 The entrance is by a square hole about two and a half feet each way. The form of these houses is an oblong square; the floor or foundation every way shorter than the eve, which is about four feet from the ground. By this construction, the rain that falls...  The Ancient Hawaiian House - Seite 194von William Tufts Brigham - 1908 - 194 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | General history - 1815 - 802 Seiten
...each way. The form of these houses is an oblong square ; the floor or foundation every way shorter than the eve, which is about four feet from the ground....from the wall, which otherwise would decay and rot. We did not distinguish any king or leading chief, or any person who took upon him the appearance of... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 542 Seiten
...each way. The form of these houses is an oblong square ; the floor or foundation every way shorter than the eve, which is about four feet from the ground....from the wall, which otherwise would decay and rot. We did not distinguish any king or leading chief, or any person who took upon him the appearance of... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 546 Seiten
...each way. The form of these houses is an oblong square ; tbe floor or foundation every way shorter than the eve, which is about four feet from the ground....construction, the rain that falls on the roof, is carried orT from the wall, which otherwise would decay and rot. We did not distinguish any king or leading... | |
 | James Cook - 1821 - 304 Seiten
...feet each way. The form of these houses is an oblong square; the floor or foundation every way shorter than the eve, which is about four feet from the ground....from the wall; which otherwise would decay and rot. We did not distinguish any king, or leading chief, or any person who took upon him the appearance of... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 530 Seiten
...each way. The form of these houses is an oblong square ; the floor or foundation every way shorter than the eVe, which is about four feet from the ground. By this construction, the rain that falls oti the roof, is carried off from the wall, which otherwise would decay and rot. We did not distinguish... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - 636 Seiten
...square ; the floor or foundation every way JULY, 1774. COOK'S SECOND VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. 405 shorter than the eve, which is about four feet from the ground....from the wall ; which otherwise would decay and rot. We did not distinguish any king, or leading chief, or any person who took upon him the appearance of... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - 636 Seiten
...floor or foundation every way JULI, 1774. COOK'S SECOND VOYAGE ROUND THE IVORLD. 49ö shorter than time eve, which is about four feet from the ground. By this construction, the rain that falls on time roof is carried off from the wall; which otherwise would decay and sot. We did not distinguish... | |
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