Note 70 — PREFACE. (continued 5)
Reading edition
The gods of the Makahiki festival were carried in the procession on long and short poles, the long god to circuit the island, the short god only its district. This was at the annual tax gathering period. On the return of the akua poko, the bonfires of Puea were lit on the hill tops as a signal to fishermen that no canoes should put to sea till their bright flames should cease. ↑