high.  Several masses of rock weighing several tons are found in the walls some six feet from the ground.  During war they were the refuge of all non-combatants.  A white flag was displayed at such times a short distance from the walls, and here all refugees were safe from the pursuing conquerors.  After a short period they might return unmolested to their homes, the divine protection of Keawe, the tutelary deity, still continuing with them.]

[Footnote A:  The original Recits d’un Vieux Sauvage pour servir a l’histoire ancienne de Hawaii was read on the 15th of December, 1857, to the Society of Agriculture, Commerce, Science, and Arts of the Department of the Marne, of which M. Remy was a corresponding member, and published at Chalons-sur-Marne in 1859.  The translation is perfectly literal, and the Mele of Kawelo has been translated directly from the Hawaiian, M. Remy’s translation being often too free.  A portion of this work was translated several years since by President W.D.  Alexander, of Oahu College, and published in The Friend, at Honolulu, by William T. Brigham.]

[Footnote B:  This was not true.  Liholiho carried some to England, and the rest were probably hidden in some of the many caverns on the shores of Kealakeakua Bay.—­Trans.]

[Footnote C:  The Hawaiian Islands were discovered in 1555, by Juan Gaetano, or Gaytan.—­Trans.]

[Footnote D:  Kaleikini may be considered the Hawaiian Hercules.]

[Footnote E:  The more common form is, Koele na iwi o Hua ma i ka la—­Dry are the bones of Hua and his company in the sun.—­Trans.]

[Footnote F:  On which the bark is beaten to make kapa.]

[Footnote G:  The Hawaiians have a tradition of an ancient deluge, called Kaiakahinalii.]

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