114 BULLETIX 127, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Dimensions of skiff. — Length, 18 feet 6 inches; beam, 3 feet 6 

 inches ; depth, 13^ inches. Scale, 2 inches equal 1 foot. 



Used for trout and grayling fishing in rapid streams. Very light 

 and easy to carry. 

 Gift of D. A. Fitzhugh, jr. Cat. No. 25,899 U.S.N.M. 



Model of Egg Harbor melon seed. 



A wooden, carvel-built, wide and shallow centerboard boat, with 

 moderately sharp bow ; square stern ; decked, with exception of cock- 

 pit amidships, for which there is an adjustable covering; carries a 

 single sprit sail. 



Dimensions of hoat. — Length, 13 feet 4^ inches; beam, 4 feet 3 

 inches; height, amidships, 13^ inches; mast, above deck, 4^ feet. 

 Scale, 2 inches equal 1 foot. 



Boats of this type are used for hunting sea fowl in the shallow 

 waters of the marshes and bays bordering the New Jersey coast. The 

 typical name of " melon seed " is derived from the shape of the boat. 

 Gift of P. Brasher. Cat. No. 25,658 U.S.N.M. 



Model of cruising canoe. 



A wooden clinker-built, sharp-ended canoe ; decked, with exception 

 of small oval-shaped cockpit amidships ; long sharp bow ; stem nearly 

 vertical in upper section, strongly curved and raking below ; rather 

 low floor; easy bilge; long sharp stern; straight raking sternpost; 

 rudder worked by lines attached to yoke and leading to a tiller-yoke 

 forward of mainmast. Very short masts with lateen sails, having 

 boom on foot; has one double-bladed paddle. 



Dimensio7is of canoe. — Length, 18 feet 10^ inches ; depth, 17 inches ; 

 foremast, above deck, 6 feet 1^ inches; foreyard, 14 feet 7^ inches; 

 boom, 12 feet ; mainmast, above deck, 3 feet 4^ inches ; mainyard, 7 

 feet 8 inches; boom, 6 feet 9 inches; paddle, 9 feet 3 in6hes. Scale 

 of model, 2 inches equal 1 foot. 



Used for cruising in the interior waters of the United States. 

 Canoes of this type often engage in races. This model is a minia- 

 ture of the canoe Cctfitol^ built by Mr. Passeno at Washington, D. C. 

 Gift of J. Passeno. Cat. No. 76,083 U.S.N.M. 



The " Sairy Gamp " canoe. 



A small canoe which became famous because of the long voyage 

 made in her through the interior waters of the United States. 



An open, double-ended, clinker built, keel canoe, with moderately 

 raking stem and sternpost ; sharp bow and stern, very shallow keel ; 

 flat floor; round bilge; flaring sides; moderate sheer; two gimwale 

 braces; one small paddle; one double-bladed paddle. Built of wood 

 over very light frame. 



