v Director's Annual Report. 



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 l'akule 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 mouths. 



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