MAKING AND PAINTING CLOTH. 
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four yards long, and more than a yard wide, and 
of an equal texture throughout. Sometimes two 
or three pieces of bark are necessary to make one 
piece of cloth. Five of these pieces, when 
finished, are spread out one upon the other, and 
fastened together at one end. These five pieces 
make one paii. The inside pieces are usually 
white, or yellow ; but the outside piece is stained, 
or painted, with vegetable dyes. No gum is used 
in the manufacture of the pau, except that con¬ 
tained in the bark, yet the fibres adhere firmly 
together. Those painted red or yellow, &c. are 
sometimes rubbed over with a vegetable oil, in 
which chips of sandal wood, or the seeds of the 
pandanus odorotissima , have been steeped. This 
is designed to perfume the cloth, and render it 
impervious to wet; it is, however, less durable than 
the common paii. 
There is another kind of cloth, called tapa moe y 
(sleeping cloth,) made principally for the chiefs, 
who use it to wrap themselves in at night, while 
they sleep. It is generally three or four yards 
square, very thick, being formed of several layers 
of common tapa, cemented with gum, and beaten 
with a grooved mallet till they are closely inter¬ 
woven. The colour is various, either white, 
yellow, brown, or black, according to the fancy of 
its owner. Nearly resembling the tapa moe is the 
kihei, only it is both thinner and smaller. It is 
made in the same manner, and is about the size of 
a large shawl, or counterpane. Sometimes it is 
brown, but more frequently white or yellow, inter¬ 
mixed with red and black. It is generally worn 
by the men, thrown loosely over one shoulder, 
passed under the opposite arm, and tied in front, 
or on the other shoulder. 
