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...e Hog fish, the Dog fish, the Dolphin, the Cony fish, the Parrot fish, the Shark, the Poison fish, Sword fish, and not only other incredible fish, but... ... wise to go to law, and did therefore choose their choice friends Rook and Shark, and our late English Gusman, to be their arbitrators and umpires. An...

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...7 -- The Ki-Leaf Trumpet.158 -- A Kite And A Toy Canoe.167 -- The God Of Love.171 -- The Gift Of Ku.176 -- The Man Who Always Wore A Kihei.178 -- The Shark That Came For Poi.186 -- Punia And The Sharks.190 -- The Kihapu.196 -- The Cowry Shell.202 -- Food For Kohala.210 -- The Land Beneath The Sea.215 -- The Winning Of Makolea.222 -- ieie And Lehua. 230 -- The Chiefs Who We...

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...in’ we make here- 18 Captains Courageous fishin’. The men’ll be back like sharks after a dead whale in ha’ af an hour.” “What for?” said Harvey . “Su... ... week later the two nearly upset the Haitie S. in a wild attempt to stab a shark with an old bayonet tied to a stick. The grim brute rubbed alongside ...

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...ed the lodger. ‘Well, the place will suit me, will it?’ ‘Yes,’ said Dick. ‘Sharks, I suppose?’ said the lodger. Dick nodded assent, and drained his gl...

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...for?’ Alice asked in a tone of great curiosity. ‘To guard against the bites of sharks,’ the Knight replied. ‘It’s an invention of my own. And now help...

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...Tell me as one read the articles and the imagination had been captured as last hear WGN NEWS asked the question, “Tell me this…. You mean there is a shark in within Lake Michigan?” That’s the urban legend guys – plausible when you realize how far a Bull Shark can swim up river or through the St. Lawrence. Though it’s a question how it would end up in Lake Michig...

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...-- The Uala Field. 51 -- The Kalo Patch. 55 -- Kalo Slips. 58 -- Rain. 63 -- After the Rain. 70 -- Planting. 81 -- Matmaking. 85 -- Capturing a Tiger Shark. 93 -- Luau and Salt. 97 -- Luau. 97 -- Salt. 99 -- The Hula School. 103 -- Laka, Goddess of the Hula. 103 -- Chosen. 106 -- In the Halau. 110 -- Graduation. 113 -- Kahana and His Master. 119 -- Woodcarving. 119 -- Tatt...

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...ly winds into the near vicinity of the equator. Toward evening saw several sharks, and were some- what alarmed by the audacious manner in which an eno... ...ea; in this, however, we were forced to use great caution, being afraid of sharks, several of which were seen swimming around the brig during the day.... ...wance of water. July 30. An excessively hot day, with no wind. An enormous shark kept close by the hulk during the whole of the forenoon. We made seve... ...xpedient except at long intervals, on account of the continual presence of sharks. We now saw clearly that Augustus could not be saved; that he was ev... ...th which it was sur- rounded plainly discovered to us seven or eight large sharks, the clashing of whose horrible teeth, as their prey was torn to pie... ...ut to no purpose; for the hulk was now entirely besieged on all sides with sharks—no doubt the identical monsters who had devoured our poor com- panio... ...We passed a sleepless night, both on this account and through dread of the sharks. August 3. No prospect of relief, and the brig lying still more and ... ...ny from thirst during the whole day—no chance of bathing on account of the sharks, which never left us for a 100 Poe in Five V olumes moment. Found i... ...e brig were scattered about. My principal terror was now on account of the sharks, which I knew to be in my vicinity. In order to deter these, if poss...

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...e smiled, displayed a set of white teeth which would have done credit to a shark. A shawl-waistcoat, likewise of black cloth, was supple- mented by a ... ...thing about nothing, and I should not like him to be at the mercy of those sharks of lawyers and a wretched pack of relations. Let us see now, has one... ...t ees to bay a zacred debt.” “ A debt!” said Gaudissart to himself. What a shark it is! He is worse than an eldest son. He will invent a bill or two n...

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...y wee flipperling, curl at thy ease! The storm shall not wake thee, nor shark overtake thee, Asleep in the arms of the slow-swinging seas! ... ...st stuck out of the wash. Now and then he would see a thin fin, like a big shark’s fin, drifting along close to shore, and he knew that that was the K... ...entures than can be told, and narrowly escaped being caught by the Basking Shark, and the Spotted Shark, and the Hammerhead, and he met all the untrus... ... are these people?” They were like no walrus, sea lion, seal, bear, whale, shark, fish, squid, or scallop that Kotick had ever seen before. They were ... ... And tell the Deep-Sea Viceroys the story of our woe; Ere, empty as the shark’s egg the tempest flings ashore, The Beaches of Lukannon shall know...

