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formerly worshipped there, one of stone, two of 
wood, and one covered with red feathers. One 
of them, they said, was brought from a foreign 
country. Their names were Kancnuiakea , (great 
and wide-spreading Kane,) who was brought from 
Tauai, Kaneruruhonua, (earth-shaking Kane,) 
Roramakaeha , and Kekuaaimanu . 
Leaving the heiau, we passed by a number of 
smaller temples, principally on the sea-shore, de¬ 
dicated to Kuura , a male, and Hina , a female 
idol, worshipped by fishermen, as they were sup¬ 
posed to preside over the sea, and to conduct or 
impel, to the shores of Hawaii, the various shoals 
of fish that visit them at different seasons of the 
year. The first of any kind of fish, taken in the 
season, was always presented to them, especially 
the operuj a kind of herring. This custom exactly 
accords with the former practice of the inhabitants 
of Maui and the adjacent islands, and of the 
Society Islanders. 
At two p. m. we reached Horuaroa, a large and 
populous district. Here we found Keoua, the 
governor’s wife, and her attendants, who had come 
from Kairua for wauti, with w 7 hich to make cloth. 
Shortly after, we reached a village called Karuao- 
kalani, (the second heaven,) where was a fine 
heiau, in good preservation. It is called Pakiha; 
its dimensions were two hundred and seventy feet 
by two hundred and ten. We could not learn the 
idol to which it was dedicated, but were informed 
it was built in the time of Keakealani, who, ac¬ 
cording to tradition, was queen of Hawaii about 
eleven generations back. The walls were solid, 
thick, and nearly entire; and the singular manner 
in which the stones were piled upon the top, like 
so many small spires, gave it an unusually inte- 
