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as dextrals and the next as sinistrals, so that the beginni 
of butt-pieces crossing each other, the alternate ones being in the s 
direction. The butt-pieces prevent the edge from coming loose as 
plaited in narrow widths of from 14 in, to 18 in. (Plate 81, fig.2.) A wid 
is by some tribes called a whara, and by some a papa. 
A whar 
for the full length of the beginning-edge, and the wefts as they beco 
mat. Four whara, or sections, of 15in. each make a convenient t t 
width of 5ft., but this width may be increased by adding more secti 
brought forward to straighten u 
With a third pair of dextrals, 
