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planks sewed to log and to ends; all seams joined by sewing; sides 

 tumble in somewhat. 



Dimensions of hoat. — Length, 31 feet 6 inches: beam, 5 feet 9 

 inches ; depth, 2 feet 7 inches. Scale of model, 2 inches equal 1 foot. 

 Collected by Dr. G. Brown Goode. Cat. No. 76,308 U.S.N.M. 



Model of Singhalese catamaran. 



A type of boat used on canals in Ceylon for transportation of 

 freight, etc. Sometimes it is called " padda boat " by the natives. 

 It is a square-ended, flat-bottomed, scow-shaped boat, with strongly 

 raking ends; lower part of sides (or what might be termed the gar- 

 boards) formed of vertical longitudinal section of pointed long dug- 

 out, like those used for outrigged canoes ; above are thin, vertical 

 planks, with flat gimwales; graceful sheer; boat entirely open, but 

 covered with arched roof of matting resting on bamboo or rattan 

 frames, and coming within about 1 foot, more or less, of the gun- 

 wales; fitted with paddles and pear-shaped blades, flat on one side 

 and somewhat rounded on the other, lashed to lower end of handles. 



Dimensions of hoat. — Length, 28 feet 7^ inches: widtli at top, 6 

 feet 4^ inches; depth, 2 feet 7^ inches; length of roof, 18 feet 6 

 inches ; paddles, 8 feet 9 inches. Scale of model, 2 inches equal 1 foot. 

 Collected by Dr. G. Brown Goode. Cat. No. 76,305 U.S.N.M. 



Model of Singhalese cargo boat. 



A type of boat used in Ceylon for the transportation of rice from 

 one point to another, and also for carrying and laying out drag 

 seines used for catching fish on the shores of that island. It is an 

 open, flat-bottomed, scow-shaped boat, with short, flat bottom; long- 

 sloping square ends ; sides formed of half a dugout pointed log, with 

 superstructure of vertical planks sewed to the logs; all seams joined 

 in the same manner; strong sheer, four wooden rowlocks lashed to 

 bow, each having a becket of coir rope to hold the oar: oars with 

 long, slim round handles, and short, nearl}- oblong blades, shaped 

 something like the ordinary square-ended shovel tied on. 



Dimensions of toat. — Length, 32 feet 2 inches; beam, 5 feet 1^ 

 inches; depth, 3 feet 3 inches; oars, 13 feet long: blades, 15 inches 

 long by 6^ inches mean width. Scale of model, 2 inches equal 1 foot. 



The use of the log dugout in Ceylon for the construction of various 

 kinds of boats is most remarkable. 

 Collected by Dr. G. Brown Goode. Cat. No. 76,300 U.S.N.M. 



Model of a Singhalese platform ferryboat. 



The dugouts used at Kundsale, Ceylon, as ferryboats for trans- 

 ferring passengers, etc., are very similar to those constituting the 

 lower section of the outrigged sailing canoes of Ceylon, the chief dif- 



