7.—Stone Seats.

Numerous large stones exist along the Great Road of Toi which served as seats. A number of single stones are also set on either side of the Great Road by the marae of Arai-te-tonga. Particular ones were set aside for the arikis and certain chiefs.

On some of the house paepae are stone seats with a back, identical with those described by Linton² in the Marquesas. They were simply two large flat stones, one lying on the ground to form a seat, and the other embedded in the ground at an angle to form a back. In Fig. 186 two such seats are shown. They are on the paepae in front of where stood the house of the well-known Rarotongan priest and historian, Te Ariki-tara-are.

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