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John Burrows, keeper of the Lighthouse on the south west cape, 

 first noticed these figures in 1891, and said that the) looked asdis 

 tinct tlu-n as when he showed them to the- writer. 



Kalaina wawae (Figs. 42-45) were- seen on an ancient high- 

 wax along the north side of the island. The spot is one and one- 

 hall miles west ol the Moinoini huts and one-half mile from the 

 sea. Here on a slope of air-formed sandstone were numerous ob 

 long depressions, said to represent human footprints. The legend 



FIC.. 41. 



extant concerning- the cause and origin of these marks, was to the 

 effect that Kalaina, a prophetess (or as the narrator quaintly ex- 

 pressed it, a crazy woman ) lived at Momomi nearby. One day she 

 went to the trail and made two box-like hollows in its surface. 

 The next day she called the people to the place and showed them 

 her work. "See what I have done! Bye and bye people will 

 come from the sea with feet like these." It is said that this an- 

 nouncement was a prophecy of the arrival of the boot-wearing 

 Caucasian. On this account the place has since been known as 

 Kalaina wawae — Kalaina 's feet. Following this event, visitors 

 from other parts of Molokai and the other islands of the group 

 have been accustomed to leave their marks in similar form when 

 traveling along the road. This account was received from one 

 man. Another said that he had heard of the footprints being 



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