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house faces the sea. A series of rafters, R, are laid over the cross-beams, c. 
Close to the uprights a number of poles are erected which are to hold the 
wall. They stand in pairs, the distance between the two poles of each 
pair corresponding to the thickness of the wall. The top of the outer 
poles is ornamented as shown in fig. 2, p. Heavy planks are placed 
Fia. 2.--Section of Lku’/figEn House. 
between these poles, the higher always overlapping the lower so as to 
keep out the rain. They are held in place by ropes of cedar-branches 
which pass through holes in these boards and are tied around the poles, L. 
The uppermost board on the honse-front serves as a moulding, hiding 
from view and closing the space between the rafters and the front of the 
house. The door is either at the side or, in very large houses, there are 
several on the side of the house facing the sea. The roof consists of 
planks as described in the Fifth Report of the Committee, p. 818. The 
uprights of the Lku’/igrEn house are carved and painted as shown in fig. 3. 
In some instances their surface is plain, but animals are carved on it, the 
whole being cut out of one piece. Such posts do not belong to the 
Lku’iigen proper, but were introduced into one family after intermarriage 
with the Cowitchin. The posts shown in fig, 4 belong to a house in 
Victoria, and the same figures are found in a house at Kua/mitcan 
(Quamichin), where the mother of the house-owner belongs. They 
represent minks. The human figures represent the spirits whom the 
owner saw when cleaning himself in the woods before becoming a member 
of the secret society Teyiyi’wan (see p. 578). It is worth remarking that 
the faces of these figures are always kept covered, as the owner does not 
like to be constantly reminded of these his superhuman friends and 
helpers. Only during festivals he uncovers them. All along the walls 
inside the house runs a platform of simple construction. Posts about 
one foot high, A, are driven into the ground at convenient intervals. 
They are covered with cross-bars which carry the boards forming the 
platform. In some parts of the house shelves hang down from the rafters 
about seven or eight feet above the floor. Hach compartment of the 
house, i.e., the space between two pairs of uprights, is occupied by one 
family. In winter the walls and the dividing lines between two compart- 
ments are hung with mats made of bullrushes. The fire is near one of 
the front corners of the compartment, where the house is highest. The 
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