. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. M(irqnrs(Hf Hoifsrs. cases massive stonc^work. from one to lour Icct in lieiohi. wind, exlon-ls two ni lluee feet hevnnd the area of the house. The rafters tlescend in front to a, plaie or lunlier ^^ Urn whole lore-ih ni the house, supporieclhv a row of thick pilhirs. from tlireo to live feet iii lieigitt over the eaves iirojeet sufficiently tti sereeu the eiilranee from the weatlier. At tlie peak the rafters rest mi a similar stiek ul limber, supiKe
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. M(irqnrs(Hf Hoifsrs. cases massive stonc^work. from one to lour Icct in lieiohi. wind, exlon-ls two ni lluee feet hevnnd the area of the house. The rafters tlescend in front to a, plaie or lunlier ^^ Urn whole lore-ih ni the house, supporieclhv a row of thick pilhirs. from tlireo to live feet iii lieigitt over the eaves iirojeet sufficiently tti sereeu the eiilranee from the weatlier. At tlie peak the rafters rest mi a similar stiek ul limber, supiKeicI In- two or nir=re posK irom eight to iourlceu feet iu Tlie space l,etwecn iliem is filled witli poles of or of thr of ilie hibiscus, laid |:.,irallel, two or three inelurs apart over which H.^hter stii-k,- are phii/ed' horizontally, at regular intervals : the whole bciu- neatly hishcd to<;vtbcr at tlie of iteu<rMnii<m'. :\!.\Rfj!'r;s.\N \-ii,i,,\i;r: (ckum xi->\: T\w back ami ends are flHed up in tlie same manner, and thus [jrcpared lor the (>xtcrua1 {^te^eiini',. ThJs is of thaleh composed either of the leaf of hix^adfniit tree, ihe rncoannl. ur {•ahncllo. n eUlu-r side cif the rd. ruutiing through the mid<Ile of it. This rib or stem is split from end. lo end. ;ind the lealh,'t:-. un er!<di I)raid,ed close!}- together, forming a matting of that length, and, one a,nd a half or twu icet in breadth. Thus prepared, tliey are })laeed <m the <lmdde, Ihe hit»hei- ran,i;es lappuig over the Imvcr ni the manner of slates or shingles. The leaf of the breadfruit is two feet in len,yth, mn? and nnn-r in width, and deepl\ indented. It is prepared for thatching by stringing the lea\-es as chisely as pos,sib!e npnn a rod of light wo'm], ten m twelve feet long and half an inch in diameter, llirenigli a slit nnu,le in the sicni n\ each h^cd : it e; then attached, to the roof and sides in tlie same nu,inncr a^-
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