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The Ancient Hawaiian House. 



ing meal for his bread. Although the nut season was a long one there were times 

 when the suppl}' must have failed these improvident children of nature, and the fat of 

 a pig or a dog served as substitute. 



Doubtless a chief had many adzes, slingstones, clubs, sinkers and many other 

 stone implements about his house, but these have been described in the work referred 

 to, and we can onl}- here call particular attention to the poi pounders which from their 

 continued use seem to connect us with the stone age, as they were among the earliest 

 tools fashioned by the Hawaiian immigrant on his arrival in these islands. His near- 



FlCi. 107. STUNE LAMPS. 



est patterns were in Central and South America. Their various forms are shown in 

 Fig. 109 here repeated from the account of the stone implements as it shows the differ- 

 ence between pestles and pounders : the latter had no stone mortar to grind against, 

 but were used on a flat and shallow wooden trough, which, when not in use generally 

 leaned against the outer wall of the house and was plainly visible from a distance. 



These poi troughs {papa ktci poi) were hewn from some tough wood, as ohia 

 {Metrosideros polymorpha)^'' and are either of small size for convenience in traveling, 

 when the alii always, if possible, had their attendants carry all the requirements for 

 making poi, or if for home use of sufficient size to serve two persons pounding, one at 

 either end and each with his own portion of kalo. A very old poi board in the Bishop 



''In modern times the natives ami Chinese make much use of the softer wood of the Monkey-pod {Pitlicco- 

 'obiiiin siainang ). F "? 1 6 I 



