This platform is elevated from the ground and the whole heap is covered with sacks or matting.
"Cacao Culture in the Philippines"
William S. Lyon
The bamboos are placed as stakes in the ground, and crossed with others in different ways, so as to enable them to make the matting fast, when for the roofing they lay them one upon the other, when a large family lie in that small compass of about six feet square, which makes a very motley appearance.
"Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales"
W. B. Cramp
A thick blanket was wrapped about the upper part of her body, and she wore a petticoat of fine matting, beyond which her lovely little feet alone were visible.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot