. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Thr Mafnial I hrd for lhnrki\ 157 it lias been itilrodiiced, but if so it must biive liceii in veiy earlv time in the bistrn-y of tbc people, as tbc aiicieiil songs often ra,ciitiuTi tbe koii. The size the tree is shown by ail nmcke in this ^Mnseiiiii whicb is nine feet in cireuinferencc. and of eonrse made of the beartwood. To fell sneb, a tree with a stone axebead , it may be, ten pounds, must have reqnired p:ilienee as well as iiinsele in the doing. Som
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. Thr Mafnial I hrd for lhnrki\ 157 it lias been itilrodiiced, but if so it must biive liceii in veiy earlv time in the bistrn-y of tbc people, as tbc aiicieiil songs often ra,ciitiuTi tbe koii. The size the tree is shown by ail nmcke in this ^Mnseiiiii whicb is nine feet in cireuinferencc. and of eonrse made of the beartwood. To fell sneb, a tree with a stone axebead , it may be, ten pounds, must have reqnired p:ilienee as well as iiinsele in the doing. Some of tbe oldest nmeke in existence, wbieb have been found in long ago closed Imrial caves are of this rather soft btit durable wood. Another tree llie Milo {lln'spfsia pnpulnni) has the same geographical range as tbe kou, tbe same baldtat, and like tlie foianer tree is |)nssin^g awa\- and is seblom. ^vi.;ki-: no. 410: \-i<:ky seen ont of gardens, while a eentnrv ago it was pL'intcd abont the bonscs cd tbe alii, as is well remembered aronnd that of Kanitdnimeha the Clreat a,t W'aikiki. Ju'cn tdic name is tbe same on tbc groups, where it was alnnist a, s.'icred tree. It is a smaller tree than the kt)u, hence we bave no large umekes frnni ils wood, but there are very eboiee small bowls or cu])S. Its distinguishing feature is a rich peat'li color and under polish a translneent o^gatc-like appearance. Aiiotlier beautiful dural)le wood is the A''r//;/i////(rb/o/)//!'/////// /;/o/)//r////«/), a tree foujid all tbrongb tropical Asia and the Polynesian islands ;ind used on Hawaii to .some extent for nmekes. Tlie tree itself is e\xai more l)eantiful than its wood, a,nd its gbjssv leaves and sweet-scented ficnvers ca,nsed the old llawaiiatrs to pbmt it near their 1,5411. 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
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