Note 9 — PREFACE. (continued 6)

In Hilo a pandanus stick was used as a spade, which [stick] was three yards in length, though some were longer and some shorter. When the pandanus spade had been shoved down in the ground, two jerking movements forward and backward were made. The hole was then deep enough, and the seed taro top thrown in,9 and in time it grew and filled the hole. The taro was full and the poi was good to the taste.