salmon. The discovery of one of these boats in Seattle prompted the author to do his research in Metlakatla. This boat is now owned by the Center for Wooden Boats. They are sweet little boats, stoutly built, and resemble a fine peapod in appearance. The lines and offsets of this boat were taken off by Dick Wagner and are clearly reproduced on two pages here. The advent of outboard power cau sed Roderick Davis to develop a square sterned version of the boat, and this model was built in the greatest numbers until after WW2. Roderick's son, John Davis Jr., now 65 years of age, apprenticed in the boatshop from the age of six, and is still working in shipbuilding . It is he who provides the first hand narrative that makes this history come alive. An appendix includes a description of materials for the 14' Davis boat, color scheme, and John Davis Jr. 's stem rabbit cutting jig. Scantlings are only minimally covered however. It would have been beneficial, in a work of this type, to attempt to explain why the Tsimshians, or at least John Davis Sr., so readily took up plank on frame construction when the native craft had reached such a high degree of perfection. The author mentions this change but does not explain why it came about. Did the Indian boatbuilders see the white man's boats as superior, and if so why? Were they lighter, easier to build or more seaworthy? Many today do not realize just how highly developed native canoes had become. ROBERT
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