Albany. ?.\\ 



they choofe white oak for the bottom, as 

 being the fofter wood, and not fplitting fo 

 eafily : and the bottom being continually 

 under water, is not lb much expofed to 

 putrefaction, and holds out longer. 



The Canoes which the yachts have 

 along with them, are made of a fingle 

 piece of wood, hollowed out ; they are 

 fharp on both ends, frequently three or 

 four fathoms long, and as broad as the 

 thicknefs of the wood will allow. The 

 people in it do not row fitting, but com- 

 monly a fellow ftands at each end, with a 

 fhort oar in his hand, with which he go- 

 verns and brings the canoe forwards. 

 Thofe which are made here at Albany, are 

 commonly of the white Pine ; they can do 

 fervice for eight or twelve years, efpecially 

 if they be tarred and painted. At Albany 

 they make them of the white pine, fince 

 there is no other wood fit for them ; at 

 New York they are made of the tulip-tree, 

 and in other parts they are made of red 

 or white cedars : but both thefe frees are 

 fo fmall, in the neighbourhood of Albany, 

 that they are unfit for canoes ; there are no 

 feats in the canoes, lor if they had any, 

 they would be more liable to be overfet, as 

 one could not keep the equilibrium fo welL 



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