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with extra strips of matting at the front edge, and often extending the length of the 

 one room of the sleeping house. vSometimes this hikiee was placed on a slightly raised 

 platform or kahiia like an oriental divan, but I believe this a comparatively modern 

 innovation. I have never seen such a kahua in the ruins of the old houses that are 

 dotted over the group. All the famil}' and guests slept together on this long bed 

 which often was more capacious than the famous bed of Ware, and not infrequently 

 the pet pig of the family joined the company of sleepers. 



FIG. lOI. UI.UNA OR PILLOWS. 



Uluna or Pillows thej^ had, as shown in Fig. loi, woven of smooth pandanus 

 leaves, and stuffed with other leaves, mcfet comfortable even for an European. As the 

 illustration shows these pillows were sometimes of ornamental weaving, but they com- 

 monly were plain and of various sizes to suit the owner or user. In the earlier houses 

 the expedient sometimes seen in poorer houses of later times of a log or bolster, ex- 

 tending the length of the hikiee was no doubt common. They had also a wooden 

 pillow, as Malo says, but I do not know of an example extant, nor have I ever seen 

 one in use in a native house. A stone pillow was found some time ago at Kilauea, 

 Kauai, a locality' noted for its good stone work, and this may have resembled the 

 wooden one. The stone one is shown in Fig. 102. It is cool and not so uncomfortable 



as might be inferred from its materiaP^ The body is flat on the outside and convex 



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"This uluna pohaku was kindly loaned me for examination and to photograph by the owner, Mr. J. R. Mj-ers, 

 of Kilauea Plantation. fiool 



