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

Note 11 — PREFACE. (continued 6)

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Kuula and Aiai are in the same class; they are both fish stones,11 and have certain sacredness to this day. Reddish things are sacred to Kuula, such as the red dye, and the red waist cloth, and everything of a reddish hue, and so on. Therefore through Kuula all the different methods of fishing and the fishes became established throughout these islands; hence, the instructor in fishing.

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