrace a crevice in tne 

 rock was followed for about eight feet but without hnding evidence 

 of use. and a trench on the plalhtrni 6 feet deep and 6 feet 

 long revealed nothing. 



Excavation on the structure at the place marked on the map 

 (fig. 3, f) disclosed a terrace with a front wall 25 feet long and 

 5 feet 2 inches high at the middle. Position of the back toundary 

 was not determined but it was at least 10 feet from the retaining 

 wall. W'e trenched for about six feet in from the center and about 

 six feet deep. The large stones prevented further work. A space 

 for about 25 feet in front of the structure seems to have been 

 formerly cleared of stone and may have had some coimectior. 

 with the use of the terrace. Two smooth beach pebbles found at 

 Halalii are considered by Mr. Aitken to be sling stones. 



PA PUAA O PELE group 



Fifteen yards east of Pa Puaa o Pele is a stone structure 9 

 feet long and 5 feet wide. The Kaupo natives point this out 

 as the grave of two men and a woman who scratched the sacred 

 sands and were lost in the descending fog and perished. This 

 legend did not seem plausible since the structure closely resembles 

 the platform at the base of Naue and those on the lava flows. 

 Excavating cleared our doubts, for it revealed no burial in or 

 under the structure. It is quite likely that natives perished here 

 but the story of their burial is probably an attempt to explain the 

 existence of the structure. A slingstone was lodged in the corner 

 of the structure and five others were scattered about it. There are 

 about 50 ahus around Pa Puaa o Pele ; none half as large as the 

 burial ahu in Kamoa o Pele and some consisting of only three 

 stones one on top of the other. 



On the slopes of Kaulupo is an ahu or a platform 7 feet 

 square and 4 feet high. Near it are 15 very small piles of 

 stones each about a foot high. 



HANAKAUHI GROUP 



Three platforms and two ahus in Ilanakauhi \'alley. a little 

 jXDcket lying between IMamani and Kunui Hills, were examined 

 by Mr. . Aitken from whose report the descriptions are taken. The 



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