Note 17 — PREFACE. (continued 6)

The best calabashes and water-gourds, with spotted marks, are found on Niihau. That is the untiring land in work of ornamentation.17 Other places have also good products, but not very extensive. In some places the calabashes are thick, as on Kauai, and in some places they are very thin and break easily. All calabashes which have a thick shell, fire may be produced thereon by rubbing as with wood.