NOTES ON FISHING METHODS OF THE SOUTH SEAS. 759 
seine could be gathered up and brought to the surface the fish had 
either escaped into cavities in the coral or out to sea. We saw no 
exhibitions of skill in capturing fish with spear or other apparatus, 
and found no places on the reef where a seine could be operated. 
But few canoes were seen on the island of Makemo, and only one 
well constructed and finished, that might be considered a representa- 
tive type. Length, 17 feet; width, 14 inches; depth, 18 inches; the 
widest part 9 inches below the gunwale, just where the top and bottom 
join together; the bottom dug out of a single piece of hard wood, the 







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Showing cross-section of Makemo Canoe, and the way top and bottom are joined together. 
top made of strips of soft wood. The two main parts, top and bottom, 
were neatly joined together with thread made of cocoanut fiber. 
Between the seams were strips of pandamais leaf, covered with a pitch 
substance which answers the same purpose as a thread of wicking. 
Both sides of the seam were covered with a strip of bamboo, and the 
seizings passing round the strips through holes bored three-fourths of 
an inch from the edge, each seizing crossing the other, forming a 
diamond pattern. The work was neatly done and looked strong and 
durable. The length of the outrigger was 15 feet, connected to the 
