Note 8 — PREFACE. (continued 6)

In Hamakua, Hawaii, the field was called pakukui,8 the kukui was the soil, thus: A kukui tree is cut down and the branches and leaves trimmed off; after a long while they decompose and become soil. The taro tops are then planted which produce fine full taro, and the poi good to eat. This was called pakukui, and thus it was in all places where the kukui grew.