SKREENEP CANOE. 
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late king Pomare was fond of this kind of con¬ 
veyance. 
The single canoes are built in the same manner, 
and with the same materials, as the double ones. 
Their usual name is tipaihoe , and they are more 
various in their kind than the others. The small 
buhoe , the literal name of which is single shell, is 
generally a trunk of a tree, seldom more than 
twenty feet in length, rounded on the outside, and 
hollow within; sometimes sharp at both ends, 
though generally only at the stem. It is used by 
fishermen among the reefs, and also along the 
shore, and in shallow water, seldom carrying more 
than two persons. The single maihi is only a 
neater kind of buhoe. 
