Rafters of a House. 



93 



FIG. 77. UPPER END OP RAFTER. 



FIG. 78. 



UPPER SIDE OF LOWER 



END OF R.\FTER. 



There were then ten posts that had special 

 names in every honse : two pouhana, four pou- 

 kihi and four kukuna; the last were not cut 

 on the top as the others were. All the other 

 posts were alike and designated simplj' pou. 

 The oa or rafters equaled in number the 

 front and back posts, and the lower ends were 

 cut all alike into a heel and fork, the latter 

 called kolic as it was to fit the iilc of the post 

 (See Fig. 78). They were put in place resting 

 on the plate and post with the upper end rest- 

 ing on the ridge-pole, and marked where they 

 should be cut off above the ridge-pole. They 

 were then taken down and the tapper ends cut 

 in pairs as shown in Fig. 77. I have already 

 spoken of the importance of the requisition 

 that the two posts and two rafters forming a 

 series should be of the same kind of wood. 

 I fancy that in the poorer houses, which must 



FIG. 79. 



UNDER SIDE OF LOWER 



END OF RAFTER. 



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Fig. 80. LOWER END OF RAFTER. 



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