•Explanation of Plate XIV. 



Fii;-. 1. — A village of I'ingeluj) settlers ut Joktij, Poiiapé. As shown in the 

 figure, tlie floor of tlie liouses consists of logs laid across the room. 

 Tliere are walls, bnt of a very primitive nature. Tiie front, i.e., tlie 

 side facing the road is always' open, it is not provided with doors. 

 The roof is too low for the inmates to stand npright in the interior. 



Fig. 2. — Native honses of INIokil settlers at Jokaj, Ponape. The building iu 

 front is the dwelling-honse, the size of which is about '*> l>y 4 m. 

 The sides are all open, exce[)ting the sleeping section. We are told 

 that the building in the rear is a women's club-house. A\'e saw 

 a number of women frequenting it, but are not sure whether the 

 building was really a club-house or not. So far as my observation 

 or information went, there was no women's house in other islands of 

 the C^aroline gronp, though there are (;lub-houses for M'omen in the 

 Philippine Islands. 



