Bennett Site Plan

Alakoko Pond
Site 98:Plan of fishpond
a. beginning of stone facing on the river side
b. facing of perpendicular wall two stones thick, 5 feet high
c. facing 8to 9 feet high, though only 3 feet above the river
d. facing 3 feet thick
e. cemented entrance, probably in the position of the original entrance
f. end of stone facing
g. modern division wall
h. dirt wall, with modern cemented section on inside
i. small pond
j. fish pond
k. contours approximately 50 feet
l. modern control gates and walls
m. river [Hulaia River]

Fish pond, near the mouth of the Huleia River, Léhu'e district.
The Niamalu [sic] fishpond consists principally of a stone-faced, dirt wall that runs for over 900 yards [0.5 miles] and cuts off a large bend in the river for use as a fish pond. It is today used both for fish and ducks.

Cement walls and iron gates have obscured any old method of controlling the water or the fish. Between the west end of the wall and the shore there is 50 yards of shallow and reedy swamp land...

The dirt wall runs, unfaced with stones, for 145 yards, whereupon the stone facing starts on the outside. The dirt wall is 5 feet above the water level, 4 feet wide on top, and the dirt slants up on the sides.

The facing wall starts with a single row of stones but soon become of double-thickness as it gets farther out into the river and the current starts to be effective. The stones also become larger until the double layer is 2 feet thick. The stone facing only on the outside, is 5 feet high in most places, and quite perpendicular. The stones are not uniform in size but are fitted together quite well. The stone facing runs only for 588 yards through the dirt wall continues beyond.
[ Bennett 1931:123-4 . Site 98]