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ing him a tip in as delicate a way as possible, he was much 

 offended and explained that he gave me the information because 

 he wished to assist the stranger, and begged me not to repeat the 

 offer. He had lived in Kahaluu all his Hfe. He also told me that 

 King Kalakaua had tried to break off some of the petroglyphs to 

 take them to Honolulu. A large quantity of rock had been 

 removed from the swelling of lava on the land side, but there were 

 no marks on the broken edge of cold chisels or steel tools, which 

 would probably have been used for the work thirty years ago. 

 It should be mentioned that the natives then living at Kahaluu 

 referred to the figure of Kamalalawalu by that name. 



At Palemano Point, Keei, near the heiau of Kamaiko and on 

 the lava at the south side of Kealakeakua Bay, a petroglyph was 

 found (Fig. 30, e) when searching for a triangulation station. 

 This figure was hammered in much broader lines than usual ; the 

 channels were smooth, but the impression gained was that it was 

 a modern piece of work. 



When at Honaunau, many enquiries were made for the 

 pictures on the rocks, and a story was told of a number of stars 

 being carved on an immense upright slab, which had since been 

 overturned by a tidal wave and then lay pictured side down. 

 Farley 14 mentions petroglyphs at Honaunau representing Kamala- 

 lawalu and his dogs, but after many enquiries without success, 

 the writer concluded that there had been confusion in the localities 

 of Kahaluu and Honaunau, especially as Farley also said that 

 Kalakaua tried to remove some. However, a number of people 

 have since been met who have seen the gravings. Dr. N. B. 

 Kmerson of Honolulu described them to the writer as having 

 triangular bodies. 



Kau. — At Ka Eae, the south cape of Hawaii, no petroglyphs 

 were seen, but information had previously been received from 

 Mr. J. V S. Emerson, formerly a government surveyor, that holes 

 had been drilled by the natives in the rocks at the water's edge to 

 provide moorings for their canoes. Each mooring was found to 

 consist of two conical holes drilled near the edge, on the top and 

 side of a boulder, at right angle to each other and meeting at about 

 2.5 inches from the surfaces. The holes tapered inward from a 



14 Hawaiian Annual, 1898, p. 124. 



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