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illness or even death. Any explanation of this and the foregoing 
beliefs the writer has been unable to obtain. 
The janitor had observed that during the incumbency of the 
various kahuna sharks were never known to have entered the 
trap, but since the Pakule has been unguarded these fish have 
often trespassed. An evidence of this is the curious fact that 
today the Pakule is known to the white population as ‘‘The Shark 
Pen,’’ and the belief is general among others than the aborigines 
that it was built for the purpose of entrapping sharks. 
These walled fish traps, being in the line of the channel 
planned by the United States naval authorities, will probably 
cease to exist within the next twelve months. 
lerei 
