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177 guides for setting the gunwal as made of wood. four lites number 2 and Two lite number one. These are about sixteen inches long. to the notch those numbered (1) are about an inch shorter. Upon a smooth piece of ground the plate of bark is spread out and the frame placed upon it this is then loaded with [?stump?]. and the edges bent up at the sides of the frame.is bent [?further?] when a strip of wood is put along the side and a stake driven in the ground to hold the plates with a second strip of wood is secured along the top and four other stakes two on each side are driven outside the strips. The ends of the strips are tied together to give a [?prow?] to the ends and the stakes are tied at the tips to hold them together. A set of ribs is then made of cedar. they are split from a stick of the wood and are made about two [crossed out: and a half to three] inches wide and three eighths of an inch thick and long enough to reach from gunnel to gunnel and project beyond. these ribs are fitted to the canoe being placed [?wet?] in the body after taking out the frame and placing a few long strips of very thin cedar. between the bark and the rib. A gunnal is formed of these longitudinal strips of cedar one on the out, one on the inside. and one on top These strips are about an inch wide by half an inch thick the ends are split into splinters to enable them to be curved. The outer, and inner strips of the gunnel are then bound together in the intervals between the ribs. which is usually about two inches. with strips of pine [?]. the birch bark being perforated with the [?] [?] elsewhere. Spreading from gunnal to gunnal. at intervals and [?] [?]. then [?] pieces of cedar. these are used to spread the gunnal and are of about three inches width. the ends are perforated with small holes. through which pass the strands of the [crossed out: Jack] pine root thread. The End frame is made of a series of thin straps of cedar used last in a [?] and bound together with bass wood twine. at the end is a spreader which is solid and notched. and this is likewise bound with [?] twine making the prow a compact rigid structure. the bow is perforated and through the perforations pass the [?thongs?] of pine root holding the bark at the ends of the canoe. At the gunnal and at the ends the [?] these cover forms being Jammed into the ends and thereby breaking the bark and causing leakage a thin piece of cured cedar is fitted in being but in place and wedged. under a rib.When the parts are all fitted and while the canoe is in the [?] suspended over the stakes. water is poured into it. and with a piece of charred wood the maker searches for and marks places where the water runs through. The ends are sewed over and over with the pine [?] in [?] of variable length to give ornament to the prow and also to add strength. The ribs are then taken out and cut of the proper length. the ends being beveled wedge shape. A quantity of very thin and bend. cedar strips are split out of the length or nearly so of the canoe. then in about two and a half inches wide and about one eighth of an inch thick there strips are laid along the sides and bottom of the canoe. against