Figure 16.—Frame of canoe house. a, back, from inside: 1, 1, principal rafters, set in ground; 2, rafter crossing; 3, main ridgepole, lashed to two rafters and binding framework together; 4, 4, two pairs of purlins; 5, 5, paired thatch rafters, lashed to purlins and crossed above main ridgepole; 6, second ridgepole; 7, end purlins lashed to principal rafters; 8, vertical rods, attached to rafters above and to end purlins below to strengthen end frame for attachment of coconut-leaf sheets. b, front from outside: 9, single front purlin, attached to rafters above ends of upper pair of side purlins (4, 4), giving clearance for opening below; 10, three vertical rods with upper parts lashed to rafters and lower forked end resting on front purlin (9) while length of branch projects forward and downward; 11, horizontal bar functioning as eaves rod, attached to lower ends of branches supporting the leaves of the lowest thatch sheets, c, side view of a vertical forked rod.