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(Lower boat.) Orua from Ceylon. P ishing boat with outrig- 
ger and lug sail. Model one-eighth of full size. 
No. 5.— Catamaran, or raft (original), from Colombo, Ceylon. 
This was formerly used for transporting the royal mails from Co- 
lombo, coastwise, about the island. 
No. G.— Balsa (original), boat made of rushes, Lake Titicaca, 
Peru; for one person only. 
No. 7.— Bimba (original), a catamaran, or raft with sides. 
St. Paul de Loanda, Angola, Africa. 
No. 8.— Balsa (original), boat made of rushes, Lake Titicaca, 
Peru. Owing to its light draught large cargoes are often carried. 
No. 9. Cabilletto (original), fishing boat, made of rushes 
Huanchaca, Peru. Used in fishing, especially in heavy surf. The 
occupant kneels just abaft amidships of this boat and propels it 
by means of a short broad-bladed paddle. 
No. 1G.— Donga (original), from Benguela, Africa. A very 
primitive dugout. The addition of the strip along the gunwale is 
one of the earliest efforts to increase height of sides of the boat. 
No. 11.— Dugout (original), for carrying two persons, Colon, 
Colombia, South America, 
No. 12. Dugout (original), from the headwaters of Rio 
Ozama, San Domingo. Made by Indians, but showing European 
influences both in exterior and interior form. 
No. 13.— Dugout (original), from Seneca Indian Reservation, 
New York. 
No. 14.— Corial (original), made by the Accawoi Indians, 
headwaters of the Demerara river, British Guiana, South America. 
This is the highest type of dugout canoe made by savages of any 
country, and is not patterned after the craft of any civilized race. 
No. 15. Tlo (original), a dugout for fishing purposes, made 
by the Bella Coola Indians, near Fort Wrangel, Alaska. 
No. 16.— Dugout, with sail (original). Colon, Colombia, 
South America. 
No. 17.— Surf canoe (original), with outrigger, Apia, Samoa. 
Used for general transportation and fishing where surf is heavy. 
No. 18.— Woodskin (original), made by Accawoi Indians 
on headwaters of Rio Essequibo, British Guiana, South America: 
the most primitive form of bark canoe. 
