29. Crack in the hull, actcΔ´x.
30. Knot-hole, st1’a´ctalus (knot, stcact).
31. “Patched place,” stΔka´lgwιL.
When the side of a canoe is broken, a section is cut out bodily, a piece of plank being carefully shaped to fit in the space. This plank is fastened in place with cedar pegs and by “sewing” with cedar withes.
32. A “long patch,” sΔp1’a´tsgwιL.
This term refers to a place where a longitudinal crack in the bottom of the hull has been closed by stitching it up with cedar withes.
33. Holes bored in making the canoe, to test the thickness of the sides, udtc’ι´stΔd.
These holes are later closed by plugging them with round pegs of maple, which swells greatly on being wet.
34. Mast, xputdale (cf. pu´tιd, sail).
Informants insist that masts and sails are aboriginal. Vancouver, writing in 1792, says they are not.