Fiji and the Fijians . SECTION OF HOUSE. together, so as to be used in lengths of four or six feet, and make avery durable covering. The leaves of the sugar-cane are also foldedover a reed ; but this is done on the roof, and cannot be removed as the. SLEEPING BURES. other may, without injury. The grass or reed thatch is laid on inrather thin tiers, and fastened on by long rods, found ready for use in INDUSTRIAL PRODUCE, ETC. 65 the mangrove forests, and from ten to twenty feet long, and secured tothe rafters by split rattans. Some very good houses are covered firstwith the cane leaves, and the
Fiji and the Fijians . SECTION OF HOUSE. together, so as to be used in lengths of four or six feet, and make avery durable covering. The leaves of the sugar-cane are also foldedover a reed ; but this is done on the roof, and cannot be removed as the. SLEEPING BURES. other may, without injury. The grass or reed thatch is laid on inrather thin tiers, and fastened on by long rods, found ready for use in INDUSTRIAL PRODUCE, ETC. 65 the mangrove forests, and from ten to twenty feet long, and secured tothe rafters by split rattans. Some very good houses are covered firstwith the cane leaves, and then with the grass, forming a double the eaves are made two feet thick with ferns, and have agood effect; but, when thicker, they look heavy, and, by retaining thewet, soon rot. The ridge of superior buildings receives much attention. The endsof the ridge-pole project for a yard or more beyond the thatch, havingthe extremities blackened, and increasing with a funnel-shape, and deco-rated with large white shells (Cyprea ovula). The rest of the ridge isfinished as a large roll bound with vines, and on this is fixed a thick,well-twisted grass cable: another similar cable is passed along theunder side of the roll, having hung from
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