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The Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai

by S. N. Haleole

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Chapter XX

61 At the accession of a new chief in Hawaii the land is redistributed among his followers.

62 The names of Malio and Halaaniani are still to be found in Puna. Ellis (1825) notes the name Malio as one of three hills (evidently transformed demigods), which, according to tradition, joined at the base to block an immense flow of lava at Pualaa, Puna. Off the coast between Kalapana and Kahawalea lies a rock shaped like a headless human form and called Halaaniani, although its legend retains no trace of the Puna rascal.

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