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Roll 45:3 Pago Pago Harbor, looking nearly due E. from the top of a coconut
palm near site of old observation station.
(11455)
Several showers during day made sweeping small specimens impossible.
Caught a few large flies, etc., and took a few plant specimens.
Saturday, April 19, 1924.
All day field trip to ridge North of Pago Pago Harbor. Rowed across
bay to Atuu. Walked E. along road to Aua, where I called on Vasai, native
who furnished names for plants April 12th. His house is of a semi-modern
construction with wooden floor raised about 5 feet above ground. The walls
are movable, made of plated coconut leaves and the roof is of sugar cane leaf
thatch, laid on a framework of split bamboo supported by tou (kou-cordia)
uprights. Floor covered by mats. Only object of interest in the house was
a fire drill - laau.
16 Saturday, April 19, 1924.
All day field trip to ridge North of Pago Pago Harbor. Rowed
across bay to Atuu. Walked E. along road to Aua, where I called
on Vasai, native who furnished names for plants Apr. 12th. His home
is of a semi-modern construction with wooden floor raised about 5 ft
above ground. The walls are movable, made of plated coconut leaves
and the roof is of sugar-cane leaf-thatch, laid on a framework of
split bamboo supported by four tou (kou-cordia) uprights.
Floor covered by mats. Only object of interest in the house was a
fire drill - laau.