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Industry andC ommerce.-N osort ol i ncl ustr y or com nrercecdn exi st here. N aturalP henomena.-Ti ni ani s subj ect,l i ke t he ot her i sl ands,to earthquakesand hurri canes,but the f or m er ate smal l and the l atter corne sel dom; bec auseof it s greater hei ght, the nei ghbori ng i sl and of Saipan seems to attract the storm centersof the hur r icanes r,vhi chtherefore-donot stri ke Ti ni an w i th t heir f ull N everthel essi t has been found ttrat at t hese fury. ti rnes the sea ri ses above i ts usnal shore 1ine, and, si nce the houses are bui l t on l ow l and cl o se t o t he beach, the surf has come up to them sever alt im es, Outsi de of the tw o l akes al ready spoken of , t he isno natural featuresw orth ment ioning. l and possesses l i l onuments.-In Ti ni an certai n rui ns o f ancient nafi ve constructi on surpassal l those of si milar char acter i n Guam or R ota. W e thi nk i t w orth while t o devote a few rvords to thei r descri pti on. I n all t he i sl ands, at pl aces formerl y i nhabi ted, are f ouncl cer tai n monuments, w hi ch the nati r;escal l " lat t e", or " l l ouses oI the Ol d P eopl e." They consist invar iabl y of a d5ubl e row of rough stone p5' rami dsor t r uncated cones, supporti ng stone herni sphere s,f lat sicle In Guam I have not seen a si ngl e cone m or e up. than four feet hi gh, nor hemi spherel vhos e diam et er exceedecltrvo feet. ' fhese pyrami ds, si rni l ar i n shape to the st one pill ars cal l ed " Guarda C antones" w i ri ch ar e of t en pl aced al ong the edge of royal hi ghw ays in Spain, stand i n " tw o row s, l i ke the pi l l ars of a house; and erren though l ve have no exact data on the subject , thi s posi ti on together vri th thei r nati re nafir e. r r akes us bei i eve that formerl y they serl .edas su ppcr t s f or stri ngers on w hi ch rested rafters that reach eclt o t be ground; but i f thi s i s correct, the house must har - e been very l ol v. In the earl ;' fl sqcri oti ol rsof t he isl ands i t i s sai d that the nati ves buri ed the ir dead in the housesand even today the peopl e have a super sti ti ous fear of di sgi ng l 1p ot \\' orki rg th e gr ound betw eeu these rol vs of stonesu' hi ch are sti ll st andir g i n rnany cul ti vated fi el ds becausethe nati ve s had t r ot dared to.di sturb them. In Guam, R ota, and S ai pan the " l atte" pillar s consi st of onl y trvo rough hen' n stones, one cof le shaped and the other a bal f sphere pl aced on t op cf i t, both of them together not bei ng hi gher t han f ir - e feet from the grounds; w hi l e i n Ti ni an, close t o t he D eputy Governor' s house, standsa grou p of t hese pi l i ars, ca11ed" H ouse of Taga" - a chi eftain f am ous (rv Y
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