. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. woodenframework lashed together, and coveredwith a thatch of reeds. Many of thesehouses are of great size, more than a hun-dred feet in length and about forty in house that is meant to endure forany length of time is made of a wood calledby the natives vesi, which is exactly similarto the greenheart of India, and
. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. woodenframework lashed together, and coveredwith a thatch of reeds. Many of thesehouses are of great size, more than a hun-dred feet in length and about forty in house that is meant to endure forany length of time is made of a wood calledby the natives vesi, which is exactly similarto the greenheart of India, and a sort ofsandal wood is also used for the same pur-pose. The walls are generally made of reeds ar-ranged in three layers, the middle layerbeing horizontal and the outer and innerlayers perpendicular. They are tied orsewed together with sinnet, and it is theFijian architects pride to weave the sinnetinto elegant patterns. Some men are cele-brated for their skill in inserting and exe-cuting these patterns, and go about fromplace to place as they are wanted. Even theposts that support the edifice are often cov-ered with reeds, bound together in the sameingenious manner. The door is always asmall one, probably for the same reason thatinduces a Kaffir to make so low an en-. (2.) HOUSE THATCHING. (Seepage 9590(957) MODE OF THATCHING HOUSES. 959 trance to his hut; namely, fear of ene-mies. The thatch is sometimes of cocoa-nut orsugar-cane leaves, and sometimes of grass,while in a few of the best houses both areused. The leaves are doubled over reedsand sewed together, so as to form lengths ofabout five or six feet. Grass thatch is fixedalmost exactly as straw is used in Englandbeing laid on the roof in bundles, and helddown by long mangrove branches, and tiedfirmly with rattan. House thatching is one of the most ani-mated scenes that can be imagined. Assoon as the roof is finished, notice is given thatthe thatchers are wanted, and then straight-way assemble a gang of merry laborers,va
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