04-20-2018, 05:48 PM
Much truth to what Obie says. I happened to be at this USDA Forest Service Proceedings 30 years ago. Excerpt from p. 52:
"Sandalwood harvesters were often gone for several days, sometimes for weeks, in the mountains collecting sandalwood. Many died of exposure and other misfortunes in the cold, often damp uplands...
Frequent transport of heavy loads of sandalwood often produced callused areas (leho) on the shoulders of male bearers. Men with these marks were called kua-leho or "callous backs..."
https://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/d...gtr122.pdf
"Sandalwood harvesters were often gone for several days, sometimes for weeks, in the mountains collecting sandalwood. Many died of exposure and other misfortunes in the cold, often damp uplands...
Frequent transport of heavy loads of sandalwood often produced callused areas (leho) on the shoulders of male bearers. Men with these marks were called kua-leho or "callous backs..."
https://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/d...gtr122.pdf