Notes on Hawaiian Petroglyphs. 



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time to the subject of petroglyphs as he would have desired, or 

 have taken, had the expedition been entirely financed by the Bishop 

 Museum. In addition to these notes are included illustrations of 

 petroglyphs gathered by Mr. Judd since his last paper, and kindly 

 given to the Museum. 



Kona, Hawaii. — The attention of the writer in the field was 

 first drawn to petroglyphs at Kahaluu, near the heiau of Keeku, 

 by information from a native that there was a picture on the beach. 

 As the tide had ebbed, an examination was made of the remains 



FIG. 2. PETROGLVPHS AT KAHALUU, LOOKIXG WEST. 



of an ancient lava flow extending seaward about two hundred 

 and fifty feet from the beach, and at a point about twenty-five feet 

 from the sand was a doubly outlined petroglyph (Fig. i), repre- 

 senting a headless human figure, cut into a smooth part of the 

 lava to a depth of .5 inch. The guide said it was Kamalalawalu. 

 Around it in all directions were numerous faint single-lined figures 

 (Figs. 2, 3) which the native appeared to see for the first time, 

 and which he suggested were Kamalalawalu's men. Preparations 

 were at once made to photograph the figures, but as it was believed 

 that none of them except the first mentioned were deep enough 

 for the faint grooves to be detected by the camera, a mixture of 



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