"Two long dugouts of the type which may carry six or eight men, at Pate, a village near Shengge town which includes a fisherman's quarter." Shengge Chiefdom.  "Especially on the large mainland rivers, native carpenters build planked boats, to which they give the English name of gig. They are propelled by a spiritsail, sweeps or sometimes paddles, or in shallow water by poling." ............. >> return to [Economy in the 30's] |
