Note 6 — PREFACE. (continued 6)

In places grown over by tree fern ohiki6 was the method of planting; the taro tops were planted in pairs and in triplets. The poi, however, on being eaten smelled like fern. In higher, grassy fields, as the uplands of Kahei, and Kaauhuhu, in Kohala, the poi was a yellowish color like that of the breadfruit poi, and was good to the taste. In places overgrown with rank grass (kukaepuaa),7 the poi was of a dark color, and bubbled, and was not very good eating.