| Bl RONGRLA ‘ Rongelapitsiand is locs the native: vil age and its loo — (Figure 21)r. a ‘S- 22 and aria Hew houses: ' erage homes Hi‘a coral ,bed _ eeper;Pelther bareor covered: inpart with ear dorleanrto- * ‘mate. A’fewhounes had ao “indoora® “during rainy weath windows mostof the:$s natives had ns tle:screenings. Doors'aad:windows'were:left open Lpartially, eleva ror storageloftyA few: pots however, moses 2 hem-slept on palm-leafmats on the floor. “cea i.¢@., ’ (ee Figure9.6), chickenhouses, copradrying~ . C00; y shared by one oF.ponyfamilieswha:‘yea asa sheds, and.gtorage sheds, wen group (sera 2.8 fwith facilitieasfor cook= #:2..). * Strips of:burtap oF canvas'wererhung at: teferences 1 FOODG 7 d-6), o “bs 4 eo % . “he a “ coconuts. and starch~foodin mapriged the bulk of the native diet. Coconut’iment was eaten freshigr:dried (copra). ” ut milk served as an important supplementto the scanty water-aupply during the breast-fed-hy:the mother for a coconut tremetare) When. The p) root), and: ‘starch food htubes (mokarm gxgonths. Coconut sproute:are edible, Babies are | time and then fed theifreshly collected:sap-of the é:to‘ferment, jekaro ige.potent alcoholic beverage. g:wererice, taro, arrpwrgot(n potato-like‘edible “ madefrom srrowroot, ig similar to maceroal). (See: Reference % se 172 for prep tened, and compressed into call bn af;mokmok.): Taro-gootle powdered, then. mois-. 8, approximately.a:gat in diameter,at can be ~ kept indefinitalysin this form. anne:for making doughonte..; ay Various.seaqifoods compriag pee most important pastof the native diet: Fish ‘ Paw or sookeandSipe oyeters,-onahe, ae a