Notes on Hawaiian Petroglyphs. 



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carvings at this place were few. but novel. In Fig. 23 is one, 30 

 inches long, with five-fingered hands sheltering three small ab- 

 normally fashioned glyphs ; at the base of its neck was a distinct 

 line stretching above its right shoulder. It might tell the story 

 of a large and valiant man struck with a spear while defending 

 his children or less capable fellows. Another, Fig. 24, with its 

 lower half omitted, reached down with a four-fingered hand in the 

 direction of a pair of children. Two other petroglyphs in this en- 



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viromnent, Fig. 27, 16 inches long and Fig. 26 are peculiar from 

 the fact that eyes were represented without head outlines. The 

 ancient native trail leading past this spot to Punaluu crossed a 

 flow of aa. To add to the comfort of the barefooted traveler, a 

 line of smooth water-worn stones had been placed on the sharp 

 clinkers about two and one-half feet apart. On one of these stones 

 a -Miiall graving was seen (Fig. 29). It is now in the Bishop 

 Museum. The figure is of a common form, length 7 inches, but 

 graved in shallower channels than is usual — only .05 inch deep. 

 The head is .2 inch deeper. The slight depth may be accounted for 

 by the extremely hard surface of the stone. To make the petro- 

 glyph distinct in the photograph, the finger was wetted and passed 

 along the grooves of the figure before exposing the plate. 



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