192 GANJAM. 



this primitive arrangement the voyage 

 continues and the polers take their 

 ease. 



The stern of the boat has a deck of 

 split bamboo laths, and is covered by a 

 tilt awning of matwork. With a mat- 

 tress spread on the laths under the 

 awning it is possible to traverse the 

 lake in all directions and examine its 

 beautiful coves at one's ease, surprising 

 a peafowl here and there, or getting a 

 shot at a basking alligator. For wild 

 duck shooting a canoe is a better craft. 



