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YOUNG SEA-LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS
| Their canoe is a dug-out constructed to hold eight people besides the steersman. An outrigger, made of a log of light timber and fastened to the canoe by crossbars, makes it an admirable surf-boat. Sailing canoes, with an outrigger on both sides, a mat sail, and bark ropes, are also in common use |
MONSTER DEEP SEA FISH TRAP OF NEW BRITAIN
| It is made of split bamboos bound together with plaited rattan vines, and is about ten feet long and six feet in diameter. There is an opening at both ends, each of which converges to a hole in the centre, through which the fish pass but cannot return. Each trap is anchored in deep water |