A rude shed, supported on rough and slender sticks rather than posts, no walls, but the floor raised to within a foot of the eaves, is the style of architecture they usually adopt.

Inside there are partition walls of thatch, forming little boxes or sleeping places, to accommodate the two or three separate families that usually live together.

A few mats, baskets, and cooking vessels, with plates and basins purchased from the Macassar traders, constitute their whole furniture; spears and bows are their weapons; a sarong or mat forms the clothing of the women, a waistcloth of the men.

For hours or even for days they sit idle in their houses, the women bringing in the vegetables or sago which form their food.

Sometimes they hunt or fish a little, or work at their houses or canoes, but they seem to enjoy pure idleness, and work as little as they can.