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Di7nensions of hoat. — Length over all (including head), 34 feet; 

 beam, 6 feet 6 inches; depth, 3 feet; mast, above deck, IT feet 7 

 inches ; yard. 10 feet 10 inches ; oars of varying lengths, average, 

 10 feet. Scale of model, 1 inch equals 1 foot. 

 Collected by Dr. G. Brown Goode. Cat. No. 76,214 U.S.N.M. 



Model of Johore rajah's beat. 



The type of boat used by the Rajah of Johore for pleasure or the 

 ordinary purposes of water transportation. 



The boat has a sharp bow with moderately concave lines below; 

 forward end of keel curved (or "rockered") upward; stem raking, 

 carved on sides, surmounted by carved neck and head of a peacock ; 

 sharp floor hollowed out below to form a sort of keel; sharp aft; 

 straight raking sternpost; rudder square at heel; boat mostly open; 

 htted to row four oars on a side; superstructure in after section 

 extending over the stern and mostly covered- with bamboo-thatched 

 roof ; has small cotton lugsail forward. 



Dimensions of boat. — Length over all, 28 feet; length of hull, 

 24 feet 9 inches; beam, 6 feet 7^ inches; depth, 3 feet 4 inches; 

 length of thatched roof, 8 feet 3 inches ; mast above gunwale, 13 feet ; 

 yard, 10 feet; sail, 10 feet 6 inches high by 9 feet wide. Scale of 

 model, 1 inch equals 1 foot. 

 Collected by Dr. G. Brown Goode. Cat. No. 76,205 U.S.N.M. 



Model of Johore vessel. 



A yacht-like Aossel used at Johore, India. It is a wooden, carvel- 

 built, keel vessel with long, sharp, hollow bow; concavely curved 

 stem surmounted by a projecting carved head of a dragon and form- 

 ing nearly a right angle with the keel; sharp, hollow floor; quick 

 turn to bilge; moderately long, well-formed run; straight, nearly 

 vertical, sternpost; square-heeled rudder; round stern; bulwark 

 carved outside and open on sides; short raised deck aft and at the 

 bow; two swivel guns of light caliber, mounted, one on each side, 

 on a large beam extending from rail to rail forward of the foremasts. 

 Rigged Avith two short masts and tAvo small cotton sails which are 

 apparently of the settee order, but much like balance lugsails. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length of hull over all, 46 feet 8 inches; 

 beam, 11 feet; depth, 4 feet 8 inches; foremast, above deck, 20 feet; 

 foreyard, 22 feet; mainmast, above deck, 22 feet 8 inches; main 

 3'ard, 28 feet 8 inches. Scale of model, three-fourths inch equals 

 i foot. ' Cat. No. 76,302 U.S.N.M. 



Model of Johore " penchalang." 



A type of boat emploj^ed at Johore, India, for transportation 

 purposes. It has a sharp, hollow bow ; moderately raking curved 

 stem; rather full midship section; sharp stern, with rather curved 



