The arrow and the arm mean in Indian language, 'The race is to the swift and the strong.' The canoe is very light.

See, I can easily carry it," said Betty, lifting it from the grass.
She ran into the house and presently came out with two rods, a book and a basket.
"These are Jack's rods.

He cut them out of the heart of ten-year-old basswood trees, so he says.

We must be careful of them." Alfred examined the rods with the eye of a connoisseur and pronounced them perfect.
"These rods have been made by a lover of the art.

Anyone with half an eye could see that.