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Caught a series of blue bugs with red and white spots, yellow brown
beneath, on the seedy-looking lettuce plants which I was told were "mustard."
At the village bought a small pandanus mat for a shilling and a piece
of tapa 3/. There were no stone implements. After diligent enquiring
through an interpreter I was shown a modern circular grindstone and then a
metal adze. They had apparently long ago lost their stone utensils.
The houses are ovate
elliptical of very simple
construction. A rectangular
frame on four posts
supports the slant roof,
which is straight and not
curved like the two ends.
The side walls are about
51/2 feet high, covered by
overlapping laced
coconut leaves, tied
to a light framework
of coconut wood.
(Side Elevation)
(end view)
(Plan.)
The posts are of yesi. The roof is thatched with pandanus leaves on
light framework of coconut trunk "scantlings." At one end is a bed, made of
light framework over which are spread several of the large pandanus mats.
The red and orange fringes hang at different levels on the side, making the
entire side of the bed a series of colored bands.
Followed trail north and east across to sand beach about half way up
east coast. Did not cross stream marked on chart.