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will be restored as nearly as can be to its pristine state and thus 

 preserved. 



On a mass of loose rocks, resulting from disintegration of an old 

 lava flow, projecting into the ocean half a mile east from the mouth 

 of the Wailua Eiver, and near the race track, is a heiau of irregular 

 construction. The extreme measurements are 80 feet north and south 

 by 200 feet east and west. The wall on the side toward the sea is 

 higher and wider along the central half than it is nearer the ends. 

 Small inclosures, bounded by single rows of stones, probably mark 

 the sites of houses for priests and attendants. Along the inner side 

 of the wall next to the water are four depressions, remains of 

 partially filled well-like or oistern-like excavations ; similar hollows, 

 obscured by brush, are also next to the inner foot of the opposite wall. 

 A large rock in the form of a triangular prism, standing upright, 

 with one end firmly imbedded in the ground, was no doubt a " god " 

 of some kind ; it has a slight hollow or " cup " pecked in the flat top. 

 There are several irregular rows of stones outside of the inclosure. 

 Dense growth prevents the examination necessary fdr a closer de- 

 scription. 



DUNE BURIALS 



Four miles east of Lihue a spur of the plantation railway was run 

 into the dunes to procure sand for making fills. In the course of 

 this work human bones were found, the remains of one individual 

 in one spot and of at least two others nof far away. None of these 

 bones seemed to have been long underground. Search in the vicinity, 

 over bare spots among the ridges whose upper portions have been 

 carried away by the winds, revealed indications of burials in at least 

 six other places. Such bones as were found were decayed or in frag- 

 ments. Among them was part of the skull of a very young infant. 

 A quantity of cooking stones, some coral rasps or files, and a much 

 weathered fragment of a wooden bowl, denoted that camps had been 

 made on the dunes. As the beach is smooth, firm, and extensive, 

 providing an excellent place for landing canoes or dragging seines, 

 these remains probably pertain to parties or families who maintained 

 fishing camps here. 



At the mouth of the Wailua River, on the east side, was a " City of 

 Refuge." It is now partially destroyed, many of the stones having 

 been taken away to make a fill in the road. It was rectangular in 

 form, 360 feet east and west, 60 feet north and south, made of large 

 stones, some of them weighing a ton or even more. The eastern por- 

 tion of the interior is artificially made a foot higher than the western. 

 The structure is 300 fieet from the water. Midway down the gentle 

 slope in front, opposite the western end, is a slightly crooked row, 

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