798 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
The length of the average canoe is 15} feet; width, 20 inches; depth, 
2 feet; very sharp on the bottom, the sides rising almost V-shape; bow 
and sternare alike. Outrigger 75 feet from the side; outrigger-float 8 
feet long, 7 inches wide, turned up and pointed at each end. ‘The 
framework of the outrigger consists of three crosspieces of cocoanut 
wood. Seized to the crosspieces at right angles are four braces at 
nearly equal distances apart. Under the crosspieces, near the gunwale, 
is a brace three-fourths of an inch in diameter, extending fore and aft 


Canoe, Apamama and Tarawa. 
to within 3 feet of the bow and about the same distance from the stern, 
the ends fastened to the gunwale and the middle portion to the cross- 
pieces. On the frame of the outrigger, between the gunwales, are 
several strips seized lengthwise. These act as an additional brace and 
also take the place of thwarts. The stanchions connecting the ends of 
outrigger frame to the float consist of forks of tree branches, the sin- 
gle part fitted into holes in the float. On the outer end of the outrigger 
is temporarily fitted a notched stick in which the fishing pole is placed. 
This is quite necessary, as the poles are 12 to 15 feet long and heavy. 
