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'riicic were darker iiiottliiigs on the Inick. When I licld one of these 

 visitors near to tlie light, there appeared small, irrefi;ular patches of moss- 

 •iirccii color always within the borders of the darker j)arts. After pro- 

 lonjjed exposure to the light, in sonic instances. thcs(> darker patterns 

 became roughly e(lg(>d with green." 



A\'e (juote from a clii)ping from a Hawaiian newspa))er, received 

 from Dr. Sullivan: 



"Professor Louis R. ISuUivan of the Bishop Museum has returned to 

 Hilo from Kona, where he has been making a study of the Hawaiians 

 for the purpose of i)reserving their race characteristics in the nmseum 

 archives. Professor Sullivan has been in Kona for several weeks. 

 Previously he made exhaustive studies in Oahu. 



'"I am convinced,' said Dr. Sullivan, 'that tiiere are at least 20. ()()() 

 Hawaiians in the territory who will i)ass for rei)resentatives of the 

 ancient stock. Alore than half of them are pure bloods, if we mean b\- 

 that the race as it was discovered here by the Anglo-Saxons. The g(>n- 

 eral gossi]) and even the scientific statements that the Hawaiian race is 

 disai)i)earing are erroneous. The Hawaiian is becoming more and more a 

 mixed blood, but 1 do not think he is going faster in that direction than 

 the people of our own race. It is ])retty difficult to find a puie blooded 

 American any more. We are comj)()un(l(Ml of all the races in the world 

 north of the equator. 



'"I found 330 i)in-e l)loode(l Hawaiians in Kona. for instance. 

 When the people knew 1 wanted to get their racial characteristics and 

 history they presented themselves willingly enough. Out of all those 

 who came to be examined, claiming to be ])ure blood Hawaiians. more 

 than half so far have proved to be so, from the careful tests we make." 



"Professor Sullivan said that aside from the historical interest which 

 these records will have for future historians and antiquaries, they would 

 no doubt prove of value in the present attempt of tlu^ Bishop Museum 

 to trace the origin of the Hawaiian race. 



''Professor Sullivan says the most i)ronounce(l features which dis- 

 tinguish the Hawaiians are the eyes, color and shape: th(> hair, color 

 and texture; and the teeth. 



'"I find the teeth the best test,' he said. ' There is no mistaking the 

 Hawaiian teeth. Among the pure bloods the molars and incisors have a 

 distinguishing shape. It is too bad that the teeth of the Hawaiians are so 



