. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history. 28 The Canadian Field-Naturalist [Vol. XXXIII. lengthvise from end to end of the canoe, just high enough along the sides to afford protection from rocks, cind are lashed together and to the thwarts by continuous strands of cedar bark which are threaded through perforations in their upper edges. Micmac canoes in the Victoria Museum have the ends stuffed for a short distance with moss or shav- ings, the purpose being to keep the bark from col- lapsing or wrinkling where ribs are lacking. The stuffing is held in place by thin partitions of cedar,
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. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history. 28 The Canadian Field-Naturalist [Vol. XXXIII. lengthvise from end to end of the canoe, just high enough along the sides to afford protection from rocks, cind are lashed together and to the thwarts by continuous strands of cedar bark which are threaded through perforations in their upper edges. Micmac canoes in the Victoria Museum have the ends stuffed for a short distance with moss or shav- ings, the purpose being to keep the bark from col- lapsing or wrinkling where ribs are lacking. The stuffing is held in place by thin partitions of cedar, cut to shape and held in position at the bottom by the end of one of the inside sheeting strips. Slave and Chipewyan canoes also exhibit stuffing. and navigation developed, with the exception that the Eskimo to some extent use large sea-going kayaks for hunting the whale and seal; and also that the Micmacs, like other coastal tribes, sometimes con- struct large bark canoes for a similar purpose. The sides of the Micmac canoe are up-curved and turned in towards the centre to exclude heavy seas. The Eskimo kayak, for present purposes, may be regarded as a highly specialized canoe, differing from the Algonkian in the important, though not essential, respect of having the framework so con- structed that it is held together independently of the cover; and in the superficial one that the covering. 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 work.. Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. Ottawa