336 



A 



iiiidi 



liAKKoW 



SKIMC 



stout squiire tiiiiLiT. ot iRThap.s a inches scantling, runs along the 



He ot the l)ott()iu forming a keel or keelson. This of necessity is 



illv made of several pieces of wood scarfed together and fastened 



1 treenails ;iihI wlKilelione lasliin.^s. At each end it is fastened in the 



L> \\;i\ tu tlie stem aiid steiiipost, wliich are both of the same shape, 



1,1 ;iimI Hat aliiive or inside, 1)ut l>eveled oft" to a keel outside, and 



ing 111' ill a knee, at tlie same time tapering off to the point where 



I liegiiis t(i Hare. Here it is mortised into the under 



(la! block ot wood, widest and thickest on the inboard 



11(1 eoiieaved oti on the under face, to a tliin edge outboard. Itis 



11 hy a traiisN cise lasliing passing througli holes in the end of the 



lid the thickest part of tlie block. Along each side of the bottom. 



It wipuld be the l)ilgc (ila louiid bottom boat, runs a stout streak. 



OW (_, 



timlic 

 g.iipi 



to thi 



1 and wiihT than the keelson and set up edgewise. These are 

 I apart amidshi|is, but bent together fore and aft so as to be 



I into the stem and sterniiost (see diagram, Pig. 343a). 



llie model tliey are fastened here with treenails, and tliis is prob- 

 ilsd t\w. ease on the large canoes. They are spread apart by 

 pieces or Hoor timbers, flat rather broad boards laid across the 



II with tiieir ends mortised into tlie bilge streaks. These are 

 ■I aiiiidships and deeiease regularly in length fore and aft. There 



I'lceiMit then Nika\v:ialu's umiak. On the model they are pegged 



keelson and bilgi' streaks. The ribs are straight, slender, scpuire 



rs. eighteen on each side (on Xikawaalu's umiak : the canoe photo- 

 ed hastifteeii). Theseare allot the sauu' length, but fitted obliquely 

 outer edge of the bilge-streaks in such a way (see diagram. Fig. 



