a great number of men; but we faw only one fitted in this1,
manner.
The filhing Ivahahs vary in length from about forty feet
to the fmalleft fize, which is about ten; all that are o f the
length of twenty-five feet and upwards, of whatever fort,
occafionally carry fail. The travelling Ivahah is always
double, and furnifhed with a fmall neat houfè about five or
fix feet broad, and fix or feven feet long, which is faftened
upon the fore-part for the convenience of the principal,
people, who fit in them by day, and fleep in them at night-
The filhing Ivahahs. are fometimes joined together, and
have a houfc on board; but this is not common-.
Thofe which are fhorter than five and twenty feet, feldom
or never carry fa il; and, though the Hern rifes about four or
five feet, have a flat head, and a hoard that projects forward
about four feet.
Thé Pahie is allb o f different fizes, from lixty to thirty fee t
long; but, like the Ivahah, is very narrow. One that ! mea-
fured was fifty-one feet long, and only one foot and a half
wide at the top. In the wideft part, it was about three feet ; and
this is the general proportion. It does not, however, widen,
by a gradual fw e ll; but the fides being ftrait, and parallel,
for a-little way below the gunwale, it fwells abruptly, and.
draws to a ridge at the bottom ; fo that a tranfverfe feftion.
of it has fomewhat the appearance of the mark upon cards
called a Spadé,- the whole beingmueh wider ioproportion to,
its length; Thefe,Kke-thelargeft Ivahahs,’are ufed for fighting;
but principally for long voyages. The fighting Pahie, which
is the larged, is-fitted with the ftage or platform, which is-
proportionably larger than- thofe of the Ivahah, as their form
enables them to fuftain a much greater weight. Thofe that
are ufed for failing are generally doubl e and the middle
9 fize
fize are faid to be the belt fea-boats. They are fometimes . *769-
out a month together, going from ifland to ifland; and fometimes,
as we were credibly informed, they are a fortnight
or twenty days at fea, and could keep it longer if they had
more ftowage for provifions, and conveniencies to hold frefh
water.
When any of thefe boats carry fail Angle, they make ufe
of a log of wood which is faftened to the end of two poles
that lie crofs the veflel, and project from fix to ten feet, according
to the fize of the veflel, beyond its fide, fomewhat
like what is ufed by the flying Proa of the Ladrone Iflands,
and called in the Account of Lord Anfon’s Voyage, an Out-
j-iggcr. To this outrigger the fhrouds are faftened, and it is
eflentially neceflary in trimming the boat when it blows.
frelli.'
Some of them have one mail, and'fome two; they are'
made of a Angle flick, and when the length of the canoe
is thirty feet, that of. themaft is fomewhat lefs than five and
twenty c it is fixed to a frame that is above the canoe, and
receives a fail of matting about one third longer than itfelf::
the fail, is pointed at the top, fquare at the bottom, and curved
at the fide ; fomewhat refembling what v/e call a Ihoul-
der of mutton fail, and ufe for boats belonging to men of
war: it is placed in a frame of wood, which furvounds it on
every fide,, and has no contrivance either for reefing or furh
ing; fo that, if either lhouldJ become neceflary, it muft be.
cut away, which, however, in thefe equal climates can feldom
happen. At the.top of the maft are faftened ornaments
of. feathers, which are placed inclining obliquely forwards ;.
the lhape and poiition of which will be. conceived at once:
from the. figure, in one of the cuts. .
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