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Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 7 — CONTENTS (continued 4)

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Because of this failure to get his opponent to respond to his challenge, Piimaiwaa climbed the ladder so as to get nearer the man. At last he reached a position where he could touch him with his club, so he tapped the man a light blow and he heard the sound as of wood. At this he was made certain that this was a wooden man put up there to deceive them. He then took the image and threw it down the cliff and he climbed up to the top of the hill, where he met and killed all the people with the exception of the king7 who managed to escape.

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