166 BULLETIN 127, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Block model of market fishing schooner. 



The fishing scliooner Thomas E. E cans was built from tliis model 

 at Chelsea, Mass., in 1866 by D. J. Lawlor, who designed her. She 

 engaged in the fisheries only a short time, after which she was 

 employed as a packet in the Bay of Honduras. The model repre- 

 sents the extreme type of market fishing schooners of that date. 



The Evans has a sharp bow with wave-shaped lines at and below 

 water line; hollow, rising floor; lean run; broad and heavy square 

 stern ; nearly vertical sternpost ; stem curved slightly and raking but 

 little. She has a good sheer and is specially noticeable for a heavy 

 drag. 



Dimensio7\s of vessel. — Length over all, 60 feet; beam, 18 feet; 

 depth, 7 feet 6 inches; draft, aft 10 feet, forward 4 feet 8 inches. 

 Scale of model, one-half inch equals 1 foot. 

 Gift of D. J. Lawlor. Cat. No. 76,041 U.S.X.M. 



Block model of schooner. 



The schooner Lizzie' F. Choate^ of Gloncester, Mass., was built 

 from this model at Ipswich, Mass., in 1866, to engage in the mackerel 

 fishery. At that date she was one of the largest and finest schooners 

 employed in the New England fisheries. She carried two topmasts 

 and jib boom, with sails to correspond. 



This was a v»-ooden. carvel-built, keel schooner; with sharp bow; 

 raking stem; long head; rising floor; hollow, lean run; broad, heavy 

 square stern; moderate sheer. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length overall, 96 feet; beam, 24 feet 9 

 inches; depth of hold 8 feet 6 inches; draft, extreme, 10 feet 6 

 inches. Scale of model, one-third inch equals 1 foot. 



The Choate engaged in the mackerel fishery in the summers of 

 1866 and 1867, under the command of Capt. Joseph W. Collins: 

 during the winter of 1866-67 she freighted oysters froui the Chesa- 

 peake Bay legion to Boston, Mass. During the succeeding winter, 

 February 7, 1868, while on a passage from New York to the "West 

 Indies, she was lost at sea. together with several of her crew. Three 

 of the men were rescued from the water-logged wreck by the British 

 brig /. S. Wright. 



She belonged to that class of wide shallow schooners almost uni- 

 versally employed in the New England fisheries between 1860 and 

 1886, and which were dangerous and unseaworthy when exposed to 

 the fury of heavy gales. 

 Gift of A. Choate. Cat. No. 160,112 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of schooner. 



The scliooner Alice G. Wonson was built from this model at 

 Gloucester. Mass., in 1870. She was designed for tlie general deep- 



