Page:Williams and Calvert, Fiji and the Fijians, New York, 1860.djvu/88

 64: FIJI A^^D THE FIJIANS. receiving houses for strangers, {bure ni vulagi,) and yam stores, are the buildings of Fiji. For thatching, long grass, or leaves of the sugar-cane and stone- palm, are used. The latter are folded in rows over a reed, and sewn SECTION OP HOUSE. together, so as to be used in lengths of four or six feet, and make a very durable covering. The leaves of the sugar-cane are also folded over a reed ; but this is done on the roof, and cannot be removed, as the ■yi.. ^;»=,*=«*-hi^?_=> SLEEPING BURES. Other may, without injury. The grass or reed thatch is laid on in rather thin tiers, and fastened on by long rods, found ready for use in