Louisiana trappers in their pirogues. The pirogue is termed the "flivver" of the low- 

 lands. The craft is hewed and burned from the solid trunk of a cypress and by many 

 would be called a "dugout." It is light and draws very little water. Some trappers 

 claim they can paddle one over "a heavy fall of dew." 



Hauling pirogues over a "trainasse," or grass trail, to reach open water on the other 



side of a marsh. 



