110 BARK CANOES. 



The Dyaks dispense with the split rattan along the 

 gunwales, as they use a much stronger and thicker bark than 

 the Jakuns. These canoes in no way compare with the 

 elaborate birch bark structures of the North American Amerind^ s 

 but they are very easily and quickly made. I was told that 

 two Dyaks could make a large canoe in half a day. The Dyaks 

 had no special name for them — they used a term which I can't 

 recall, but it meant only bark canoe (according to the Malays). 



