DESCRIPTION OF A HUNQUAH. 17 



at each corner of a square of five or six feet; on 

 the top of them was formed with mats a small 

 house; to which one or two persons ascended 

 by notches cut in one of the poles, and there sat : 

 the height of the houses not allowing them to 

 stand erect. 



These houses are sometimes made on trees ; 

 and not unfrequently, the sportsmen remain in 

 holes dug in the ground, somewhat like a grave, 

 but wider, and just deep enough for a man to 

 look out of. 



Two bamboos are placed lengthwise, one on 

 each side within the pit, a little below the surface, 

 and have their points inserted into the ground at 

 each extremity; strong thorns are then bent 

 transversely over the pit, with their ends fixed 

 in the earth, and are fastened on the inside to 

 the bamboos, by slips of bark or cord. A small 

 opening is left, through which the person or 

 persons enter, and at this part the thorns, being 

 fixed at one end only, are drawn down by the 

 person within, and afterwards fastened as the 

 others. The thorns are both long and sharp, 

 and are so firmly bound, that it is impossible for 



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