. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. 6 llif Anrifui Ffaivtiiiirfi Htjusr. (x^iitrcs ahonl a loot from cacli cither, upon long, HpHt pieces of tlic liibiscus, wliicli arc then ranged upoti the roof, sixteen or eig'htceti iiiclies apart, aiul, tfms disposed, lap coiisideraldy ever}'way, over eacli other. All these kinds of thatch, instead of hecoining dark and .sunburnt, like the of the Sandwich Islan,ds hnts, bleach beatdifully : and when seen at a distance, gieani among the , in the brightness of Ih
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. 6 llif Anrifui Ffaivtiiiirfi Htjusr. (x^iitrcs ahonl a loot from cacli cither, upon long, HpHt pieces of tlic liibiscus, wliicli arc then ranged upoti the roof, sixteen or eig'htceti iiiclies apart, aiul, tfms disposed, lap coiisideraldy ever}'way, over eacli other. All these kinds of thatch, instead of hecoining dark and .sunburnt, like the of the Sandwich Islan,ds hnts, bleach beatdifully : and when seen at a distance, gieani among the , in the brightness of day, like neatly whitened cottages in our own conntr}'. The fronts of the haJjitatiotis arc sehloin thatched. Sometimes are entirely open ; in which ease the timbc!' supporting the roof, and the pillars beneath, arc geticrally neatly liewii and :<^\\.-v\ IO-- ??^^^;; -c --ipii^ :??? '.-iiu^;;- -^.h^-:-, -NVMiu, hiLiok. \ cmov. M i'Cii on in horizontal. stripes, in diamonds or in checks, in a prctt\- and fanciful manner. In most of the houses, howe\'er, tin- front is conipo-»ed of ba!nI)Oos. lashed horizontally to the pillars, at intervals of an inch or two, or in lattiee^^work, for the adrnissioti of light: iti which case tliere is a small door in the middle, fur- nished with a sliutter, in a slid,c, tf) he closed or opened at pleasure. In every house Iho internal arrangement is the,same. A smooth trunk of a cocoaniit tree ex- temls the whole length, a toot or two from the farther siaralkd tr) it : utid the spac(» between, spread with grass and covered with mats, constitutes the t>e S. SU/w,.rl.^^ A \1sit to l\w Soutli Seas in ;, Xrw York, 1851. I. p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. Honolulu : Bishop Museum Press
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