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48. METHODS OF TKANSPORTATIOJT— Coutinued. 



c. Boats : 



Hunting-boats, fishing-boats : 

 Birch canoes. 

 Canoes used by Indians of the northwest coast in 



whaling. 

 Kyaks or bidarkas. 

 Umiaks or bidarras. 

 Indian raft-boats. 

 Launches. 

 Dug-outs. 



Portable (paper and canvas) boats. 

 Duck-boats. 

 Scows. 

 Oyster-boats. 

 Whale-boats. 

 Seine-boats, (sea use.) 

 Seine-boats of the lakes. 

 Potomac seine-boats. 



Dorys, sharpies, and dingies. ^ 



Pound-boats of the lakes. 

 Italian fishing-boats, (California.) 

 Pinkies, (Martha's Vineyard.) 

 Adirondack boats. 

 Alexandria Bay boats. 

 Surf-boats. 



Whitehall boats. 

 Oyster-canoes. 



Ducking-boats. 



Cat-rigged fishing-boats. 



Mackerel- smacks. 



Oyster-smacks. 



Menhaden-smacks. 



Menhaden-carryaways. 



Bank cod-smacks. 



Smacks with wells, used near the coast. 



Smacks employed in fish-trade. 



W^ hale-ships. 



Sealers. 



