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ease of handling ; others big, to carry much merchan- 

 dise, or perhaps cattle. In a few moments more we 

 had arrived at Kaua Baga, where thousands of people 

 were assembled for 

 a great market. 

 As we landed we 

 looked back upon 

 our second canoe, 

 which was behind 

 us. It seemed as 

 if it were held in 

 the bondage of 

 reeds, — though, without appearance of labour, it too 

 passed along through the rushes which swayed and 

 bowed and closed up behind it, giving once more 

 the semblance of an impenetrable phalanx. 



Cow Canoe. 



Passenger Canoe. 



