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whose ancestors must also have sailed over
his same track; but all memory of their
journeys is lost.
1t is not quite certain whether Paao's
canoe was a dugout a built up craft
The Hawaiian type is shown in the picture
of Queen kaiulani's pleasure yacht, now in
the United States National Museum. 1t is
a dugout, with outrigger. A built-up form
would resemble the Marshall Islanders
canoe: but the principle is the same the
object being to enable the navigator to
keep his vessel upright in the ocean and to
go against the wind.
Voyage of the "Swarm-of-FIies"
Paaos voyage was begun under unfavor-
able auspices. One day Paao's brother ac-
cused Paao. jr., of stealing fruit The
father killed the boy then and there in the
presence of the uncle, cut him open, and
finding no fruit in his stomach, was crazed
with rage. Did he murder his brother? No.
that is not the Polynesian fashion of show
ing anger. He made up his mind to get as
Tar away from Samoa as wind and water
would carry him. To this end he con-
stTucted large double canoe and lust as
It was finished an incident occurred which
hastened his departure Seeing the son of
his brother drumming extensively on the
new canoe. PaaO killed him. sacrificed his
body to the god of canoes and buried it in
the sand underneath. Soon after this the
father. hunting for his son, came upon the
new canoe While admiring her fine lines
he noticed swarm of flies about block
or wood Removing this, he discovered the
body of his son. So he named the canoe
'Swarm-of-Flies' in contempt
Swarm of Flies" was one of the large
sea-going, double canoes, in which the two
hulls are held at certain distance apart
and parallel to each other by three cross
pieces called iakas. All the joining on the
craft was done, not with nails and pegs
but with sennit, braided cord made from
the husks of the cocoanut fruit. The hulls
were covered with deck mats fore and aft
to keep off the waves She was rugged with
shifting mast and triangular sail of
plated pandanus leaves. The mast and
sail were so set that in stormy OF rough
weather they could be unshipped, folded
together and dashed to the iakas, or cross
pieces. And then Paao and his crew had to
depend upon their paddles. Swarm Of
Flies had seats for forty paddlemen sit
ting two on bench A raised platform in
the middle of the canoe was walled and
rooted with mats. and that was the cap
ta1ns quarters. The voyage of Swarm
of-Flies Is said to have been disagreeable
owing to the winds and storms raised by
Paao'S brother. But what is mos. WON
derful in this connection is that the canoe
was accompanied, guided and protected by
a school of fishes.
Other South Sea VOyaEers.
Among other navigators of this period
were Paumakua and Kaula, who visited
every land known to the ancients. the for
region two white men. One Of the most
famous of these navigators was Moikeha,
who figures great explorer. With his
brother he sailed to the MarQuesas, but
there a quarrel arose. and with true Poly
nesian instinct Moikeha picked himself UP
and returned to Hawaii for spite. The dis
tance travelled could not have been less than
5000 miles. His son. kila, when a boy
made canoe of bulrushes. in which he ex-
plored the Wailua river, he was also an ex-