222 cook's first voyage 1769. 



The Ivahahs are the only boats that are used by 

 the inhabiants of Otaheite ; but we saw several Pa- 

 hies that came from other islands. Of one of these 

 I shall give the exact dimensions from a careful ad- 

 measurement, and then particularly describe the 

 manner in which they are built. 



Feet. Inches. 



Extreme length from stem to stern, not 



reckoning the bending up of either 51 



Breadth in the clear of the top forward 1 2 



Breadth in the midships - - 1 6 



Breadth aft .... 13 



In the bilge forward - •; 2 8 



In the midships - - - 2 11 



Aft - - - .-29 



Depth in the midships - - 3 4 



Height from the ground on which she stood 3 6 

 Height of her head from the ground, without 



the figure - - - - 4 4 



Height of the figure - - - 11 



Height of the stern from the ground 8 9 



Height of the figure - - 2 



To illustrate my description of the manner in which 

 these vessels are built, 



it will be necessary to ^ -^ ^v ^ 



refer to the figure ; &- SX 1/ h 



in which a a is the ^^ // 



first seam, h h the se- \:^^ ** 



cond, and c c the third. 



The first stage or keel, under a a, is made of a 

 tree hollowed out like a trough ; for which the 

 longest trees are chosen that can be got, so that 

 there are never more than three in the whole length : 

 the next stage, under h b, is formed of straight plank, 

 about four feet long, fifteen inches broad, and two 

 inches thick : the third stage, under c c, is, like the 

 bottom, made of trunks, hollowed into its bilging 

 form ; the last is also cut out of trunks, so that the 

 moulding is of one piece with the upright. To form 



