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brig, intended to be employed in trading on the northwest coast of 

 America, but was never constructed, probably because of Mr. Cush- 

 ing's well-known prejudice in favor of fuller vessels, with greater 

 carrying capacity. 



The follqwing estimate of the cost of building and rigging a vessel 

 is copied from a card attached to the model by the builder at the 

 time it was made, and which still remains intact: 



" I can furnish a vessel, as per model, about 255 tons, at the 

 following rates: 



Hull and spars ^ $6, 400 



Blacksmith's (bill) 500 



Rigging 850 



Blockmaker's _- (bill) 200 



Joiner's " 375 



Rigger's " 240 



Plumber's " 150 



Copper, etc " 2, OoO 



$10, 765 

 Gift of John N. Gushing. Cat. Xo. 76,064 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of merchant brig. 



The brig Watson was built from this model at Sedgewick, Me., 

 in 1846, and is typically representative of a numerous class of small 

 single-deck hermaphrodite brigs constructed in Maine about that time 

 for the West Indian and coastwise trades. She was only 146 tons, 

 gross measurement, but was considered a " large vessel " at the time 

 she was built. 



She was a wooden, carvel-built, keel vessel with full convex bow; 

 raking convexly curved stem ; short full figurehead ; long, rather low 

 floor ; run well formed and of medium length ; heav}' square stern ; 

 good sheer. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 90 feet; beam, 22 feet; 

 depth of hold, 8 feet 6 inches. Scale of model, one-half inch equals 

 1 foot. 



The Watson was employed chiefly in the West Indian trade, carry- 

 ing out cargoes of lumber and bringing back sugar and molasses, and 

 m freighting hard pine lumber from South Atlantic points to North 

 Atlantic ports. 

 Gift of Joshua Watson. Cat. No. 76,140 U.S.N.M. 



Skeleton model of merchant brig. 



The brig Telula was built from this model at Cherryfield, Me., 

 in 1848, and was employed chiefly in the coastwise trade. 



The Telula was a wooden, carvel-built, keel vessel; with full 

 strongly convex bow; curved stem; long low floor; short full run; 

 square stern. 



