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

Note 30 — CONTENTS (continued 5)

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Elua (two) lau (four hundred) mano (4,000), if this is to be taken literally is, twice four hundred four thousands, equal to 3,200,000, which is not at all likely, but may be two wings or bodies of 400 each, the mano having reference to that number in multitude. The writer mentions 32,000, but as shown above, the figures don’t agree. ↑

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