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[Footnote 4: Prenatal infanticide, _omilomilo_, was practiced in various
forms throughout Polynesia even in such communities as rejected
infanticide after birth. The skeleton of a woman, who evidently died
during the operation, is preserved in the Bishop Museum to attest the
practice, were not testimony of language and authority conclusive.]
[Footnote 5: The _manini_ (_Tenthis sandvicensis_, Street) is a
flat-shaped striped fish common in Hawaiian waters. The spawn, called
_ohua_, float in a jellylike mass on the surface of the water. It is
considered a great delicacy and must be fished for in the early morning
before the sun touches the water and releases the spawn, which instantly
begin to feed and lose their rare transparency.]
[Footnote 6: The month _Ikuwa_ is variously placed in the calendar year.
According to Malo, on Hawaii it corresponds to our October; on Molokai
and Maui, to January; on Oahu, to August; on Kauai, to April.]
[Footnote 7: The adoption by their grandparents and hiding away of the
twins must be compared with a large number of concealed birth tales in
which relatives of superior supernatural power preserve the hero or
heroine at birth and train and endow their foster children for a life of
adventure.
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