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THE MAGIC SPEAR-POINT.

would quit the island forever. Kaulu effaced a portion of his circle sixty paces wide, and through this gap the hideous Moo rushed down to the sea, and troubled the island of Lanai no more.

bur′-row
re-mon′-stra-ted
op-pres′-sors
lib′-er-a-ted
qual′-i-fy
se-cure′
hid′-e-ous
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dis-com′-fi-ture, defeat; overthrow; ruin.
re-lent′-less, unmoved by pity; implacable.
in-trep′-id, not influenced by fear; brave; resolute.
ar-ti-fi′-cial, made by human contrivance; not naturally produced





LESSON XLVIII.
THE MAGIC SPEAR-POINT.
(Continued.)

When Kaulu had exterminated the last of his supernatural foes, he rested awhile among the grateful and adoring people of the island. He resolved to spend a few days in fishing and bathing in the surf as a recreation, and one day having grown tired of sporting on the surf-board he returned to the shore and threw himself down under the shade of a tree. There, watching the shadows of the clouds floating over the bathers, he fell asleep, and on opening his eyes, saw sitting near him a very beautiful woman. Her garment was all spangled with crystals and