. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 502 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889. merits the accompanying sketch. Four images were found, which had been thrown down on their faces on the inboard side. These are in a fair state of preservation. From this ruin we obtained skulls, obsidian spear-beads, and stone tools. Mf v>3?> /£.vv .0 <£ ?.£ ?'"-"Ground, in rear of platform, 'A ^il'fff- proper paved i^d/zy cobble -^s /&-Z:£l-i~„ stones '-pMih, c-3 \S'- -I Platfor
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 502 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889. merits the accompanying sketch. Four images were found, which had been thrown down on their faces on the inboard side. These are in a fair state of preservation. From this ruin we obtained skulls, obsidian spear-beads, and stone tools. Mf v>3?> /£.vv .0 <£ ?.£ ?'"-"Ground, in rear of platform, 'A ^il'fff- proper paved i^d/zy cobble -^s /&-Z:£l-i~„ stones '-pMih, c-3 \S'- -I Platform N°8-Pl£ secatJlJl £:§\ ?^ '->. ^^^^^.^^^Jl^^^^^.,,,^,,^ S ~_ _ w . Plaiz view of a. house curbing Stones not completed CC curb for house curbing axes 77iade of stone-. Fig. 18. Showing general plan op construction of platform. Also plan of house construction with DETAILS. Platform No. 10.—Called " Ahutepeu". Is in such a state of dilapida- tion that it was impossible to obtain accurate measurements. Portions of an image are here, but it looks as though others might have been rolled over the edge of the cliff, which is only a few feet distant and about 450 feet high, aud against the base of which the sea dashes in- cessantly. Platform No. 11.—Called " Hanauakou". Central sections 48 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 9 feet high ; total length, with wings, 248 feet. This is an exceedingly fine platform, and contains some remarkably large stones. In the face of the main structure are huge blocks of igneous rock that appear to have once been fashioned into faces and figures, but now so destroyed by the action of the elements aud perhaps by the hand of the iconoclast that the features can only be dimly traced. Hard work with. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sm
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