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to hold the boat to its anchorage. From this, such craft were often 

 called " Eam's-head boats." As a rule, each boat had a large moor- 

 ing rock through ^Yhicll a spar projected to the surface of the harbor. 

 To the top of the spar was attached a hawser, in the other end of 

 which was a large eye kept afloat by a buoy. The boats fished on in- 

 shore grounds and frequently returned to harbor, where, instead 

 of anchoring, the mooring hawser was picked up and put over the 

 stem head. 

 Gift of Stephen J. Martin. Cat. No. 39,198 U.S.N.M. 



FIG. 20. CIIEBACCO BOAT "• LION."' 



Model of New England pinky. 



This is a model of a sharp sterned fishing schooner — with a 

 " pink " — of the type called " pinky," which was extensively built 

 for the New England sea fisheries in the period between 1815 and 

 1840, and, to a less extent, subsequently. 



It has a full rounding bow; stem very much curved; straight side; 

 low round bilge ; short full run ; sharp stern surmounted by a "pink" ; 

 straight slanting sternpost; narrow rudder with square heel; old- 

 style Avindlass ; cables ; anchors ; raised " cuddly " deck forward ; 

 chimney funnel; boat; two fish kids; two masts, bowsprit, topmast; 

 and three sails, mainsail, foresail, and jib. 



