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measures 120 by 275 feet, longest east and west. The east wall is 

 11 feet high with a narrow terrace from end to end about midway 

 the height. The north wall is 18 feet high. The south wall, which 

 is in a somewhat irregular line, is 5 to 6 feet high. On the outside 

 of the south wall, which forms one side of each, are two inclosures. 

 One, near the east corner, measures 65 feet east and west and 15 

 feet wide, with its west wall at the edge of an opening which gives 

 access to the interior of the heiau. The wall of this inclosure is 4 

 feet high. The other inclosure measures 21 feet east and west by 

 28 feet north and south, the west end flush with the west end of the 

 temple. Its wall is 3 feet high. 



The main west wall is 12 feet high. A platform 2 to 4 feet wide, 

 probably a seat or bench, extends along the inside of the south wall. 

 An interior wall 4 feet high, not straight but approximately parallel 

 with the north wall, with a space 10 to 15 feet wide separating them, 

 has one end against the east wall, the other end coming near enough 

 to the west wall to leave only a narrow passagewaj'. 



The entire space inside is paved with large stones; on these, as 

 a floor, are several walls whose purpose is not clear; they run in 

 various directions. Near the west end are some small inclosures, 

 also a raised platform in which are 13 " wells," said to be intended to 

 " hold the blood of those ofi^ered up as a sacrifice." Possibly the 

 bodies or bones of victims were placed in them, though it is more 

 probable that they held posts or idols. 



On the outside, 20 feet from the west wall, is a " sacrifice stone," 

 6 by 8 feet, averaging 15 inches thick. It is somewhat dished, with 

 a natural depression 12 inches deep. 



The heiau is about 200 yards from the ocean. Walls, like fallen 

 fences, extend diagonally from the corners "at the west end; the 

 northern one terminates 200 yards away on an outcrop of lava ; the 

 southern one has about the same length and ends 50 feet from a 

 similar wall that reaches in a rude semicircle, convex uphill, for 

 300 yards to the top of a cliff over the ocean. On the opposite side of 

 a small cove within the farther end of this wall is a stone which is 

 known to the natives as the " Shark " or the " Shark God." It is 8^ 

 feet long, 32 inches across at the widest part, averages 14 inches thick, 

 and has somewhat the shape of a coffin with narrowed ends. Lying 

 just on the break of the slope, it inclines slightly down the bank. 

 The end toward the water is carved in a fairly good representation 

 of a turtle's head ; on the opposite end are nine artificial cup-like de- 

 pressions from 1^ to 3 inches in diameter with a depth rather less 

 than half the width ; three are on top, three on the end, three on the 

 lower side. Like any long stone supported at the center with the 

 ends free, it gives a metallic note when struck with a knife or other 



