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and place the pots on. The same kind of fire-place is to be found in 
the mbures, where a fire is kept burning night and day, which they 
believe the kalou or spirit requires. ‘The houses generally are not 
divided by partitions, but at each end they are raised about a foot 
above the centre floor. These elevations are for sleeping, and are 
covered with layers of mats until they are soft and pleasant to lie on. 
In sleeping they use a pillow made of a piece of bamboo or other 
species of wood, about two inches in diameter, with four legs; this is 
placed immediately under the neck, and is sufficiently high to protect 
their large head of hair from being disarranged. 
From the constant use of this pillow, a scirrhous lump, as large as 
a goose-egg, is often formed on the nape of the neck. This pillow was 
undoubtedly brought into use to protect their peculiar fashion of 
wearing their hair; and from the inquiries made, I found it had been 
used from time immemorial. Many of these pillows are carved and 
ornamented, and a chief always travels with his own. The kai-si or 
common people make themselves temporary ones. 
The Feejee canoes are superior to those of the other islands. They 
are generally built double, and those of the largest size are as much 
as one hundred feet in length. The two parts of which the double 
canoe is composed are of different sizes, and are united by beams, on 
which a platform is laid. The platform is about fifteen feet wide, 
FEEJEE CANCE. 
and extends two or three feet beyond the sides. The smaller of the 
two canoes serves as an out-rigger to the other. The bottom of each 
of the canoes is of a single plank; the sides are fitted to them by dove- 
tailing, and closely united by lashings passed through flanges left on 
each of the pieces. The joints are closed by the gum of the bread- 
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