(1) We [gap — reason: invisible] seen how the Polynesian was by instinct a fisherman a [gap — reason: invisible]ailor, and how much the art of navigation belonged to [gap — reason: invisible]men of the race. In the olden times it was an art that needed the greatest boldness and skill, and demanded long absences from the house as much as hunting on land did. It was thus, even though not hedged round by any sacredness in most islands, completely out of the province of women. It was a speciality that needed muscle and daring; and primitive woman is too busy to specialise in any direction. As soon as an industry needs specialisation, it passes out of her hands. She has too many demands on her time and energies to cultivate a particular skill or art. Seacraft, like hunting, therefore, has ever been outside her sphere, even where she has been as strong and muscular as her husband.