stillet i Fig. 2 og Indreduing under Læ i Fig. 3. Agten- 

 for Fokkemasten stod en almindelig Dampwinch (Fig. 2 v), 

 iler ved Hjælp af en Kjettingkabellaring kunde benyttes til 

 Ankerhivning. Forrenfor Hytten om Styrbord var opslaaet 

 af Planker en Binge (b) med 2 Afdelinger. der tilsammen 

 rummede indtil 6000 Favne Skrabetoug, og i denne laa Tou- 

 get klart og luftigt. Paa Fordækket var ligeledes i 1877 

 og 1878 anbragt 4 Falconetter. der med Rapperter og an- 

 det Tilbehør velvillig blev udlaant til Expeditionen fra Ber- 

 gens Værffc. 



Paa Hytten var anbragt en af Skibets Baade om Styr- 

 bord og udenfor denne hang i Daviderne en Skjækte. Om 

 Bagbord stod Expeditionens store Livbaad, 8. m 5 (27 Fod) 

 lang. 2.'"3 (7. Fod) bred og l.'"3 (4 Fod) hoj i Stevnene. 

 MidsMbs i Forkant stod Stativet med Balancebordet til 

 Fo.i-C/rkelen (f) og agtenfor Skylightet til Spisesalonen (s) 

 stod Standardkompasset (c) og Styreapparatet (r). Rathjulet 

 bevægede med Drev den lavere liggende Ratstamme, og i 

 Tandkronen om denne laa Bugten af Kjettingen, der gik 

 gjennem almindelige Skildpadder forst ud i Borde, deretter 

 langs Hyttetaget. saa ned paa Agterdækket og agterover 

 langs dette, og endelig gjennem Skildpadder i Borde agterud 

 og paa Rorpinden, der viste agterover. Paa Grund af 

 denne lange Ledning virkede Apparatet langsomt. I 187(3 

 var Kjettingen smekrere og virkede agterud med dobbelt 

 Part paa Rorpinden, i hvis Ende der var tilsvarende Blokke. 

 Den blev let slak og var tilbøjelig til at komme i Uorden. 

 I 1877 anbragtes en sværere Kjetting, der virkede direkte 

 paa Rorpinden. hvorved de nævnte Ulemper hævedes. Det 

 blev aldrig nodvendigt at ty til Varerattet agter (q). Lige 

 agtenfor Styreapparatet blev i 1877 opsat et Bestikkas (h). 

 Paa begge Sider af Hyttedækket og i Agterkant af samme 

 var udbygget Loddebroer 3.'"1 (lUFod) lange og l. m 9 (6 Fod) 

 brede (Fig. 2. /. Fig. 14 og 21), forsynede med Jernræk- 

 verk og støttede med Stræbere mod Skibssiden. I Agter- 

 kant af Hytten og paa begge Sider af midtskibs var an- 

 bragt "antifriction" Fodblokke (Fig. 2 a, Fig. 14 og 21), 

 der vare linkede i lange Øjebolte, som løb ned langs Agter- 

 kanten af Hytten og gjennem Dæksbjelken. 



Paa Agterdækket strax agtenfor Stormasten stod Ind- 

 hiiiiiugsinaskhien (Fig. 2 i og Fig. 5). Den var leveret 

 fra Nylands mekaniske Verksted i Christiania. Den dob- 

 belte vertikalt staaende Hojtryksmaskine paa 8 Hestes Kraft 

 drev rundt en under samme langskibs liggende Axel, der 

 forrenfor og agtenfor Krumtapperne var forsynet med to 

 Skruer uden Ende. Disse greb i Ta.ndhjul (Diameter 0. '"47 

 = 1 Fod u' Tom), der havde svære horizontalt og tver- 

 skibs liggende Axler, 2. m 37 (7 Fod Wj-> Tom.) lange, og 

 paa Nokkerne af disse udenfor Lagerne i Samverket var 

 Tapperne indsmøgede og festede med Boler. Tapperne 

 om Styrbord, der hrugtes til Indbiviiingen afSkrabetouget. 



Fig. 2 represents the roof and Fig. 3 the interior fittings. 

 Abaft the foremast was a Steam-winch (Fig. 2 r), which, 

 when connected with a chain-messénger, would serve for 

 heaving the anchor. In Iront of the roundhouse. on the 

 starboard side, bad been fitted up a spacious and well- 

 ventilated Locker (6), with two compartments, affording room 

 for stowing away 60U0 fathoms of Dredge-rope, ready for 

 immediate use. On the forecastle had been mounted, for 

 the cruises in 1877 and 1878. 4 howitzers, kindly lent to 

 the Expedition, along with the carriages &c.,- from the 

 Royal Dockyard at Bergen. 



The roof of the roundhouse. on the starboard side, 

 supported one of the ship's Boats, alongside of which. suspen- 

 ded on davits, hung a small skiff. On the port side was 

 placed the lifeboat of the Expedition. 28 feet long. 7 feet 

 beam, and 4 feet deep in the stems. In the forepart, 

 amidships, stood the foot of the balance-board for the Fox- 

 circle (_/'), and abaft the mess-room skylight (s) were the 

 Standafd-cotnpass (r) and the Stcering-cqjparatus (r). By 

 means of cogwheels. the motion of the steering wheel was 

 transmitted to the barrel; and round the latter, over a 

 toothed wheel, lay the bight of the cliain. which, on being 

 rove through cheek-blocks in the ship's side, was carried 

 along the roof of the roundhouse down along the after-deck, 

 and then. through cheek-blocks in the ships side. right aft 

 on to the tiller. With so long a lead, the working of the 

 apparatus proved somewdiat slow. On the first cruise, in 

 1876, the chain had been of smaller size, and rove double 

 on the tiller, through corresponding blocks at the end; 

 hence it easily got slack, and was apt to kink. In 1877, 

 therefore, we substituted a stouter chain, which led singly to 

 the tiller, and were thus able to remedy the defect. 

 On no occasion had we, however, been compelled to have 

 recourse to the spare wheel aft (q). Immediately abaft 

 the steering-apparatus, was a small deck-house (h). put 

 up in 1877, containing the log-slate. charts, &c. From 

 both sides of the roof • of the roundhouse, and from its 

 after extremity. projected Sounding-bridges, 10 feet long by 

 (i feet wide (Fig. 2? and Figs. 14, 21), with an iron rall- 

 ing, and supported by stays against the ship's side. At 

 the after end, and on both sides, of the roundhouse. there 

 were antifriction Blocks (Fig. 2 a, and Figs. 14 and 2L), 

 hooked to long eye-bolts extending down along the after- 

 bulkhead of the roundhouse and thence through the nearest 

 deck-beani. 



On the After-deck. immediately abaft the mainmast, 

 was placed the the Donkey-engine for hoisting the dredging 

 and sounding gear (Figs. 2 i and 5), made at the Ny- 

 land Works, Christiania, This double-cylinder. high-pressure, 

 vertical engine, of eight horse-power nominal, imparted a 

 rotary motion to a shaft extending fore and aft beneath 

 it. and provided with a pair of endless screws. one before 

 and one behind the cranks. These screws bit into cog- 

 wheels (diameter 1 foot (i' /; , inches), ffxed on stout hori- 

 zontal shafts, 7 toet 9*/^ inches long, lying athwartships ; 

 aud to the ends of these shafts. which projected bevoiul the 

 bearings on the framc. were lixed the drums, tirmly secured 



