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wards, of whatever sort, occasionally carry sail. The 

 travelling Ivahah is always double, and furnished with 

 a small neat house, about five or six feet broad, and 

 six or seven feet long, which is fastened upon the 

 fore-part for the convenience of the principal people, 

 who sit in them by day, and sleep in them at night. 

 The fishing Ivahahs are sometimes joined together, 

 and have a house on board ; but this is not common. 

 Those which are shorter than five and twenty feet, 

 seldom or never carry sail ; and, though the stern 

 rises about four or five feet, have a flat head, and a 

 board that projects forward about four feet. 



The Pahie is also of different sizes, from sixty to 

 thirty feet long ; but, like the Ivahah, is very narrow. 

 One that 1 measured was fifty-one feet long, and only 

 one foot and a half wide at the top. In the widest 

 part, it was about three feet ; and this is the general 

 proportion. It does not, however, widen by a gra- 

 dual swell ; but the sides being straight and parallel, 

 for a little way below the gunwale, it swells abruptly, 

 and draws to a ridge at the bottom ; so that a trans- 

 verse section of it has somewhat the appearance of 

 the mark upon cards called a Spade, the whole being 

 much wider in proportion to its length. These, like 

 the largest Ivahahs, are used for fighting ; but prin- 

 cipally for long voyages. The fighting Pahie, which 

 is the largest, is fitted with the stage or platform, 

 which is proportionably larger than those of the Iva- 

 hah, as their form enables them to sustain a much 

 greater weight. Those that are used for sailing are 

 generally double ; and the middle size are said to be 

 the best sea-boats. They are sometimes out a month 

 together, going from island to island ; and sometimes, 

 as we were credibly informed, they are a fortnight or 

 twenty days at sea, and could keep it longer if they 

 had more stowage for provisions, and conveniencies 

 to hold fresh water. 



When any of these boats carry sail single, they 

 make use of a log of wood, which is fastened to the 



