136 



G. A. T. VAN DER SANDE. 



pôles which support the roof, stand loosely on the raised floor and find no direct support in 

 the ground. The pôles never stand crossways. The very low side walls (2 to. 3 feet) of 

 upright stalks of sago leaf are generally quite hidden by the overlapping eaves which also 



Fig. 85. Kajô En t s au; Humboldt Bay. 



hide the entrance opening in this side wall. As the houses built on land are entered by a 

 small trap door through the floor, the house to the left in fig. 83 only shows the small [steps, 

 which lead towards this opening. I cannot state with certainty whether ail thèse dwellings 

 hâve two entrances opposite each other. Generally one or two small rooms are partitioned 



Fig. 86. Village of Mabo, district Sëkâ. 



off by low walls ; but the fire place is not always in the middle as supposed by BlNK 

 [1897, 165]; large: houses hâve 2 — 3 fire places. Where a low outhouse is added to some 

 dwellings (fig. . 83, the hoùse .on the right, fig. 84 and 86), this is presumably intended for 

 women in confinement. Belbw the houses. built on land, firewood is often piled up, (see also BlRO 



