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ing in position with the malu or umalu, the dasher of the canoe. 
The dish-like body of the toboggan is nearly flat on the bottom 
and curves but slightly upward towards the edges where it rises 
more abruptly to the rim. The rim begins at the block and con- 
tinues along both sides to the rear end. ‘There is no rim across 
the rearend. The total length is 44.8 inches, width 15.5, length 
of body 34.5, height of rim from bottom 1.5, thickness of bottom 
1.2 in middle and .5 at rear; block 7.2 long and 3.5 high and wide. 
Through the neck, between the ihu and the umalu, two holes 
have been vertically cut (not drilled). At various points along 
the lower edge other holes have been cut obliquely (Fig. 4), one 
on either side near the middle, two on the left and one on the right 
near the end. ‘They were skilfully made on a slant so as not to 
interfere with the upper surface (Fig. 3). When the specimen 
was found there were heavy cords of braided coconut fibre attached 
through the perforations. The upper surface is smooth, but the 
lower has been much scratched and scored, as might result from 
dragging a heavy load over stones or gravel. ‘Toward the rear 
end this surface has been nearly worn through, the thickness 
having been reduced more thana half. All the cutting has been 
done with a blunt implement, and the specimen is undoubtedly 
ancient. It was found in 1905 in a cave at Hookena, Hawaii, 
together with a small surfboard of breadfruit wood and several 
stone implements. When found both toboggan and surfboard 
were impregnated with salt. 
Following the discovery, it was recollected by the.older natives 
at Hookena (according to a brief article in the Commercial Adver- 
tiser, Dec. 6, 1905) that their parents and grandparents had told 
them of a certain chiefess named Kaneamuna who lived at Hoo- 
kena in the time of Keawenuiaumi, king of Hawaii. Her princi- 
pal amusements were riding the surfboard and coasting down hill. 
It was also said that for the latter purpose she had a course built 
on a hill back of Hookena anda sled made. After her death her 
sled and surfboard disappeared, and it was common belief that 
those found in the cave were hers. 
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