The entrance is at one end, overhung by the gable like a curtain, with a small stage to ascend by.

I did not examine the interior of the houses, being desirous to avoid any cause of offence by exhibiting too much prying curiosity.

From the accounts of others of the party it appears that there is a second partial floor above the principal one; they saw large bundles of spears stowed along the sides of the hut which they looked into, and some human skulls suspended near the entrance.* (*Footnote.

These huts resemble in form some found on the Duke of York and Bowditch Islands, in the western part of the Pacific, 300 miles to the northward of the Samoan group.

See Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition volume 5 page 7; also plate.) RETURN TO THE BOATS.
After a very short stay of a quarter of an hour only we returned by the path formerly taken, accompanied by about fifty men, women, and children, and went on board the boats.