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VOYAGE TO THE 
CHAP, good polish, and neatly executed. Some of them had a hand or a foot, 
carved at the extremity of the handles, very well finished, 'fhey are 
•Ian about five feet and a half in length, including two feet eight inches of 
blade, which is about a foot in width, curved, and furnished with a 
small point or nail at the extremity. In shallow water they make use 
of long poles for punting, in preference to their paddles. 
