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of the hull ; sides of some height were raised on this, by the addition 

 of several strakes and with a broader narrow wale on top, forming 

 a prominent beading, with a narrow gunwale to finish off. It 

 carried a permanent pole mast, and an atap roof ovei the waist to 

 give shelter for the crew, and was steered by means of a quarter 



Fig. 42. —Attachment used for the fore and aft booms in small coasters, 



Minahasa, N. Celebes. 



rudder suspended from a strong pin in an aft rudder thwart, as is 

 often seen in the smaller Macassar boats. 



The outrigger frame consisted of three massive squared boom 

 poles attached to the floats by very stout reverse-curve secondaries 

 in the case of the forward and the aft pole (fig. 42), and by a weak 



Fig 



43. — Attachment used for the median (third) boom in the same boats. 

 A bamboo and a pole are !a.sheu together to form the tloat. 



joint without curved-in head in that of the middle cross pole 

 (Fig. 43). The former were 2 to 2% inches in section. Each of 

 the floats was double, made up of a stout bamboo and a stout timber 

 pole. 



