Note 169 — CONTENTS. (continued 4)

There are two methods of hewing the canoe for its finishing: from the front and from the rear. If the commencement of the hewing of a side be from the left, do not change and work from the right, for it would be defective. If the commencement of the work be from the fore part, continue in that direction until the stern is reached, then quit; do not change the direction of the hewing from the stern.169 It is the same with the other side, commence hewing from the stern and when the bow is reached, then quit. Do not hew from the bow and the stern of the same side; else there would be a hole in the middle.