Ftinncls for Hiiewai. 



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neck serving as spout; the other (1230) was a bottle with a disk removed from the 

 bottom to form the month of the funnel. The first time I saw one of these bottles 

 filled, however, was without any funnel. All along the coast of Oahu, east of Diamond 



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FIG. 121. COMPRESSED GOURD WATER BOTTLE. 



Head, springs of fresh water are found below the sea level, and near Leahi one of con- 

 siderable size and force of current exists. My native diver placed his thumb over the 

 neck of his empty huewai, plunged into the sea and soon emerged with a bottle full of 

 sweet water. The process used to be common before the Nuuanu waters were brought 

 over the town of Honolulu. 



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