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the houses in other islands. The natives use mats plaited of pan- 

 danus leaves (?) for sitting and lying upon. Some of the dwelling- 

 houses in Palau have a fireplace inside, chiefly for cooking purposes ; 

 while others have ;-i separate kitchen -shed built apart from the 

 dwelHng proper. Both the dwelling-house and the kitchen-shed are 

 much the same in structure, only that the latter is usually more 

 roughly built than the former. 



Earthen Lamps. The use of earthen lamps in Palau may be 

 mentioned as one of the striking features of household life in the 

 islands. In no other islands of Micronesia can there be found such 

 lamps, or anything like them. The following is a brief description 

 of them. 



The lamp is of unglazed, pot-like earthenware with a big, 

 long mouth and a round bottom. It is red brown in colour. 



Fig. 63. — Earthen lamps from Palau. 



