CATALOGUE OF THE WATEECKAFT COLLECTION. 



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level Avith the gunwales, and in this is a circular hole Avhere the 



anchor and cable are stowed. 



Exclianae from Greek Centennial Commission. 



Cat. No. 76,009 U.S.X.M. 



Model of Grecian fishing boat. 



This type of boat is used all along the coast of Greece and in the 

 Grecian. Archipelago for net fishing. Boats of this type vary from 



-GRECIAN FISHING VESSKL. 



35 to 41 feet in length. They do not usually go far from land. 

 With their many oarsmen (propelled b}' 16 oars) and projecting 

 beaks, they suggest the old-time galley for which Greece was once 

 famous. 



The model represents a wooden, carvel-built, double-ended, keel 

 boat, with long finely- formed bow, slightly concaved below water 

 line; curved stem, which projects outwardly near the top like the 

 cutwater of an American fishing schooner, though not so far; low, 

 rather flat floor ; round bilge ; stern sharp and shaped like the bow ; 

 sternpost curved near its lower end, Avith little rake; rudder hung 



