615 



The gap between the gunwale and dug-out, as well as any 

 holes, are caulked with the soft bark of a tree (Kaitsio), 



The perpendicular planks (Bhitsa), which close the canoe 

 at both ends, are carved at the top with a more or less 

 uniform design, but even the best carving done in Mailu is 

 of poor quality, as compared with that of the Massim (see 

 pi, XXXV., fig. 1). The dug-out ends in a pointed horizontal 

 nose (Oro'udre), which projects for some two or three feet 

 under the carved part of the Biritsa, and is sometimes orna- 

 mented (see pi. XXXV., fig. 1). 



The carving of the Biritsa, which are made of Moda wood, 

 seems suggestive of the human face, but the natives do not 

 endorse this interpretation. These are the essential parts of 

 the two canoes, which from the hull of the compound canoe, 

 the Oro'u. 



G !- 



V -IT 



r I 



Fig. 31. Plan of an Orohi. 



A. Tsehi canoe Cmast side). This dug-out is the larger of the 

 two. 



B. Ldrima canoe; it is as a rule the slighter one. 



C. Platform (Vavd'o). 



D. Ahdha. 



E. F. 0\i(9a. 



G. Tsehi^ wdm (in this diagram the Tsehi icdra platform is 

 made exceptionally short; usually it is much longer). 

 H, I. Iddo. 

 J. Biritsa. 

 K. Oro'uare. 

 L. Place for mast. 



