. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. 52 'flif Aiifinit Hmciniaii IIoKSf. of photographs, of which there are ^ more at hand than there are memoranda t)f material or aclual uses of the picfliirecl dwellings, for almost all explorers of the present time go provided with cameras, and bring back good or at least interesting results, some of which I am still to present here. I will be as l)rief as possible, for I am impatient to come to my chief subject, tlie housebuilding of the old Hawaiiaiis, and. VIQ. 45. A
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. 52 'flif Aiifinit Hmciniaii IIoKSf. of photographs, of which there are ^ more at hand than there are memoranda t)f material or aclual uses of the picfliirecl dwellings, for almost all explorers of the present time go provided with cameras, and bring back good or at least interesting results, some of which I am still to present here. I will be as l)rief as possible, for I am impatient to come to my chief subject, tlie housebuilding of the old Hawaiiaiis, and. VIQ. 45. A VlIJ^AC-j.: STKHJCr IN NICW GUIXRA. I have not the privilege of turning over the pages until I eonie to desired matter, as my readers have. First the pile dwellings: man}' have liecn the discussions as to the why of this ven' ancient method of establishing one's house, but it is fair to suppose that not one rule applied to all the races in widely separated parts of the earth, and whether it was protection from enemies, hnman^ or animal, or the more insidious but not less deadly forces arising from a marsh}- conntr_v, or merely convenience for a boatin^g and fishing race, and for the scavenging needs of humanity, we care not now; we have merely to recount the fact and manner of these Pacific pile dwellings (which, as we shall see, are not e(mfin,ed to damp or waterv regions). I>36i. 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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