The only means of travel for most people here are dugout canoes. Not every Indian can make one. It's an art getting the shape right.

The bigger one is mine and the smaller ones belong to two of my workers. One belongs to the son of my neighbour, but he doesn't ever walk to work! He can, but through the mangrove roots it would probably take him half an hour and it takes about 3 minutes by canoe.

These were made in the traditional way with hand tools. But more and more Indians are making them with chain saws. They can maake a little dugout in a day with a chainsaw, and probably a week without. But not too many Indians here have chainsaws. If they buy one they don't know how to maintain it, so it likely won't have a very long life. And to buy a spark plug for it they need to go about 10 miles. In a canoe that probably takes the best part of a day. But a dugout canoe made with a chainsaw is not a thing of beauty! There are always marks of the chain here and there. Making curves with a chainsaw is not so easy.

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And now it's 5 o'clock, it's time to go home from work here at Sardine Bay.

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The water enter the dug out canoes both through holes in the wood and from rain.

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