^18 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES. 
we sat for some time talking with the people 
around us. The air from the mountains, however, 
soon began to be keen. We then went into the 
house, and, although we were in a tropical climate, 
in the month of July, we found a fire very com¬ 
fortable. It was kindled in a hollow place in the 
centre of the earthen floor, surrounded by large 
square stones, and gave both light and heat. But 
as there was only one aperture, which, as in the 
houses of the ancient Britons, answered the triple 
purpose of a door, a window, and a chimney, the 
Smoke was sometimes rather troublesome. 
Few of the Hawaiian females are without some 
favourite animal. It is usually a dog. Here, how¬ 
ever, we observed a species of pet that we had not 
seen before. It was a curly-tailed pig, about a 
year and a half old, three or four feet long, and 
apparently well fed. He belonged to two sisters of 
our host, who formed part of his family, and joined 
the social circle around the evening hearth. 
In the neighbourhood of Kapapala, we noticed a 
variety of the paper-mulberry, somewhat different 
from that generally cultivated, which grew spon¬ 
taneously, and appeared indigenous. Large quan¬ 
tities of the dried bark of this plant, tied up in 
bundles, like hemp or flax, were piled up in the 
house where we lodged. It is used in manufac¬ 
turing a kind of tapa, called mamake, prized 
throughout the islands on account of its strength 
and durability. 
About eight o’clock a pig was baked, and some 
taro prepared by our host, for supper. At our par¬ 
ticular request, he was induced to partake of it, 
though contrary to the etiquette of his country. 
When we had finished, Tupuahi and his household 
assembled for family worship, after which we 
