day j ■swarms ^witfc-:?peo|)Ieyi@f- ^ ll descriptions.. , In the : street-,
next the.;sea, *s.no ^excellent fisli market, well supplied * from ;tke
' JhftflSk^. andmivefsrfm Mte ;fieighhpnthoódy 'Fishsimdefedl-
^ in |S ia •considerable,. part i of theTgqdjgl Jtermbabitantki .and
the procuring and bringing it to market affords employment to
a numl^riiof.'people. ;Thp boats\>pr ,cppp§s bsed sip Their iisher-ies
l^i'tjöulf^^jfafe^aöted ;my«Rótieer They., are @f w^uprmsitshape
made^n^iaetiom' lased: lextremely.. iwell cafe
pulated. for i-t f e stpuTypose 4foey, are^pat hp In .length tlaey}?are
ih d not more than two in breadth. This
&Bftpe b o h ife la te d tQ>;,makfe them- go. incredibly, fast. «espeda 1 ly
withvthe addition,.*of a very i^ge^separes sail, „pMeh-pne^wordd
imagine, them rincapable-aef^carrying*.,Wkhpjat-fairagn overset. To
pxekentT4lris„ ,an ingejnious^_an,dg to an, European, a= veryyextra-
;is.:employed.,k Ag&ggg qf. wood^sAeK-tencfod
.ka^tóksixïTefit fr®m fcbèjend of Jfcbg botst,, b y *wajtgfjpuhsriggeri
11 tis larger mmsmafl«® .nccoEdmg.| tPI the. size£pfet^*ïb§atr ,and is
shaped- a t ijeaoht end like the,-prow of a .-cande.ptoi cut, thjeongh
the watery This log is -fastened . to - thé rboat-. bv 4wuTe^te->a»r)d
bent - poles ; and seems tQpsery&iajt |o n e e fo r helm^and, .ballast.
Strange as this contrivance may .appear*, it ,.ig; indispensably-neT
pessary^ as from..,their extreme narrowness. thb.bQ.aisxFguid
without; it ; be upset by a person simply] stepping .mtoukhem.
They have one mast io which the square saiLis .attached, an
sflehia manper, that the boat is capaplpiOf sailing either way*.;
and can be made instantly p>;- move in an .opposite diréctiod
without turning or tacking, but mpfejynfey .swinging, the sail> :of
the yaid> rouiid. A paddle, something in the form of A.'fihöyel,
is used to -guide: the : boat’s head. |
. T h ^ ^ » ^ ^Éfathë:xéjah#e is a large ..treehollowed: out by Arei
or .scooped out by. The f carpenters..;,; Along th e sides of it
boardsj d;ret nailed tofrthe heighfeof-abo^t twei.-feefc-, .ip .the- form*
of angonWale, to, prevenhTke- »water gplfeifg in-, by raising the
boat more t above. its surface. .* "V^hen it Tsh necessary. to carry
%ge burdens« inland by ,th|5ccanals and rivel^-ritw© |§ § t'hr#e, of
these;-, canoes? are, lashed together without the but-^igge^l^; Split
panes* bambqp&v*-®1'- J'fe^eEjsree,, arsothen >laidc.aQrossj,them,r sp* as
totjfferm. a : kind ofraraft.^|<>whieh^'thoughseBs^ rrihrti loaded,
wij-l' draw ..but tvery, htbouwat^'. jjfta
XvQiher flat-bottomed^ boats -are,-also used by tbAoatiYes.!* - .They
are,, of >(a ^m^^greater^breadth, than S ]^ e .& .^ y § 0 1 e sp rib e d
they- are*-thatchgd,-wiil^Jeoega-tiiee?<;kaves;> lfke ta .hftuse,', and/are
teg&if^Ugh- thholdi^otJphe^. p-They jp ^ fey try b rig ^ rt i-.eph^eye
aneps, ami ?pe much used* by «uruoflicers. when gpingbop shoot-
hag .excurgjo.nst Thc^oWpers.of tbese^^ts^jaudrMa^ numbers- o f |
tk^Pingl,es^irwhose business > f t is tp •recmf^ynhurdpns {b.y wafer
from if^terplaco' to . a n o th e r Aiyet.^jjgtantlp^pq,.- board, (SMberps
b[ear .Cplumbo, in particular,, ■ Isbayfe often^gggn r,bsbj V: ThrO®
hdpdrsd these 'hoatSjj.ite, regular XOWA mgewed 1|lgng jtli'e banks;
'of the |ij#r§,^r with entapg fami-liesj.on;fbpaxd, j^hp» made t.IiPms
their ,ha]dlatippsi^^ Boafs...<rfgonr ^ugopgan corntw y r ate gel
dnmpgr npvher #Sed*m,d^.^lpnyra n d ^ i i |^ t%re}Jh^rdly known tos
t h e ,m a t i y v e s | ' • at tIJri;ncpmai'e,e an^iQol iimbo :es ,
' or yathier f.ahpy^, /\vhiqb 1^^§£ fh rouglw jKenman^s *
gate, tq tji§ .outer .pettdh, is pxcged.Mjgliys narrow, .and from,-»the
natqxjg p | |b®i e lim a^ fpnd dtg.jC^fined ^itnatipn.j isjfgf j coprse
exces^vefer.hpt^j Hqre^ and ;:money-ehangers: have
%pd their s c io n s . The outer,ppttab is y-ery ■riarg%t^pdihranfches.
pubtintq. a numher4 o|^t»rp^:s < whicb-1e.xt§pdr sqme- ctf them->twQ
imles, At th ^ fg rth e r endeqf .one them .^^dtkAhe chufich -
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