DESCRIPTION OF A HUNQUAH. 19 



ground, 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 al- 

 lowing 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 it. 



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 



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