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divided into two general classes ; one of which they 

 call IvahahSy the other Pahies. 



The Ivahah is used for short excursions to sea, 

 and is wall-sided and flat-bottomed ; the Pahie for 

 longer voyages, and is bow-sided and sharp-bot- 

 tomed. The Ivahas are all of the same figure, but 

 of different sizes, and used for different purposes : 

 their length is from seventy-two feet to ten, but the 

 breadth is by no means in proportion ; for those of 

 ten feet are about a foot wide, and those of more 

 than seventy are scarcely two. There is the fighting 

 Ivahah, the fishing Ivahah, and the travelling Ivahah; 

 for some of these go from one island to another. The 

 fighting Ivahah is by far the longest, and the head 

 and stern are considerably raised above the body, in 

 a semicircular form ; particularly the stern, which 

 is sometimes seventeen or eighteen feet high, though 

 the boat itself is scarcely three. These never go to 

 sea single ; but are fastened together, side by side, 

 at the distance of about three feet, by strong poles of 

 wood, which are laid across them and lashed to the 

 gunwales. Upon these, in the forepart, a stage or 

 platform is raised, about ten or twelve feet long, and 

 somewhat wider than the boats, which is supported 

 by pillars about six feet high : upon this stage stand 

 the fighting men, whose missile weapons are slings 

 and spears ; for, among other singularities in the 

 manners of these people, their bows and arrows are 

 used only for diversion, as we throw quoits : below 

 these stages sit the rowers, who receive from them 

 those that are wounded, and furnish fresh men to 

 ascend in their room. Some of these have a plat- 

 form of bamboos or other light wood, through their 

 whole length, and considerably broader, by means of 

 which they will carry a great number of men ; but 

 we saw only one fitted in this manner. 



The fishing Ivahahs vary in length from about 

 forty feet to the smallest size, whicn is about ten ; 

 all that are of the length of twenty-five feet and up- 



