Maid's Account of House Building. 



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O ka hoopili wale aku malalo o ka poe mea hale 

 kekahi, ua kapaia ko lakou inoa he o keia pili 

 mai, a he unu pehi iole. O ke ano o keia mau 

 inoa, he lapuwale aka. Aole pela ka noho ana 

 o ka poe lapuwale ole, e hana no lakou i hale 

 penei e hana ai. 



4. E pii aku no ma ka nahelehele me ke koi 

 a kua i na laau a pau a lawe mai o ka pou iia 

 laau pokole, o ke oa na laau loihi, o na pou hana 

 he kiekie laua e like me ke kiekie o ka hale a 

 ke kanaka i manao ai, pela ke kiekie o oia mau 

 laau. 



5. O na kukuna ma na aoao o ka hana, he 

 haahaa iho ia, o ke kaupaku, he laau loihi ia e 

 like me ka loihi o ka hale ana i manao ai, pela 

 no ke kaupaku o kuaiole, he laau ia maluna iho 

 o ke kaupaku; o na halakea oia na kia e ku ana 

 maloko o ka hale ; o ka alio he laau liilii ia ; 

 pau na laau o ka hale. 



6. Eia kekahi, a auwahaia na pou a pau, 

 he auwae ma ke alo o ka pou he wahi oioi ma 

 ke kua o ka pou e ku ana iluna pela no na oa e 

 hana ai, he auwae ma ke alo o ke oa, he mana- 

 mana ke kua o ke oa, i wahi e komo ai ka mea 

 oioi maluna o ka pou i paa, a pau alalia, e ku- 

 kulu ia ka hale penei e kukulu ai. 



7. E kukulu, mua ia na pou kihi, a paa ia 

 mau pou, alalia kauia ke kaiila, mai keia pou 

 a keia pou, maluna kahi kaula, malalo kahi 

 kaula, a ike ia ke kaulike o na pou keia pou, 

 keia pou. 



8. Alalia, e ana ia ka wa mawaena o keia 

 pou keia pou a i keia ka likepu, alalia, kuku- 

 luia na pou a pau oia aoao, a paa ia poe pou, 

 alalia, kukuluia kekahi aoao, a paa ia poe pou, 

 alalia, kauia ka lohelau ma ka waha o ka pou, 

 mai keia pou kihi a keia pou kihi. 



9. Alalia, hoaia ka pou me ka lohelau; a 

 pau ia, alalia, kukuluia na pou hana, a paa ia, 

 kauia ke kaupaku a paa ia i ka hoaia i ke kaula, 

 kukuluia, na halakea, kauia na oa a pau a ana 

 ia kahi e nioku ai maluna o na oa a pau. 



10. Alalia, kuu hou ia na oa a pau ilalo a 

 okioki ia keia oa keia oa, a kalai ia luna o na 

 oa a uuku a hoopoheoheo ia ko luna o na oa a 

 pau. Alalia, kau hou na oa a pau iluna, a paa 



to those that had houses, such were called ' 'o kea 

 pili mai" or "unu pehi iole". These were dis- 

 reputable terms. Not so did those who were 

 not disreputable live, they built themselves 

 houses in the following manner. 



4. The man must go up to the mountain for- 

 est with his adz and cut down such timber as he 

 needs; then he must carry it down on his back. 

 The posts were short timbers, the rafters long 

 sticks and the pou hana were long posts that 

 when set up determined the height of the house 

 the man had planned. 



5. The kukuna on the sides of the pou hana 

 are shorter as they approach the corner. The 

 ridge-pole is a long stick as long as the builder 

 plans the house; the upper ridge-pole (kua iole) 

 is as long as the ridge-pole and lashed above it; 

 the halakea are the posts inside the house; the 

 aho are small sticks; this is all the house timber. 



6. Then is cut a notch on every post, on the 

 front of the post a projection is cut and back of 

 this a jog in which rests the plate and the rafter 

 which has the end filed into two prongs which 

 ride astride the projection on the post. Both 

 posts and rafters have notches to hold the lash- 

 ings. When the house is framed it is set up. 



7 . The corner posts are set up first and made 

 fast. Then a rope is stretched from post to post, 

 a rope at the top, a rope at the bottom, so each 

 post is put in line with all the others. 



8. Then space the posts that they be equi- 

 distant from each other; then set all the posts of 

 one side and make them firm, and those of the 

 other side in like manner; then the plates are 

 put on the posts in the groove, from one corner- 

 post to another. 



9. Then were tied together the post and the 

 plate, and the pou hana set up and made fast to 

 the ends of the ridge-pole. Then the halakea 

 were put in place and the rafters put up and 

 marked at the top where they should be cut off. 



ID. Then they took down again the rafters 

 and cut on this and that rafter a neck with a 

 head on the upper end of all the rafters. Then 

 they were lashed together and to the ridge-pole. 



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