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resting appearance. Before we left Karuaokalani 
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, 
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 
