tofia

Updated: May 13, 2025

The whole was thatched with the leaves of the traveller's-tree. The walls were covered with tofia, or native cloth, and the floor with a large fine mat. A well-made bedstead stood in one corner with sleeping mats on it, and in the centre a table covered with a white cloth.

William Henry Giles Kingston - A Voyage round the World: A book for boys