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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



Imc. io6. — Canoeing on the Perene River. Aluch skill is re(]uircd lo manage 

 these boats in the swift waters of the smaller mountain streams of the Amazon 

 basin. 



Fig. 107. — Making a canoe from a mahogany log. The trunk is cut longitu- 

 dinally; the shape of the proposed boat is outlined with strips of palm stalks; 

 the surplus wood is removed by fires built about the log and by machetes, the 

 native knives. Scene near Yurimaguas. 



