We reached a good place for concealment behind some rocks and thick bushes before the canoe came to land, so that we had plenty of time to examine her.  She was, as Mr Brand had before discovered, a large double canoe--that is to say, there were two canoes secured side to side, and sharp at both ends.  I afterwards had an opportunity of measuring her.  Each canoe was upwards of thirty feet long, and of fully three feet beam; and as they were about two feet apart, with a platform between them, the whole structure was about nine feet across.  Each was also between three and four feet deep, so that she had considerable hold in the water, and was able to carry a large supply of provisions.  Each end was fitted for a rudder, so that she could sail either way without tacking.  The canoes were completely decked over, thus affording a cabin to their crews, and the means of preserving their cargo from damage. This also enabled the craft to go through very heavy seas without foundering.  This canoe, however, was only half the size of the large double canoes of the Fejee and Tonga islanders, which are often a hundred feet long, and proportionably deep and wide.