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curved up at ends; above the outer edges of these are two smaller 

 bundles of nearly uniform diameter, so lashed as to increase the height 

 on the sides and form a sort of hollow inside. 



Dimensions of halsa. — Length, 18 feet 10 inches; width, 3 feet 1 

 inch. 



This boat very closely resembles the grass balsas of South America. 

 Boats of this kind are buoyant and are sometimes used for surf 

 work. 

 Gift of Bureau of Arts, Paris. Cat. No. 127,997 U.S.N.M. 



PART 5. 



DESCRIPTION OF VESSELS AND BOATS OF PACIFIC ISLANDS. 



Samoan fishing canoe. 



A type of canoe used by the natives at Tutuila, Samoa, for bonita 

 fishing. It is an open, sharp-ended, outrigged dugout canoe, with 



FIG. 94. SAMOAN OUTRIGGER CANOE. 



round bottom, one end rising in a long easy curve from the bottom, 

 the other sharp and hollowed at the extremity, so that it projects 

 forward at top and lower corner; small balance log attached to two 

 outriggers; no sail; two paddles. 



Dimensions of canoe. — Length, 23 feet 7 inches; width, 19 inches; 

 depth, 16 inches; outriggers, outboard, 3 feet 8 inches; balance log, 

 13 feet 10 inches long, 4 inches diameter; paddles, 4 feet 4 inches 

 long, 9 inches extreme width of blades. 

 Collected by T. D. Bolles. Cat. No. 160,333 U.S.N.M. 



Model of Samoan outrigger canoe. 



An open, sharp-ended dugout, having a sharp keellike bottom 

 rising from near the center to the bow in a long easy curve. The 

 stern is practically vertical. There are four outriggers close to- 

 gether, with their inner ends lashed to each gunwale and their outer 

 ends lashed to a framework attached to the balance log. The balance 

 log extends parallel to the dugout from a point opposite the stern, 

 to a point about one- fourth the length of the dugout from the bow. 



