SB SHIP*S LIFEBOAT. 



a hundred and a half, or two hundred weight, for each end 

 of the boat, and that for each end ought to be made up into 

 two separate bundles, each bundle beinj? fitted to the width 

 of the boat, and the uppermost one forming an arch from 

 ' gunwale to gunwale. 



The cork is to be made up in canvas, done orer with soft 

 pitch for preservation, and each bundle marked and num- 

 bered according to its place. 



. The casks and cork being laid into the boat, seizing ropeg 

 are then to be applied for securing them in their places. 

 Method of se- Here it is to be observed, that the single turn of rope 

 «»Jt^dcork. ^^^^^ ^s to go through the augur bore in the keel and round 

 all, should be the first made fast, that the other seizing rope 

 (which we shall suppose to have been made fast to the ring 

 in the stem) may, in passing through the eyes on the sling, 

 take in the surrounding rope betwixt the two eyes, which 

 will thereby prevent the surrounding rope from slipping to 

 either side of the cask. 



The seizing rope, having passed through the eyes on the 

 sling, is then to be passed on through the ring in the keel, 

 and thence back again in the same manner, through the 

 eyes on the sling on the other end of the cask, to the ring in 

 ) the bow; and lastly, the seizing rope is to be brought di- 



rectly from the ring in the stem to the ring in the keel, by 

 which it will cross the cask at the bung or middle part of it : 

 the other cask and cork aft are to be secured in the same 

 / nianner. 



The preparation will be completed by attaching a bar of 

 lead or pig-iron, of about two hundred weight, to the keel 

 within side, by means of the ring-bolts in the keel or other- 

 wise. 

 Vanation ia The same plan may be executed with equal effect, and 

 Ike plan. nearly with the same expedition, by the following alteration 

 and arrangement. 



Instead of one large cask, two less ones may be used in 

 each end of the boat. 



These are to be laid in lengthwise, fore and aft, in the 

 bo^t, alongside of each other, and both together ought to fill 

 the width of the boat. 



These must also be furnished with slings on each end, 



and 



