122 



BULLETIX 127, UNITED STATES XATIOXAL MUSEUM. 



upon -vTliich the fishermen stand, is stretched a canvas wind break 

 to protect the men from the cold breeze. The barrels were used to 

 keep the fishermen dry, as oil clothing had not been invented. A man 

 is tossing the fish as fast as they are caught over to the port side, 

 where two men are busih' engaged in dressing the catch. The split 

 fish are dropped into a sluice that conducts them to the Salter in the 

 hold of the vessel. 

 Deposited by the Bureau of Fisheries. Cat. No. 76,250 U.S.N.M. 



Model of seventeenth century fishing vessel. 



This model represents a type of small vessels employed in the 

 fisheries of the western Atlantic in earlv colonial times. The hull 



FIG. 26. E.\RLY SEVENTEENTH CEXTDRY SAILING VESSEL. 



has been made after the lines of the Sparroio Hawh that was 

 wrecked on Cape Cod in 1626, the remains of which were uncovered 

 in 1863. 



Carvel-built, keel vessel, with moderately full, convex bow; 

 strongly raking, curved stem; round, full bilge; short run; heavy 



