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the house, are means taken to avert the anger of any spirit ? 
26. Ts any animal sacrificed during the building ? and for 
what reason ? 27. When the house is ready for occupation, 
are any ceremonies performed before it is inhabited ? 28. Are 
the houses built entirely above ground, or is any excavation 
made ? 29. Are there any superstitious observances at the 
cutting of timber for a new house ? 30. Any modes of divi¬ 
nation resorted to for determining its site ? 31. Any sacrifices 
of human beings or of animals during the building ? 32. Must 
any part of the building rest upon an animal or upon some¬ 
thing once living ? 33. Can any reasons be given for those 
practices ? 34. Are any special ceremonies necessary before 
occupying a new house ? 35. Are houses of different con¬ 
struction or material used at different seasons of the year ? 
Describe the varieties ? 36. How are the roofs made, and how 
covered ? 
C, H. E. 
No. V.—NAVIGATION. 
(See also LIX, Astronomy.) 
1. What forms of boats are in use and are all, or any, of 
foreign make ? 2. Are all or any provided with outriggers 
on one or both sides ? 3. Are canoes made in the form of two 
or more boats side by side ? 4. How are the planks fastened 
together, by lashing or with wooden pins ; and if by lashing, 
with what material ? 5. What material and tools are used for 
caulking ? 6. Are there any dug-outs or boats made of hide 
stretched on a framework of bark or wattle or of bundles of 
buoyant rushes ? 6a. Are special tools used for hollowing out 
canoes 1 7. Are all boats open or decked ? 8. Are both sides 
of the canoe alike, or is one flatter than the other ? 9. Are 
the canoes shaped alike at both ends ? 10. Do the natives 
always sail with the outrigger to windward? 11. Are 
canoes of a particular kind used by women, or for warlike 
expeditions? 12. Is the baler of any special form ? 13. Do 
