S1 '~ a 01 a S21Gl - 1 - cave was a tiny pool of perfectly clear water and I was astonished to 
vino, tnis sour and bitter with mineral matter, wholly unpalatable and without special 
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treatment unsafe to drink. 
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Jane 1 5 —Census of the bird life of Hinoa- 
Diomedea immutabilis 2 birds 
Diomedea nigripes 60 pairs 
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Puffinus cuneatus 15,000 pairs 
Puffinus nativitatis 20 pairs 
Sula leucogastra 50 pairs 
Sula cyanops 125 pairs 
Sula piscator 5,000 pairs 
Fregata 1/oQQ pairs 
Sterna lunata 5,000 pairs 
Sterna fuscata 6,000 pairs 
Anous 2,000 pairs 
Gygis alba 4,000 pairs 
Procelsterna 800 pairs 
Telespyza ultima 800 individuals 
Tatare 100 individuals 
nihoa at one time supported a considerable human population considering its size. In the 
eastern valley are 50 or 40 platforms a part of which served for houses and a part 
apparently for other purposes. These have been built up of stones often as heavy as 
a man can lixu xrom three to fifteen feet high on the front depending upon the steepness 
01 ohe slopes on "whicn ohey are placed. The front and side walls are perpendicular 
vi.uh tne Soanes nicely ii^^eu together leaving only comparatively ramal~l chunks between. Eartt 
filled in above g^ves a comparatively level platform. In seme two stones two feet 
aparo at one corner against the hill seem to mark, the doorway of a grass hut. In some 
are stones three to five inches in diameter and 18 to 2k inches long set upright usually 
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