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

Note 5 — He Kanikau no Lono-opio.

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This refers to the Kauai sport of throwing blazing hau branches, or auhau (among the lightest of Hawaiian woods) which was thrown from the high cliffs facing the sea, to fall gradually into the ocean, or be kept sailing in mid-air by the wind currents till extinguished. Kamaile was on the northern coast of Kauai. ↑

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