Such was the Haytian language, once spoken by several millions, and a western branch of the Pelagic stock; that derived from the Asiatic Pelegs and PALIS, once peopled nearly all the shores of the Mediterranean 3 or 4000 years ago.
"The American Nations, Vol. I."
C. S. Rafinesque
At Hanalei you should take the steamer and sail in her around the PALIS of Kauai, a stretch of precipitous cliff twenty-five miles long, the whole of which is inaccessible from the sea, except by the native people in canoes; and many parts of which are very lovely and grand.
"Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands"
Charles Nordhoff