. Narrative of a voyage round the world : performed in Her Majesty's ship Sulphur, during the years 1836-1842, including details of the naval operations in China, from Dec. 1840, to Nov. 1841 ; published under the authority of the lords commissioners of the Admiralty. ese arise very lofty pitched roofs, varying from 1840.] FIGHTING BOURRI. 43 twenty-five to thirty feet in height, and in someinstances thatched to the thickness of two feet Thedoors are small, excepting in the state-house, andresemble windows or jDorts; those in elevated moundswith ditches remind one strongly of t
. Narrative of a voyage round the world : performed in Her Majesty's ship Sulphur, during the years 1836-1842, including details of the naval operations in China, from Dec. 1840, to Nov. 1841 ; published under the authority of the lords commissioners of the Admiralty. ese arise very lofty pitched roofs, varying from 1840.] FIGHTING BOURRI. 43 twenty-five to thirty feet in height, and in someinstances thatched to the thickness of two feet Thedoors are small, excepting in the state-house, andresemble windows or jDorts; those in elevated moundswith ditches remind one strongly of the State-house the resemblance is rendered stillcloser by the presence of two ship guns, as if preparedfor war; certainly not very approj)riate chambercompanions. The establishment of the king is situated upon abend of the creek, the houses of his queens occupyingthe water-side, and his own being in an open area,in which also is the house of his princijial queen, thetomb of his father and brothers, and the fightingBourri, or temple. This latter is a small buildingabout twelve feet square, erected upon a mound ofabout ten feet elevation. The thatched roof is verysteep, probably thirty feet, across the summit ofwhich is a pole projecting about three feet at each. 44 kings palace. [1840. end, studded with brilliant white porcellanic shells.(Ovula ovum.) Their canoes are similar to most of those belonof-ing to the low islands, very long and narrow, fur-nished with outriggers, and a convenient house on aplatform. Vide wood-cut. The house of the king (or more properly chief ofRewa, he being subordinate to the king at Obalau)is one of the most filthy in the town. Its dimensionsare about sixty feet in length by thirty wide. Twothirds of it is well clothed with mats and kept clean;the remainder may be considered the cooking andeating hall, &c. Three immense iron caldrons, probably intendedfor a whale-ship, together with other earthen vesselsfor boiling, occupy the cooking square. The ki
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