2=0 Occasional Papers Bcniicc P. Bishop Miisciuii 



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From Puu Maui, the highest cone in the Crater, a ridge of 

 red sand extends through the middle of Koolau Gap and is crossed 

 by }Ialemauu trail at Keahuokaholo. Near this point and along- 

 side of the trail is a curved stone wall 34 feet long, 4^ feet wide 

 and 7,^(2 feet high. Sand has nearly covered the middle. One 

 hundred and fifty feet southeast of the wall is an ahu 3 hy 4 feet. 



On mounting the ridge of Keahuokaholo a surprising num- 

 ber of piles of stone come into view : some having thick leases. 

 others having one stone as a base. We counted between 40 and 

 50 within a radius of 100 yards. East of the entrance of the trail 

 from the Halalii side are 28 stone shelters. Among these we col- 

 lected about 15 water-worn pebbles. Five had been laid together 

 next to a ruined shelter and 3 at another shelter. There were 

 about as many ahus and shelters north of the entrance as south 

 of it. The structure farthest away on the north is a platform 

 9 feet by 3]^ feet, and ij^ feet high. 



On the west border of Keahuokaholo are about 50 small 

 ahus. A ruined platform lies 100 feet south and another, measur- 

 ing 33/2 feet by 12 feet, is 300 feet to the northeast on the edge of 

 a ravine, and 200 feet farther northeast is a large flat rock, three 

 feet high, covered by a single layer of rough stones. 



A few minutes walk from Keahuokaholo on the I^eleiwi trail 

 brought us to a platform 3^2 feet wide and 12 feet long built of 

 thin slabs of aa lava. About ten minutes later we reached the lava 

 tube known as I^ong Cave, near which are three large stone sleep- 

 ing shelters. With Dr. George Aiken as guide, Mr. Walter 

 Walker and myself followed the cave for three-quarters of a mile 

 without reaching its end. 



A short distance north of the trail from Long Cave is the 

 pit, Xa Piko Haua, 10 feet deep and 15 feet in diameter, iu which 

 we found tucked away in crevices the umbilical cords of Kaupo 

 babies. Some of the cords were in colored cloth wrapped with the 

 hair of the child's mother, and others were preserved in small 

 glass bottles ; the presence of the recently hidden cords testifies to 

 the strength of superstition among present-day natives. I have 

 heard two explanations of this custom. Mr. Poouahi, from Kaupo, 



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