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whose own cord is hidden here, claims that placing the cord out 

 of danger of destruction protects the child from becoming- a thief. 

 It is difficult to see the connection as rats visit the caves ; and 

 besides, better protection could be obtained by hiding the cords in 

 lx)ttles and nearer the villages. The other explanation is from 

 Dr. George Aiken, who at one time saw an old native throw a col- 

 lection of navel strings into the Bottomless Pit, Kawilinau, ex- 

 claiming, "To make the child strong". There must be more sig- 

 nificance to the custom. Probably these spots are sacred. The 

 custom prevails also in the region of Mount Waialeale, Kauai. 



THE 00 GROUP 



The uppermost cone on the Sliding Sands Trail contains a 

 small but exceedingly steep crater filled with the debris of great 

 rocks. \'iewed from the trail no structures are visible but on the 

 bottom of the crater are the three largest terraces that have so far 

 been discovered. The smallest one, which banks the west slope, 

 is 20 V2 feet long at the front, 22 feet at the back, 13^2 feet wide, 

 and 4 feet 10 inches high. A terrace, 13 feet long, 7 feet wide, 

 and I foot high, leads up to it. The next terrace in size is on the 

 north slope and measures 22^^ feet long, 15 feet wide, 3 feet 

 8 inches high. By far the largest is on the southeast slope. It is 

 38 feet long, 22 feet wide, 6 feet high at its highest part. At the 

 northeast corner is a depressed floor, 15 feet long, 10 feet wide, 

 3 feet deep. This last structure is very much in ruins. 



keoneheehee; trail group 



The original form of the east terraced platform of the Keo- 

 neheehee group, north of Puu o Pele and on the south side of the 

 trail, is recognizable. It resembles those in Hanakauhi Valley. It 

 extends east and west 13 feet, is 4 feet wide at the east, 5 feet 9 

 inches at the west end, and 13 inches high. The other structure 

 seems to have retained only two corners, 22 feet apart ; it may not 

 be a platform at all. 



On the Sliding Sands we picked up half of a water-worn 

 stone, originally the size of an ostrich egg. On the Leleiwi Trail 

 we found another stone this size, and many pebbles. 



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