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Di7nensions of catamaran. — Length, 41 feet 9 inches; width, 12 

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

 Collected by Dr. G. Brown Goode. Cat No. 76,227 U.S.N.M. 



Model of Rhio dugout canoe. 



This type of boat is used in the hook and line fishery by the 

 natiA'es of Rhio, India, who give it the name of "kolik." It is a 

 sharp-ended, keel dugout; with sharp hollow bow and stern; raking 

 curved stem and sternpost to near the top, where they are turned 

 abruptly back and surmounted by a curiously formed high knee- 

 shaped timber, projecting outward at top ; hollow floor ; quick turn 

 to bilge; straight on top; fish rooms with temporary deck; carries a 

 single square-headed lugsail, with yard on foot; lanceolate-bladed 

 paddles. 



Dimensions of boat. — Length, 23 feet 6 inches; beam, 6 feet 3 

 inches; depth, 3 feet; mast, above gunwale, 14 feet 6 inches; upper 

 yard, 13 feet 6 inches; lower yard, 14 feet 6 inches; sail, 12 feet 

 high by 11 feet 9 inches wide; paddles, 9 feet 9 inches; steering oar, 

 16 feet. Scale of model, 1 inch equals 1 foot. 

 Collected by Dr. G. Brown Goode. Cat. No. 76,288 U.S.N.M. 



Model of Bugis " pediwak." 



A decked, keel craft of curious form and rig, such as is used by the 

 Bugis in northern Celebes. It is wide and deep ; has a hollow sharp 

 bow, much lower than the main body of the boat, which is square above 

 on its forward end, some distance aft; stem curved and raking; 

 rising floor ; quick turn to bilge ; short well-formed run, with curved 

 raking sternpost (the hull of the boat is reallj^ sharp aft, with a 

 superstructure above it) ; very large, nearly vertical square stern, 

 profusely carved; sides carved also; stem flat below, projecting on 

 sides and resting on two cross timbers which extend at some dis- 

 tance, with planks laid horizontally^ upon them and secured; broad 

 open galleries along the sides ; decked, with one large hatch in main 

 deck; high quarter-deck or poop, beneath which is the cabin; mast 

 formed of three spars joined together by a bolt or treenail at the 

 head; the feet separated and each stepped in a wooden socket and 

 held by a bolt in such a manner that the mast can be lowered in- 

 stantly. There is a Jacob's ladder made by rungs passing through 

 the two after spars at proper distances apart. The bowsprit steps 

 in the forward bulkhead and rests on a wooden block at the extreme 

 bow; it is supported laterally by a spar on each side which steps 

 in the bulkhead, the other end being lashed to the bowsprit a short 

 distance outboard. A wide lugsail (with yard on bottom) and jib 

 are carried. The boat is steered with large wide-bladed oars. 



Dimensioms of hoat. — Length over all, 32 feet; beam, 9 feet 4 

 inches; depth, 4 feet 4 inches; mast, above deck, 16 feet 10 inches; 



