. Narrative of the voyage of Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley during the years 1846-50 : to which is added Mr. Kennedy's expedition for the exploration of the Cape York Peninsula . Kennedy, Edmund Besley Court, 1818-1848; Stanley, Owen; Rattlesnake (Ship); Natural history. CANOES OF COHAL HAVEN DESCBIBEB. 205 being- placed so far forward these canoes do not lay up close to the wind^ but when g-oing- free consider- able speed may be obtained. Among the canoes which visited the ship one was of a quite different construction from the rest and resembled some of t
. Narrative of the voyage of Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley during the years 1846-50 : to which is added Mr. Kennedy's expedition for the exploration of the Cape York Peninsula . Kennedy, Edmund Besley Court, 1818-1848; Stanley, Owen; Rattlesnake (Ship); Natural history. CANOES OF COHAL HAVEN DESCBIBEB. 205 being- placed so far forward these canoes do not lay up close to the wind^ but when g-oing- free consider- able speed may be obtained. Among the canoes which visited the ship one was of a quite different construction from the rest and resembled some of those which we had seen while passing- along the northern side of Eossel Island. It contained seven men^ and came from. the eastward—probably from Piron Island. The body of a canoe of this class is formed like the other, or more common kind, of the hollowed out trunk of a large tree, tapering- to a point and rising- slightly at the ends, which, however, are alike and covered over by a close-fitting piece of wood, each end being thus converted into a hollow cone. The sides are raised by a plank two feet high and end boards forming a kind of long box, with the seams pitched over. One side is provided with an outrigger simi- Digitized by Microsoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original MacGillivray, John, 1822-1867; Busk, George, 1807-1886; Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon), 1812-1888; Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854; White, Adam, 1817-1879. London : T. & W. Boone
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