Note 205 — CONTENTS. (continued 4)

When placing the battens, however, care should be used to separate them; first the larger battens (aho-pueo); those are the ones to hold the posts together. Then the free running battens (aho holowala); those are the ones tied to the vertical battens (ahu’i), the small sized battens which I first mentioned. The end post is the ray—kukuna in Hawaiian. These battens run between posts and between rafters, extending about three inches beyond the corner posts and rafters. The customary practice in placing battens is to put two smaller ones between the pueo ahos. In placing the battens on the rear side of the house, it is done all over from the bottom to the top excepting for a distance of one hand205 from the supplementary ridge-pole. But when doing the same to the front, leave one space for a door for the house, and cover all other parts with battens, as was done in the rear side. In placing battens on the ends, the larger ones are tied to all other uprights except the main post (pou ha-na); that is the chief post and is also kapu.