Figure 3.—Rectangular section of cooking house (to sunu'i type):

a, side view; b, end view: 1, supporting posts (poutu) 10 to 12 feet high planted in the ground 8 to 10 feet apart; 2, ridgepole ('au'au); 3, wall posts (pou lalo) 4 to 6 feet high, sunk into the ground 5 to 6 feet from the supporting posts, their tops forked naturally or artificially shaped to receive the wall plates; 4, wall plates lashed to the outer side of the wall posts; 5, rafters crossed at their upper ends; 6, purlins; 7, upper ridgepole ('au'au lunga); 8, thatch rafters ('aso); 9, eave battens (langolau).