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their use was general, and our illustratious will show the astouishiug accuracy of the 

 ruling and the cleanness of each individual line. Of course there are exceptions that 

 I have not hesitated to present, for to me their very raggedness is an attraction over 

 the ver}- precise, almost machine-like ruling of Fig. 52, for example. 



The bevel on some of these liners will be noticed, and also that the}' are right 

 and left hand. A very few are pointed at both ends, but these are rare and seeming!}' 

 inconvenient, from the danger of scattering the dye, a trouble which must have been 

 a constant care with the kapa printers. 





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A modification of lining is sometimes met with, as shown in Fig. 54 where the 

 lines on close examination are found to be double. This adds not a little to the 

 effect of the design. The ink must have been good to permit such ruling, and the pen 

 was probablv bambu, as the til^res of this are easih- divided and do not wear readih'. 



Before we leave Fig. 46 we must call attention to the paint brushes, No. 29S2, 

 simply a key or achene of the cone of the pandanus.' " Hv mastication the tough 

 fibres of the base are separated from the often edible portion, and are as serviceable 

 as the modern hog's bristles of the civilized painter. Some of the work of such brushes 

 is seen in Plates I, R and W. The supplv of such brushes was, in the mat-making 

 days, almost inexhaustible. 



The other tools represented in the figure were used in fastening together pieces 

 of thick kapa, or more commonl}- the five sheets of kapa constituting a kitiiia kupa 

 })/(ii\ or set of bed covers which were stitched together bv a kapa tape at one side only 

 (Fig. 55). No. 29S3 was a stiletto of whale's ivory to punch the holes: No 29SS was a 



"See the picture of this cune ill Chapter III. 



