Note 7 — PREFACE. (continued 4)

These northern cliffs of Kauai, in olden time were famed as the scene of Hawaiian pyrotechnics on festive occasions, which consisted of firebrands of auhau or other very light wood being thrown from their heights to descend slowly ablaze to the sea at their base; the lightness of the wood and upward current of wind rendering a slowness of descent at times as to entirely consume the firebrand in mid air. This was particularly a sport of Kauai folk, and has occasional practice in recent years. ↑