[Footnote 63: The _huia_ is a specially high wave formed by the meeting
of two crests, and is said to be characteristic of the surf at
Kaipalaoa, Hawaii.]
[Footnote 64: Kumukahi is a bold cape of black lava on the extreme
easterly point of the group. Beyond this cape stretches the limitless,
landless Pacific. Against its fissured sides seethes and booms the swell
from the ocean, in a dash of foaming spray. Piles of rocks mark the
visits of chiefs to this sacred spot, and tombs of the dead abut upon
its level heights. A visitor to this spot sees a magnificent horizon
circling the wide heavens, hears the constant boom of the tides pulling
across the measureless waters. It is one of the noteworthy places of
Puna, often sung in ancient lays.]