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... in harness before some door or other—a philosopher with the appetite of a shark and the manners of an archbishop. T edda Gabler was a new “trade,” wi... ...n’, dash-breakin’, unbroke, unshod, ungaited, pastur’-hoggin’, saw-backed, shark-mouthed, hair-trunk- thrown-in-in-trade son of a bronco an’ a sewin’-...

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...n 1914 -- 1917) -- 9 -- Kapalilua: Places, Features, Fisheries and Practices Described in Kaao Hooniua Puuwai no Ka Miki -- 10 -- Accounts of Niuhi Shark Hunting in “He Moolelo Kaao no Kekuhaupio, Ke Koa Kaulana o ke Au o Kamehameha ka Nui” -- 20 -- H.W. Kinney’s “Visitor’s Guide” (1913) -- 24 -- Kapalilua Fishery Rights And Land Tenure Defined -- 26 -- Mahele Aina: Deve...

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...ila. 127 -- How the Gods Made People. 133 -- The Sacred Breadfruit Tree. 136 -- Some Tricks of Kamapuaa. 138 -- Why Hilu Fish Are Striped. 144 -- The Sharks of Puuloa. 148 -- The Pipi of Puuloa. 154 -- Kaehu and the Man-Eater. 156 -- The Song of the Kapa Log. 158 -- Paalua and Kawelu. 163 -- The Kauila Trees of Mauna Loa. 173 -- Pepe and Nui. 177 -- The Mischievous Boy of ...

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... 1996; March 16, 2001;-And April 27, 2003. 37 -- Kaulupulehu Ma Ka aina Kaha--Opelu Fisheries, Wai opae, Ka Hana Paakai (Salt Making); -- And Deified Sharks:-Oral History Interview With Kupuna- Valentine K. Ako,-Margie Kaholo-Kailianu, David Keakealani, Caroline Keukealani-Pereira,-Arthur "Aka" Mahi, Joseph Puipui Makaai, Rose Pilipi-Maeda,-And Family Members With Kepa Mal...

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...oning look, I jumped to my feet and dashed for the pile of burning metal. I twisted my body through a jagged opening and climbed inside, ignoring the shark-like metal teeth tearing at my skin and clothes, then dove through the fire and smoke, searching desperately for Val. My hands dived right in, ignoring the searing pain that ran up my arms from when I’d tried to shield ...

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...he place names are well known and appreciated. Pele, the volcano goddess who turned so many luckless people into stones, is still feared and revered; sharks are sometimes considered protective; and the mischievous, sexually insatiable pig-man, Kama-pua a, delights and amuses. Most places on the Mainland seem, by comparison, barren and bereft of traditions older than those ...

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....................................................................... 12 Go Sharks! Beth Olexa ........................................................... ...scuba diving with her husband (who could imagine her being married?) and a shark bit off her husband’s foot. She would tell the story as if she were p... ...pursue her career as a marine biologist. I only have one thing to say, “Go sharks!” Go Sharks! 14 Beth Olexa Argumentation and the Use of Details The ...

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...t the rate of four or five knots, and a pilot fish, the sure precursor of a shark, swimming alongside of us. The captain was leaning over the rail ... ...of these expeditions, we saw a battle between two Sandwich Islanders and a shark. ‘‘Johnny’’ had been playing about our boat for some time, driving ... ...ikane!’’ etc., etc.; and saw them pulling away on a stout line, and ‘‘Johnny Shark’’ floundering at the other end. The line soon broke; but the Kanak... ...icinity of the Kanaka’s hand, made him let go and spring out of the way. The shark now turned tail and made the best of his way, by flapping and flo... ...paying away upon him with stones and a large stick. As soon, however, as the shark could turn, he was obliged to let go his hold; but the instant he m... ...their chance to seize him. In this way the battle went on for some time, the shark, in a rage, splashing and twisting about, and the Kanakas, in hig... ...he Kanakas, in high excitement, yelling at the top of their voices; but the shark at last got off, carrying away a hook and line, and not a few seve... ...ounting room, knew that his ship was below; and the landlords, runners, and sharks in Ann street learned that there was a rich prize for them down in... ...different circumstances from the master. He is thrown among landlords, and sharks of all descriptions; is often led to drink freely; and comes upon...