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Tlie Ancient Haiuaiian House. 



in the illustration, Fig. 94, the shadow of the roof conceals the nature of the walls 

 while showing the refledlion of light from the smooth stems of the grass. 



The next step is seen in the house built for Kamehameha V at Kaunakakai, on 

 the south shore of Molokai. When the photograph was taken in 1888 the house was 

 in ruin and quite uninhabitable; were it not for the bars across the lanai openings, 

 cattle might have entered this deserted fishing lodge of the king who, like all his 

 family, was so fond of fishing that he often deserted his court in Honolulu and was 

 paddled to this place where he remained for weeks at a time, out of the reach of the 



FIG. 96. HOUSE AT KAIMU, HAWAII, IN iSSS. 



foreigners whom he liked none too well. The enclosed corner of the lanai or verandah 

 was very foreign, however, and so were the partitions found within the house. 



The third picture, Fig. 96, shows a native house converted into a full foreign model: 

 doors, windows, separate rooms, and cellar, a model often vised on ranches and in country 

 houses or on the outskirts of Honolulu, most comfortable and suited to the climate. 



The only other way in which the Hawaiian dwelling has influenced the foreign 



house is perhaps in the large lanai found in many houses and used both as a dining 



room and a general reception room. This lanai is generally open on one or two sides, 



and in the pleasant climate of these islands is the most agreeable room in the house; 



it is all the time a stiff model of the old Hawaiian lanai of palm-leaf or grass roof and 



perhaps a slight wall of similar material on the windward side. 



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