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BULLETIIS^ 127, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



The model represents a vessel carrying square sails on the fore- 

 mast and bowsprit and a lateen sail on the mainmast. Tlie ends of 

 the vessel are substantially alike; they are excessively full — almost 

 square ; the bottom is nearly flat and extends the entire length, there 

 being no run and practically no upward slope to the bow. There 

 is a deep waist on the main deck; a topgallant forecastle; a high 



FIG. IS. ENGLISH SEVEXTEEXTH CEXTURY SAILING \ES.SEL. 



quarter-deck; the quarter-deck bulwark extends abaft the deck, 

 forming a sort of pink, through which the rudder head passes. The 

 bowsprit is formed of timber joined at their outer ends and sepa- 

 rated where they meet the stem, thus acting as a vertical support to 

 each other. 



Dimensions of vessel {estimated). — Length over all, 76 feet; beam. 

 17 feet ; depth of hold, 6 feet ; mainmast above deck, 30 feet ; main 



