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watched over by his kahuna or priest, who lived in the house 

 and drew the fish into the trap by means of invocations to his 

 deity. It would seem that the ceremonies connected with this 

 Pakule were to be stringently observed, as, if a kahuna in his 

 incantations even misplaced a word, the ceremony would be of 

 no effect and the kahuna would die. The priest was believed to 

 have the power to draw into the trap at will any variety of fish 

 desired, and for his services he received payment in advance from 

 the fishermen who expected to benefit from the catch. It was 



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believed that when invoked, Hina enticed the variety of fish 

 desired into the harbor from the sea. On the return of the fish to 

 the ocean, they perceived Kuula hiding behind the wall and fear- 

 ing to pass him, attempted to make their way over the bank, where 

 they were stopped by the men on the walls (represented by the 

 black stones). Threatened on both sides, they entered the trap. 

 Mr. Bruce Cartwright Jr. found on top of the wall near Hina a 

 collection of four or five small pieces of basalt; the largest, under 

 seven inches long, was preserved and shown to a native, who said 

 it represented a certain fish. It may be that the kahuna, who 

 believed in his power as thoroughly as did his customers, desig- 



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