Note 122 — THE COCOA-NUT TREE.
Reading edition
Baula, branches of cocoa-nut tree plaited, with which the houses are thatched; they will last two or three years. The matting for the floors, of similar plaited fronds, is called Takapau, or rather a coarse kind of matting made from the young leaves, only used for covering the floors of the houses; and the screens Tatau, at Tonga Islands.