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strong, vine f Tsindre). Holes are made near the upper border 

 of the dug-out and in the middle of the gunwale plank, and 

 the vine lashing is passed several times through those two sets 

 of holes and over the top of the gunwale. These lashing 

 strands are, nautically speaking, "served" — that is to say, the 

 vine is wound round them closely. Some ten or twelve lash- 

 ings are made on each side. 



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Fig. 28. 



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Fig. 29. 



Fig. 28. Shows the maimer in which the gunwale plank (a) 

 is lashed to the dug-ont (}>). The longitudinal strands of vine a e 

 shown passing through the holes. 



Fig. 29. Shows the way in wiiich the vine is wound round 

 its longitudinal strands. 



This combined structure — dug-out and gunwale — is 

 strengthened by a set of six ribs (A^e), which are placed in 

 opposite pairs in the middle and at both ends of the canoe. 

 The ribs are made of branches of the Yarn tree, which are 

 naturally bent to less than a right angle. They are lashed to 

 the canoe by the T sin dru vine in three places, one end being 

 fastened to the upper edge of the gunwale, the knee to the 

 top edge of the dug-out log on one side, and the other end to 

 the top of the dug-out on the opposite side (see fig. 30). 



Fig. 30 

 iwo Fairs of Ribs of \ Canoe. 



In reality the pairs are much further apart, as there are only 

 three pairs in the whole canoe. 



