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shore, and the finishing operation of toogi heacommences, or staining it in certain places withthe juice of the hea, which constitutes a bril-liant red varnish ; this is done in straight linesalong those places where the edges of theprinted portions join each other, and serves toconceal the little irregularities there; also insundry other places, in the form of round spotsabout an inch and a quarter in diameter: afterthis the gnatoo is exposed one night to the dew,and the next day being dried in the sun, it ispacked up in bales to be used when required.When gnatoo is not printed or stained, it iscalled tapa. ,

They make also an inferior kind of gnatoo ofthe bark of young bread-fruit trees, which, how-ever, is coarse, and seldom worn, but is chieflyused for various purposes at funerals.

The whole of these operations are performedby women: the embroidering of the cobechis,or stamps, is always done by women of rank.

In respect to mat and basket-making, theyhave mats of various kinds, made of strips ofleaves or bark selected, dried, and otherwiseprepared; all of which, except one or two of acoarser kind, are fabricated by women. Thefollowing are the names and qualities of them.

Gnaji gnafi, mats to wear, of a finer quality,made of the leaves of the fa or paoongo , that