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resting appearance. Before we left Karuaokalam 
the inhabitants pointed out to us a spot called 
Maukareoreo, the place of a celebrated giant o. 
that name, who was one of the attendants of Umi y 
king of Hawaii, about twelve generations since, 
and who, they told us, was so tall that he could 
pluck the cocoa-nuts from the trees as he walked 
along; and when the king was playing in the 
surf, where it was five or six fathoms deep, would 
walk out to him without being wet above his loins; 
and when he was in a canoe, if he saw any fish 
lying among the coral at the same depth, would 
just put his hand down and take them. They also 
told us he was a great warrior, and that, to his 
prowess principally, Umi was indebted for many of 
his victories. The Hawaiians are fond of the mar¬ 
vellous, as well as many people who are better 
informed; and probably this passion, together 
with the distance of time since Maukareoreo 
existed, has led them to magnify one of Umi’s 
followers, of perhaps a little larger stature than his 
fellows, into a giant sixty feet high. 
Our road now lay through a pleasant part of the 
district, thickly inhabited, and ornamented occa¬ 
sionally with clumps of kou-trees. Several spots 
were pointed out to us, where the remains of 
heiaus, belonging to the late king Tamehameha, 
were still visible. After travelling some time, we 
came to Kanekaheilani, a large heiau more than 
two hundred feet square. In the midst of it was 
a clear pool of brackish water, which the natives 
told us was the favourite bathing-place of Tame¬ 
hameha, and which he allowed no other person to 
use. A rude figure, carved in stone, standing on 
one side of the gateway by which we entered, was 
the only image we saw here. About fifty yards 
