The manners and customs of all nations; also, remarkable biographies, notable histories, eccentric sects, singular inventions, natural curiosities, mystical sciences, extraordinary buildings, wonderful animals,- &c., being a compendium of universal information .. (1827)
Platts, John, 1775-1837 · London, H. Fisher, Son, and Co · leaf 824
stand the ruins of Ahuena, an ancient heiau, where the war-god was often kept, and human sacri- fices were offered. Since the abolition of idolatry, the governor has converted it into a fort, has widened the stone wall, and placed upon it a number of cannon, ffhe idols are all destroyed excepting… … On the 20th of August, 182S, I visited the ruui%5>iid took the above sketch of one of the idols, which stood sixteen feet above the wall ; it was upwards of three feet in breadth, and had been carved out of a single tree. This monster may he considered as a tolerable specimen of the greater part of…
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