Notes on Hawatian Petroglyphs. 49 
ing him a tip in as delicate a way as possible, he was much 
offended and explained that he gave me the information because 
he wished to assist the stranger, and begged me not to repeat the 
offer. He had lived in Kahaluu all his life. Healso told me that 
King Kalakaua had tried to break off some of the petroglyphs to 
take them to Honolulu. A large quantity of rock had been 
removed from the swelling of lava on the land side, but there were 
no marks on the broken edge of cold chisels or steel tools, which 
would probably have been used for the work thirty years ago. 
It should be mentioned that the natives then living at Kahaluu 
referred to the figure of Kamalalawalu by that name. 
At Palemano Point, Keei, near the heiau of Kamaiko and on 
the lava at the south side of Kealakeakua Bay, a petroglyph was 
found (Fig. 30, E) when searching for a triangulation station. 
This figure was hammered in much broader lines than usual; the 
channels were smooth, but the impression gained was that it was 
a modern piece of work. 
When at Honaunau, many enquiries were made for the 
pictures on the rocks, and a story was told of a number of stars 
being carved on an immense upright slab, which had since been 
overturned by a tidal wave and then lay pictured side down. 
Farley'™t mentions petroglyphs at Honaunau representing Kamala- 
lawalu and his dogs, but after many enquiries without success, 
the writer concluded that there had been confusion in the localities 
of Kahaluu and Honaunau, especially as Farley also said that 
Kalakaua tried to remove some. However, a number of people 
have since been met who have seen the gravings. Dr. N. B. 
Emerson of Honolulu described them to the writer as having 
triangular bodies. 
Kau.—At Ka Lae, the south cape of Hawaii, no petroglyphs 
were seen, but information had previously been received from 
Mr. J. S. Emerson, formerly a government surveyor, that holes 
had been drilled by the natives in the rocks at the water’s edge to 
provide moorings for their canoes. Each mooring was found to 
consist of two conical holes drilled near the edge, on the top and 
side of a boulder, at right angle to each other and meeting at about 
2.5 inches from the surfaces. The holes tapered inward from a 
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™ Hawaiian Annual, 1898, p. 124. 
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