Note 264 — CONTENTS. (continued 5)
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When we were young a great deal of this thing was eaten; when the parents went up to the mountains to look for kukui fungus264 (mushroom) they would also come across gum oozing from the tree, and all of it would be eaten. It was also used for daubing on the hair; it was placed in a bowl or a cup, with some water added, and left to stand for a while, and when taken up the water has become lumpy; it was very good when applied to the hair; it made it smooth, shiny and slippery. Those are the uses of the kukui which I have been able to obtain.