FLYING

A narrow canoe about 30 feet long by:i foot wide, used in the I.a cholic Islands. The lee side is ll it, being the mere longitudinal section of the common form, and the head and stein exactly alike. A slight framework projects several feet to windward, bearing a small block of wood like a canoe: this float supports the ve el from oversetting to that side, as she would otherwise do, and the framework affords support for a weight acting against the pre ure of the sail. The ve el is steered by a paddle at either end, and moves with great velocity, either backwards or forwards, being adapted to a side wind in running between two places. The sail is mat, with a boom, upon one mast. Proa is also the name for large boats used by the Malays, propelled both by oars and sails. PR* lAULION. (Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) In Architecture,the same as vestibule; which see. l' [s. 1003]