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supposed to be moving on with the protecting bowl. But all 

 this, of course, is mere conjecture. Most of the men in the 

 canoes are represented as wearing high combs projecting from 

 their heads, and one, singularly enough, is decorated witli 

 the by no means delectable hat, which, I suppose, I may be 

 permitted to call the hat of civilisation. The whole subject 

 of this side of the beam is contained in ornamental borders, 

 and the extremities are curved downwards with a circular- 

 shaped opening by which they are attached to the two 

 purlins, one on each side of the roof, as will be seen by a 

 reference to the illustration copied from Mr. Codrington's 

 interesting sketch of part of one of these buildings.' 



The sketch in question represents an interior with a 

 raised platform at one end ; the walls are low, and support 

 a sloping roof. At a certain height on either side is a mas- 

 sive beam or purlin resting on a kind of story-post going 

 down to the floor, the upper portion of which is carved to 

 represent a human figure resting on a column. To ti.e 

 purlin is attached an ornamental tie-beam, evidently of the 

 same character as that just described. Slung fi-om the roof, 

 or resting on the platform, are some very large wooden kava 

 bowls, two of Avhicli only are represented here, partially 

 inlaid Avith pieces of cone shells. The rafters and purlms 

 are decorated with different designs in various colours, the 



' The length of this tie-beam, now in the Maidstone Museum, is 

 fifteen feet two inches, the width one foot three inches, not including 

 the extremities of the birds' tails, which extend nine inches bsyond 

 the beam. 



