Note 163 — CONTENTS. (continued 4)

The koa163 is a valuable wood should a person desire to seek riches by producing firewood, and this is the way to do it: hew down plenty of wood; cut it in short pieces, each one a fathom in length, and put them in a pile, one fathom high and one fathom wide; pile up a full measure. When there are one hundred piles made, sell them to those who desire firewood, at [the rate of] eight dollars ($8.00) per pile. That is one value. Here are some of its uses: yoke for oxen, poi boards, boards for houses, posts for houses, shingles, coffins, trunks, and doors. Out of koa lumber good trunks and coffins and doors are made. Out of koa lumber also are made excellent bedsteads called koa bedsteads. These bedsteads cost a great deal of money.