Note 212 — CONTENTS. (continued 4)
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This house is built for use in the mountains when [a person] goes up to snare birds with lime, or to cultivate. When the person desires to sleep in the mountain, then is the house thatched. It is quickly thatched; is shady and also tight. The timber used is noni;212 it is called “noni-a;” other woods are also proper; but this house has no posts; only arched timbers [are used] from the bottom to the top and from side to side.