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It is readily seen that the fresh dextrals were added by pushing the | 
butt ends under two crossing sinistrals already plaited into position. The | 
fresh sinistrals by the second part of the joining process are crossed by 
two dextrals, and thus the twilled-two stroke is maintained throughout 
the join. The continuation of the twilled-two plaiting keeps them 
firmly in position. The short ends of the old dextrals and sinistrals are 
disposed of by turning them back and to the right. Та the resulting fringe 
of weft-ends we have a layer of the butt ends of the fresh dextrals slanting 
towards the left, and above that a triple layer of the butt ends of the fresh _ 
sinistrals and the tip ends of the old dextrals and sinistrals slanting to the 
right. These ends are trimmed off evenly, but remain as a fringe on the 
under-surface of the mat. On the left end of the join the ordinary twilled 
plaiting is continued, and the side edge continued by bending back the 
sinistral wefts into the body. On plaiting forward for 2 in. or 3in. it will 
be found that a number of dextral wefts on the extreme left that have not 
been replaced by fresh ones, together with unreplaced sinistrals that have — 
been turned in from the left side edge to function as dextrals, are becoming - 
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parallel with the main join and about 3 in. in front of it. It is called a 
a hono with two hiki. As before stated, the Whanganui people restrict | 
the term hiki to the three-ply plait done to the weft-ends composing the - 
fringe in order further to secure them. © HE 
(c. Another method of joining was used by men in the North Island 
west-coast district. The weft-ends were plaited with a four-ply plait (кип 
tuamaka) ; but this, owing to the ridge formed along the join, was not 50 
comfortable to lie on in the pre-mattress period. aT 
After the join was completed the mat was turned over and the plaiting 
continued with the proper surface uppermost. : 
The finish: The outer edge of the first section was finished off in e 
корейрей method, and all that remained when the last section had been 
joined and completed was to fini off its outer in a similar fashion. 
The tribes of the east coast of the North Island call this finish at the edge 
tapiki, and the Taranaki tribes call it t. b 
any porera are made with white wefts alone, and designs may be wore 
.. by changing from horizontal to vertical lines of twilled seh To get e 
