CHAPTER VI.

THE CANOE. The use of Tools—Tool-using Instinct—Rudimentary stage of Art—Primitive River-Craft—The Guanahanè Canoe—Ocean Navigation—African Canoe-making—Oregon Cedar Canoes—Native Whalers of the Pacific—Prehistoric Boat-Builders—Mawai’s Canoes—The Polynesian Archipelago—The Terra Australis Incognita—Canoe-Fleets of the Pacific—Primitive Navigation—Portable Boats—The Coracle and Kaiak—The Peruvian Balsa—Ocean Navigators, 151