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  But 
  even 
  when 
  the 
  Jiiivi, 
  or 
  bottom 
  piece, 
  has 
  reached 
  the 
  sea 
  beach 
  or 
  

   creek 
  in 
  safety, 
  but 
  a 
  small 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  completed. 
  This 
  

   -piece 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  redubbed 
  and 
  further 
  hollowed 
  ; 
  this 
  operation, 
  too, 
  is 
  

   repeated 
  as 
  the 
  timber 
  seasons 
  after 
  the 
  canoe 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  use. 
  Then 
  trees 
  

   have 
  to 
  be 
  fallen 
  for 
  the 
  rauaiva, 
  or 
  top 
  streak, 
  not 
  much 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  

   one 
  first 
  mentioned. 
  These 
  top 
  streaks 
  in 
  the 
  Told-a-tapiri 
  are 
  each 
  about 
  

   seventy 
  feet 
  long, 
  and 
  eighteen 
  or 
  twenty 
  inches 
  dee^o 
  amidships. 
  These 
  

   have 
  to 
  be 
  dubbed 
  down 
  to 
  their 
  proper 
  thickness 
  and 
  shape, 
  to 
  be 
  dragged 
  

   out, 
  and 
  fitted 
  to 
  the 
  hull 
  ; 
  holes 
  ('puerere) 
  require 
  boring 
  through 
  both, 
  so 
  

   as 
  to 
  lash 
  them 
  along 
  together 
  — 
  a 
  simj)le 
  enough 
  business 
  with 
  a 
  brace 
  and 
  

   bit, 
  but 
  a 
  very 
  different 
  matter 
  when 
  kiripaka 
  or 
  quartz 
  was 
  used, 
  though 
  

   the 
  natives 
  had 
  learned 
  to 
  construct 
  a 
  drill 
  armed 
  with 
  this 
  pointed 
  stone 
  ; 
  

   the 
  tete, 
  or 
  figure-head, 
  and 
  rapa, 
  or 
  stern-piece, 
  have 
  to 
  come, 
  and 
  you 
  

   have 
  only 
  to 
  look 
  at 
  these 
  to 
  form 
  some 
  notion 
  of 
  the 
  time, 
  taste, 
  and 
  skill 
  

   requisite 
  for 
  their 
  manafacture 
  ; 
  a 
  very 
  slight 
  mistake, 
  an 
  unskilful 
  blow, 
  

   and 
  the 
  thing 
  is 
  ruined 
  ; 
  another 
  seasoned 
  log 
  must 
  be 
  got, 
  and 
  the 
  work 
  

   be 
  recommenced. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  everywhere 
  that 
  this 
  carving 
  can 
  be 
  executed. 
  

   The 
  Arawa 
  and 
  Wakatohea, 
  Bay 
  of 
  Plenty 
  tribes, 
  were 
  long 
  celebrated 
  for 
  

   their 
  knowledge 
  of 
  designing 
  and 
  carving 
  the 
  ornamental 
  parts 
  of 
  canoes, 
  

   and 
  their 
  services 
  were 
  obtained 
  by 
  hire, 
  or 
  the 
  requisite 
  carvings 
  (of 
  course 
  

   I 
  am 
  speaking 
  now 
  of 
  modern 
  days) 
  were 
  procured 
  in 
  exchange 
  for 
  guns, 
  

   blankets, 
  horses, 
  or 
  European 
  goods. 
  In 
  earlier 
  times 
  raids 
  were 
  made, 
  

   and 
  men 
  carried 
  as 
  slaves 
  to 
  carve 
  for 
  their 
  masters. 
  Only 
  a 
  small 
  portion 
  

   of 
  the 
  tracery 
  must 
  be 
  cut 
  out 
  at 
  a 
  time, 
  lest 
  exposure 
  to 
  the 
  sun 
  should 
  

   cause 
  a 
  crack. 
  A 
  fully 
  ornamented 
  stern-post 
  was 
  months 
  or 
  years 
  even 
  

   before 
  it 
  received 
  its 
  finishing 
  touch, 
  though 
  the 
  pattern 
  had 
  been 
  sketched 
  

   from 
  the 
  first. 
  These 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  craft 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  carefully 
  fitted 
  and 
  

   bored 
  for 
  seizing 
  on 
  ; 
  the 
  taumanu, 
  or 
  thwarts 
  — 
  frequently 
  of 
  manukau 
  

   wood 
  — 
  must 
  be 
  cut, 
  worked 
  out, 
  and 
  lashed 
  to 
  the 
  niao, 
  or 
  gunwale. 
  On 
  

   the 
  proper 
  fitting 
  of 
  these, 
  which 
  took 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  our 
  deck-bearers, 
  much 
  

   of 
  the 
  strength 
  of 
  the 
  canoe 
  depends, 
  and 
  the 
  women 
  spent 
  days 
  in 
  

   preparing 
  the 
  muka, 
  or 
  flax 
  for 
  these 
  lashings 
  (kaha). 
  

  

  Then 
  along 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  our 
  canoe 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  fitted 
  a 
  batten, 
  called 
  taka, 
  

   covering 
  the 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  hiwi 
  and 
  rauawa, 
  and 
  the 
  kaha 
  has 
  again 
  to 
  be 
  

   carried 
  over 
  this 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  secure 
  this 
  streak 
  firmly 
  to 
  the 
  side. 
  These 
  pieces, 
  

   too, 
  were 
  of 
  great 
  length, 
  some 
  30 
  or 
  40 
  feet, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  have 
  only 
  one 
  joint 
  

   or 
  splice 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  

  

  Our 
  canoe 
  is 
  now 
  loretty 
  well 
  built, 
  but 
  yet 
  again 
  requires 
  many 
  fittings 
  

   «— 
  the 
  kaiioae, 
  stages 
  or 
  platforms, 
  usually 
  made 
  of 
  small 
  manuka 
  sticks, 
  

   upon 
  which 
  the 
  kaihoe, 
  or 
  paddlers, 
  either 
  sat 
  or 
  knelt, 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  grated 
  

   deek, 
  running 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  craft, 
  with 
  openings 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  to 
  

  

  