
Notes on Hawatian Petroglyphs. 63 
made by visitors to Momomi from the rest of Molokai and the other 
islands. 
If credence is to be given to these accounts, and there is no 
reason why it should not be, then a definite minimum limit of age 
can be placed on the origin of the custom. 

FIG. 42. SLAB OF SANDSTONE SHOWING ‘‘FOOTPRINTS.’’ 
An estimate of the number made, taken from the worn down 
and almost obliterated traces, would be above five hundred. Very 
frequently they were in pairs. The majority were just about 
12 inches long, and none were found appreciably longer. There 
were quite a few 9 inches long, and one pair 4 inches long; in 
depth they varied from .5 inch to 2 inches. Toed ‘‘foot-prints’’ 
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