14 HAWAIIAN STONE IMPLEMENTS. 



The simple sling of pandanus was the most inartificial of any used in the Pacific. 

 The Caroline islanders had a handsome sling of braided coconut fibre. The form of 

 sling and their use in warfare does not concern us at present and we may pass to the 

 next stone implement.* 



Anchors. — Certainly the anchors iised by the Hawaiians before the advent of 

 iron were hardlj- man uf allured. Often a mere stoue to which a cord of coconut fibre 

 could be attached served the purpose of holding the canoe temporarily on the shoals 

 near shore. More commonh' the canoe of a chief was provided with a stone through 



FIG. 8. HAWAII.iN ANCHOR BELONGING TO ONE OF K.\MEHAMEHA'S CANOES. 



which was a natural hole (Fig. 8) a form not hard to find among volcanic rocks. 

 When a convenient hole could not be found a strong net of olona was put around a 

 stone of suitable size and the painter made fast in this way. In sea water abounding 

 in marine worms canoes could not be left long at rest in the water but were drawn out 

 on the beach, when not in aAual use, so the need of an anchor was less; in fishing it 

 was sometimes important. 



Grindstones. — In New Zealand the presence of sandstone ledges brought 

 together workmen of various tribes to grind or polish their adzes, etc. The same was 

 the case in Australia, but the Hawaiian had no sandstone fit for the purpose and he 

 used the flat slabs of phonolite which often present a parallel cleavage and so form 

 plates .sometimes thin enough to use as covering slates. The hardness sometimes 



*The use of slings was general all over the world, and from the earliest times, and they were, before the invention of firearms, no 

 contemptible weapon. In the chapter on Hawaiian warfare their effecftiveness as well as their various forms \\-\\\ be considered. The battle 

 of Nuuami (1795) was perhaps the last great conflict in which Hawaiians made use of slings. 



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