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Director's . Innual Report. 



After Leaving Punaluu, the writer passed through Pahala, 

 but time was too limited to allow a search for, and examination of 

 the petroglyphs discovered by Mr. Walton at the latter place to be 

 made. However, J ui\i\ describes and illustrates a number of them . 



Puna. — On the lower trail from Kan is a footprint, [6 inches 

 long, clearly cut to the depth of .4 inch. It is well proportioned 

 and shows the wide spreading toes of the native foot undeformed 

 by boots. It is known as Nihau's foot. A few other gravings 

 were found near the spot, one to the south and off the road 

 ( Fig. 30, \ ), and three others along the trail to the east ( Fig. 30, 



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pig. ;o. 



B, C and i) ) . Continuing on the trail, distinct, but not very deeply 

 cut. marks were observed which might have been intended for the 

 chart of a constellation (Fig. 31). The group was about six feet 

 long. Fornander frequently mentions that the Hawaiians had 

 more than a passing knowledge of the heavenly bodies. 



It had been reported that petroglyphs were to be seen at the 

 heiau of Kukii in Kapoho, but Mr. Henry Lyman, who had spent 

 a great part of his life at that place, had not seen them. However, 

 he kindly showed me a natural crack in a rock, which he told me 

 a previous visitor had claimed was an Aztec character. 



Hilo. — Mr. Rufus Lyman informed the writer that on the 

 Wailuku river, to the east of the "Potholes," an old native had 

 shown him marks which were intended to represent the sun, moon 



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