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to two pintles; short carved tiller; decked, with exception of long 

 oj)en space in middle for rowers to sit; raised bulwarks and rail; 

 mast forward for drying nets. 



Dimensions of boat. — Length over all, 36 feet; on keel. 32 feet; 

 beam, 9 feet 6 inches ; depth, 3 feet 3 inches ; height of rail, 1 foot ; 

 mast, above deck, 16 feet 3 inches; full length, 19 feet 3 inches; 

 oars, 12 feet 7| inches. Scale of model, 1 inch equals 1 foot. 



Exchange from Greek Centennial Commission. 



Cat. No. 76,004 U.S.N.M. 



Model of Turkish caique. 



A type of boat used for pleasure and for the ordinary purposes 

 of passenger transportation on the Golden Horn, Constantinople, 

 Turkey. It is a wooden, carvel-built, open, keel rowboat; long, 

 sharp-pointed, overhanging ends ; sharp floor ; flaring sides ; graceful 

 sheer; ornamental adjustable deck forward, with two elevated gilded 

 upright pieces at bow; three thwarts for oarsmen, who row each 

 with a pair of peculiar oars having bulb-shaped handles, and blades 

 hollowed out at ends like a mackerel's tail; cushioned and uphol- 

 stered seats aft for passengers, with fluted and gilded backboard. 



Dimensions of caique. — Length, 33 feet 6 inches; beam, 2 feet 

 10 inches; depth, 14 inches; oars, 7 feet long. Scale of model, 



1 inch equals 1 foot. 



Gift of John Murdock. Cat. Xo. 76,163 U.S.N.M. 



PART 4. 



DESCRIPTION OF VESSELS AND BOATS OF ASIA AND AFRICA. 



Model of Singhalese dugout canoe. 



A type of dugout called "ballam" by the natives of Ceylon, and 

 quite extensively used for fishing and other purposes. The 

 model represents an open, round bottom, keelless, double-ended dug- 

 out, with convexly sharp ends, nearly vertical above and curved 

 below ; sides round and tumbling in at top ; straight on top ; short 

 solid section at each end (a short distance below gunwales) to 

 answer for seats; thwart amidships flush with gunwales; and with 

 hole in center to receive mast. 



Dimensions of canoe. — Length, 26 feet 9 inches; width, on top, 



2 feet 7 inches; depth, inside, 2 feet 6 inches. Scale of model, 2 

 inches equal 1 foot. 



Collected by Dr. G. Brown Goode. Cat. Xo. 76,312 U.S.X.M. 



Model of Singhalese cargo boat. 



A type of boat used for purposes of transportation in Ceylon. 

 It is an open square-ended, flat-bottomed scow ; lower part of sides 

 formed of half of a long, narrow log dugout, pointed at ends; side 



