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galese split the Iroiids iii hiilvcd, and plait tiiL* 

 leaflets neatly, so as to ixtake excellout baskets ; 

 m^, linder the Gtenoxdimlsiditt t»f <mdjatm> &rm 

 the iisiml covcriojr of their Imts, as well as the 

 European bungalows. Many of the natives' huts 

 are constructed tliere, as well as in Polynesia, 

 almost entirely of materials derived from the 

 cocoa-ntit jgpee. 



TiiB tPaiMtoS also plait the branches (niait) 

 for screens, or a covering for the floors ; for 

 similar purposes, and also as a tluiteh for the 

 liuts, it is also used by the natives of the islands 

 <)iBdttts?i% ToBg^ta^jti^*^ and olli^ <rf tte Poly- 

 n$dm Iteds^ The Taliltatis ciU tiiiese screens 

 pmtOf and they also manufacture neat baskets, 

 one kind of which is called arairi, and another 

 kind of basket called oiui ; a shade for their 

 eyes, cafled Ic^wiajf, k tnadie of the plaited 

 leaveSi and placed hj the mtives ovet tlj« eyes 



pi^tttse idMsnioii, by mhg s mMrib of t)ie cdc!di^-nat lestflets 



as an iiititrunicut ibr tlie purpose ; but tliis Li iinu is now, 1 am 

 happj to saj', \cry rare indeed, if practised at all, la the pre- 

 sent &taf^ that apleet^id tslatid* 



* Baula, brandies of coLOii-imt tree jjlaited, witli which 

 theho«&e»«ye tliatche^ ; the^ will last twi> or tljrea ^'eatf * 

 ThAtct&i^g fbt the ftoots, of ulmU&t pltttt^ ^ttttt^ » ostlted 

 T&f^pan, or rather a coarse kind of mattiuj; mac!e I'roni 

 the young kflves, oiHy used fur covcrUig the floorjs of llw 

 hm$Q$i itnd ihu $crtH2H5 Tafattf ut Tonga Iti^lunds* 



