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overlapping the other, thus leaving, as the east monsoon prédominâtes, on the western side 

 over the whole length, a more or less sheltered opening. 



I do not remember having seen at Lake Sentâni any sheds or out-buildings, except 

 in the shape of small, shaded platforms, quite open ail round. 



In the eastern villages of Lake Sentani, one sometimes meets (fig. 159) with a four- 

 sided roof with a short, horizontal ridge pôle and only one door opening, which leads on 

 to a platform (see Chapter IX). Further most villages to the east of the Amberno River hâve 

 another kind of résidence, which may be considered as town-halls, consisting simply of a 

 platform above which an ordinary roof has been constructed, ending ± 1 m. above the 

 platform and only provided with a very incomplète wall (see Chapter X). 



The type of the Sentâni house, may be followed along the seashore to the west in 

 an only slightly modified form. The village Tarfia (fig. 95), which is entirely built on a mud 

 bank, has however houses, of which the length is less prédominent, and besides the gables 

 are often placed a little obliquely. — The second house from the left, of quite another type, 

 probably belongs to a Malay trader. — It is, moreover, impossible not to notice that the incli- 

 nation of the roof is steeper hère, which, possibly, is owing to the strong winds, which, hère 

 along the sea, especially during the west monsoon, are much stronger than on the lake. For 

 the same reason, the platforms in front of the houses of fig. 96, are larger, in order to allow 

 the boats to be placed hère in safety, when heavy weather occurs. 



Finally it must still be mentioned, that on the north coast, two-storied houses 

 were seen in the village of Kaptiau, (fig. 97), as only reportée! until now of Netherl. N. G. 

 lof K. W. Land they are reported by HAGEN [1899, 302, PI. 31], of British N. G. by SELIGMANN 

 [1906, 234]) by RoBIDÉ van DER Aa [ 1879, 304] of Argiini on the south coast of the- Mac 

 Cluer Gulf, pile-dwellings standing in the water. At Kaptiau thèse houses stand on dry land ; 

 only the lower floor has on ail sides a vertical wall, the top floor to be compared with an 

 inhabitated loft being situated under the roof, which projects in front over the verandah, hère 

 added to each of the floors. There were even houses hère, which, judging by the rows of 

 window openings, through which women and children were watching the visitors and the 

 participators in the festive dance, must hâve contained three floors, of which the two first 

 were placed between the exceptionally high side walls and only the top one directly under 

 the roof. Fig. 98 gives an oppurtunity to consider some of the détails of the construction of 

 thèse houses. 



The houses of Nimbùran are also characterised by the overlapping roof and a 

 verandah in front, but are otherwise of the Sentâni shape. How far this style of building can 

 be followed westward and where it passes into the turtle-backed type, cannot yet be made 

 out, through the incomplète ethnographical knovvledge of this part of the coast. 



Whilst the settlements of the mountaineers (Manîkion) consist altogether of one house 

 only, the pyramid-shaped houses form villages, which however hâve no squares or streets as 

 known of Br. X. G. (D' Albertis [1880, 1, 290, 318], Annual Report [1897 — 98, 23], Seligmann 

 [1906, 234]); where they are standing in the water the shape of the sandbank or the shore 

 is décisive. In Sékâ, \Vhere there is always a surf, the villages are built on the shore, Kajô 

 Entsâu stands along the shore with which ail the buildings are connected by small bridges, 

 as is also the case at Waba. Tobâdi, Ingràs and Ingrau on the other hand are standing on 



