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BULLETIN 127, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



mast, above deck, 34 feet 9 inches; bowsprit, outside, 10 feet 6 

 inches ; main boom, 32 feet 6 inches ; gaff, 21 feet 3 inches. Scale of 

 model, 1 inch equals 1 foot. 



Patrick Gannon, formerly of Galway, Ireland, had constructed 

 for his own use in 1857 the first of the Irish market cutters ever 

 built in this country. Cat. No. 57,131 U.S.N.M. 



FIG. 49. BOSTOX FISHING CUTTER. 



Model of lobster boat. 



Boats of this tvpe are used chiefly in the lobster fishery of Long- 

 Island Sound, particularly at Noank and New London, Conn., and 

 vicinity. They appear to have originated at Noank, where they 

 are in special favor. The well is for the purpose of keeping lobsters 

 alive. 



This is a wooden, carvel-built centerboard sloop; partly' decked 

 forward and aft with washboards inclosing an elliptical-shaped 

 open space. She has a broad beam; sharp bow; rising floor; 

 flaring side ; fine run, with skag, wide V-shaped raking stern. Open 



