Note 262 — CONTENTS. (continued 5)

That is, the part immediately outside of the kernel. This thing was greatly valued by the old men and the old women in the olden times. When matches had not come into use here in Hawaii, that is, the sulphur match, the old men and women used to crack the nuts open, take out the kernel, leaving only the shells, gather them by the fireside and burn them; it burns for a long time; it does not disappear quickly. That is all the use of the shell262 which I have obtained.