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BULLETIX 127, UNITED STATES NATIOXAL MUSEUM. 



ecjuipped with oyster tongs and oars : two-masted cat rig — two leg- 

 of-mutton sails. 



Dimensions of hoat. — Length, 27 feet G inches: l)eam, 5 feet 8 

 inches; depth, 2 feet 9 inches; oars, 9 feet: oyster tongs, IT feet long; 

 heads, 2 feet wide; foremast. 20 feet ?> inches; mainmast, 16 feet 

 3 inches. Scale of model, 1 inch equals 1 foot. 



Cat. Xo. 25,008 U.S.N.M. 



AI'KAKK HAY LUKOIT CANOE. 



Model of dugout canoe. 



Dugout canoes of this type are used on the luianokc Uiver. X. C\, 

 in the dip-net or skim-net fishery for shad. 



Made by hollowing out a log, sharp at both ends; shallow; nearly 

 fiat bottom; decked for short distance at each end; three seats: center 

 of boat decked over and formed into a box or well for keeping fish 

 alive; two oars. 



Dimensions of hoat. — Length, 18 feet 8 inches; beam, 8 feet; depth. 

 1 foot; well, 1 foot 9 inches long fore and aft, arches on top. opening 

 G by 9 inches. Scale of model, 1 inch equals 1 foot. 

 Deposited by the Bureau of Fisheries. Cat. Xo. 7().27r) T^.S.X.M. 



Model of dugout canoe. 



This type of canoe is used for fishing on the rivers and bayous 

 of the Southern States. It is an open, round-ljottom, boat-shai)ed. 

 keelless dugout canoe; sharp, wedge-shaped, nearly vertical bow. 



