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The great wilderness was traversed thirty miles to the county town of Conwayborough, where the negroes roared with laughter at the working of the double paddle, as I shot past the landing-place where cotton and naval stores were piled, waiting to be lightered nine miles to Pot Bluff,—so called from the fact of a pot being lost from a vessel near it,—which place is reached by vessels from New York drawing twelve feet of water.

The double paddle is not to be recommended to the exclusion of the single blade, but there are many times when there is an advantage in its use.

The double paddle makes less splash than the oars, and if one can use the Canadian single blade, it does not make any noise at all.

Both are long and narrow; decked entirely over, with the exception of a hole in the centre; can hold only one person, and are propelled with one double paddle having a blade at each end.

These canoes are used solely for hunting; and, by means of the double paddle, are propelled through the water with the velocity of the dolphin; no land animal can possibly escape when seen in the water; the least exertion is sufficient to keep up with the rein-deer when swimming at its utmost speed.