Notes on Hawaiian Petrogtyphs. 



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occurred since the graving of this and the surrounding carvings. 

 It is believed that the Hawaiians did not practise decapitation. 

 The figure is 10.5 inches long, with trunk and limbs represented 

 by double lines of grooves .9 inch wide and .5 inch deep At its 

 foot is a male figure with head and body outlined, the latter in 

 oval form. On the east, other incomplete figures adjoin, one with 

 an outlined head and dotted eyes and nose. 



To the north of Kamalalawalu (Fig. 12), is another of the 

 figures with an upraised arm, while to the west of the last is 



Fig. 9. 



apparently a figure in profile. Petroglyphs in profile are so un- 

 usual" that it might be safer to consider this one incomplete, or 

 the remains of one that has been worn down by the waves. Still 

 further to the west is a graving (Fig. 14) 40 inches long which 

 from peculiarities of its outline might at first seem modern. How- 

 ever, the graving is similar in all respects to those described above. 

 Part of the head was seen, but does not show in the photograph.. 

 The abdomen is roughly rectangular with four upright or slanting 

 strokes on the upper side. The feet are circles. 



"Certain stone carvings in profile have been previously referred to on 

 pages 124 and 12s of this volume. 



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