60 Director's Annual Report. 



With the careful study oi the illustrations, many new forms 

 may be seen. One striking peculiarity was the use oi irregularly 

 circular lines for the inclusion or separation <>t groups oi petro- 

 glj phs, perhaps for the purpose of limiting or defining a particular 

 i ecord. There were forms innumerable, forms not suggestive of the 

 human or animal, which from this grouping could leave but little 

 doubt that they told a connected story. They left a strong impres- 

 sion that'the Hawaiians had made a decided advance towards a 

 written language. Ellis' concentric rings were here aplenty, and 

 cup-marks, isolated and grouped. Mostly on the outskirts of this 

 interesting area were many names of Hawaiians. sometimes dated , 

 and more initials. It seemed to have been a timedionored place 

 for recording events. The place had been isolated by the flow 

 of lava in 1859 and is not easy of approach. It is doubtful if 

 Ellis visited this >pot. though he lauded at "Wainanarii" (now- 

 unknown) two hours canoe journey from Kiholo. If we call this 

 distance nine miles, it would mean that he landed within a mile 

 of the petroglyphs. Ellis rested at "Wainanarii" a few hours, 

 and merely mentioned that as it was Saturday he found the natives 

 spending their time preparing for the Sabbath. It is most regret- 

 table that Ellis did not continue his journey a little inland, as had 

 that careful and accurate observer seen the petroglyphs at Puuana- 

 hulu, Hawaiian ethnology would probably be richer today by the 

 explanations and views of the natives of his time. 



Molokai. — Molokai was visited in the middle of 1909. At 

 Puu Hakina, towards the south-west coruer of the island, and 

 about two miles north-west of Hale o Lono is a low, rocky hillock. 

 On the top of the rise were three stones standing in line, each 

 marked with shallow cut figures on the vertical side facing the 

 south ( Fig. 40) . The figures were not marked before photograph- 

 ing. The index finger of the man holding the tape is one foot from 

 the lower part of the wire. The most striking form in this series 

 is that of a male on the middle stone ; in addition to a wide, taper- 

 ing trunk and twisted limbs, it has an oval loop reaching from the 

 neck high above the head. Below these stones and about fifteen 

 feet to the south is a terrace artificially walled up. Fig. 41 shows 

 the wall faiutlv, and three men sitting on the graved stones. Mr. 



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