. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. -/"/-. Eighteenth-Century Lines Drawing of a kayak, from Labrador or southern Baffin Island (according to Dr. Kaj Birket-Smith of the Danish National Museum). Note the long stem that is characteristic of present day kayaks from Labrador. The lettering apparently reads: From Strait's S.°' David A Canoe— The sections arc 2 feet asunder from forward Length 2!'-6" Breadth 2'-i'-" Depth o'-8,'4" [Courtesy .\ational Maritime Musi-um, Creenwuh, England.) migratory movement of the Eskimo. Originally the 2- and 3-cockpit kayak
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. -/"/-. Eighteenth-Century Lines Drawing of a kayak, from Labrador or southern Baffin Island (according to Dr. Kaj Birket-Smith of the Danish National Museum). Note the long stem that is characteristic of present day kayaks from Labrador. The lettering apparently reads: From Strait's S.°' David A Canoe— The sections arc 2 feet asunder from forward Length 2!'-6" Breadth 2'-i'-" Depth o'-8,'4" [Courtesy .\ational Maritime Musi-um, Creenwuh, England.) migratory movement of the Eskimo. Originally the 2- and 3-cockpit kayaks of Russian colonial Alaska had been omitted as being probably the results of Russian influence. John Heath, however, bclie\ing attention should be giv-en to this type, has very kindly prepared for me a fine draught of such a kayak, or "baidarka" (otherspellingsof this name are common); this is shown on page 197. Although the scale drawings accurately represent the form and details of construction, they necessarily idealize somewhat the primitive boat design. Also, in showing the hull-form, the usual method of pro- jecting the "lines" of the hull was discarded as unsuitable. Instead structural features have been emphasized, with the result that "round"-bottom kayaks appear as multichine hulls, as they properly are. In view of the fluid state of design in Eskimo craft it is obvious that the examples shown represent the stage of development at the given date, though the alteration in most designs has been so gradual that the representation could ser\c to illustrate with reasonable accuracy a iriiial or area tyjac for a decade or more. The Eskimos have produced two types of .skin boats that have proved remarkably efficient craft for small-boat navigation in .Arctic waters: an open boat ranging from about 15 to 60 feet in length for carrying cargo and passengers for long distances, and a small decked canoe developed exclusively for h
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