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distance above gunwale. It is made of irregular pieces of wood 

 lashed together by seizings j)assing through the edges of the planks. 

 There is a rude superstructure in the longitudinal center, from which 

 extends on one side (which is always the lee side) a high short plat- 

 form, and on the other a lower platform and six outriggers, at the 

 ends of which is a balance log, which is firmly secured by lashings 

 of grass rope. Four round sticks cross the outriggers at unequal 

 distances and are firmly lashed, thus forming a sort of open plat- 

 form upon which the natives may sit when the wind is strong and 

 their weight is needed to windward to balance the canoe. There is a 

 single mast stepped and stayed by shrouds to the outriggers and to 

 the ends of the boat; rigged with a single lateen sail of coarse mat- 

 ting, arranged to brail; tuft of feathers on leach; large steering 

 paddle, with lanceolate blade. 



Dimensions of canoe. — Length, 21 feet 8 inches; beam, 3 feet 6 

 inches ; depth, 3 feet 2 inches ; outriggers, outboard, 9 feet 10 inches ; 

 balance log, 14 feet 8 inches ; mast, above platform, 19 feet 4 inches ; 

 upper yard, 21 feet 4 inches; lower yard, 22 feet 2 inches; leach 

 of sail, 18 feet 8 inches; paddle, 8 feet 10 inches. Scale of model. 

 U inches equal Ifoot. Cat. No. 160,174 U. S. N. M. 



Model of Fiji Islands outrigger canoe. 



A long sharply pointed, double-ended dugout canoe, with a 

 superstructure attached to the lower or dugout section of the hull by 

 lashings of twisted fiber. The upper part consists of vertical 

 washboards along the middle section of the canoe, for about half 

 its length, and a sort of whaleback deck at each end, the whole being 

 rudely carved in lines. A balance log is attached to three outriggers 

 by stanchions lashed to the latter end, with their lower ends entering 

 the log at varying angles. 



Dimensions of canoe. — Length, 24 feet 8 inches; width, 12 inches; 

 depth, 18 inches; outriggers, outboard, 3 feet 6 inches; balance log, 

 13 feet 8 inches. Scale of model, 1^ inches equal 1 foot. 

 Collected by Isaac M. Brown. Cat. No. 23,962 U.S.N.M. 



