Archeology and Ethnology of Easter Island. 
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of short black feathers, with four tail feathers on end, and tending 
outward at regular intervals. The head-dresses are highly re- 
garded. 
There seems always to have been a scarcity of timber ; this 
accounts for the houses differing from the Polynesian dwelling in 
being made of stone. 
They lived principally on fish, though the yam, taro, 
fruit, banana, and other food supplies were drawn upon. Hooks 
were made of bone ; nets were made of hemp. The bonito, a 
mackerel, was the principal fish caught. 
