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boat had 3 broad strakes pegged on ; in many the sides rise so 

 steeply from the dugout keel as to give the boat a V-shaped 

 transverse section (Fig. 24) ; others have a flatter section particularly 

 those of large size as otherwise the draft would become too great. 

 The larger boats have cabins much after the style of the Galela 

 boats ; from these they are readily distinguished by the shape of 

 the stem and stern post projections; instead of having pegged-on 

 straight pieces, the projections are continuations of the stem and 

 stern posts, rising to four and even five feet beyond the gunwale ; 



FlG. 25. — Stem and stern forms in two Kao outriggers. 



the upper end of each is brought to a sharp point by a long slightly 

 concave cut which leaves a characteristic angular prominence two- 

 thirds up the inner edge of the post (Fig. 25). The length of the 

 terminal pieces appears to vary with the fancy of the owner. 



The outrigger frame scarcely differs from that of the Galela 

 boats except that in some places the connecting joint shows a 



Fig. 26. — Two forms of boom and float connexions seen in Kao. (Inner stringer 



has been omitted.) 



characteristic heel on the outside of the joint angle (Fig. 26), and 

 two brace poles are employ ed, one within and the other without the 



