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himg outside; keel curved upward in center and projecting below at 

 each end to form deep skags or fins; large settee sail set on most 

 stepped nearly amidships, and raking strongly forward ; model built 

 of Malabar teak, which is a wood commonly used for construction 

 of boats of this kind ; equipped with oars, etc. 



Dimensions of hoat. — Length over all (including sternpost and pro- 

 jecting stem), 41 feet 9 inches; beam, 9 feet 7-| inches; depth, inside, 

 5 feet; mast, above gunwale, 22 feet 6 inches; rake. 4i inches to foot; 

 yard. 44 feet; leach, 39 feet 6 inches; foot, 21 feet 9 inches; oars, 18 

 feet 9 inches. Scale of model, 1 inch equals 1 foot. 

 Gift of Surg. Gen. Francis Day. Cat. No. 160,149 U.S.N.M. 



-BOMBAY FISHING CANOE. 



Model of Bombay fishing canoe. 



A form of a curious dugout canoe called a " tony," used for fishing 

 puriDoses at Bombay, East Indies. 



The model is made of Malabar teak wood and represents a long, 

 narrow, double-ended dugout canoe, with convexly sharp ends; 

 strongly raking, convexly curved bow and stern; bottom round and 

 keelless except at ends, where a short rockered keel is worked on; 

 rudder attached to stem by rope beckets; very little sheer except at 

 ends, which rise abruptly in sharp curve, forming a sort of high 

 stem and sternpost, each of which is carved at top ; open, fitted with 

 four thwarts, oars, etc. ; carries a single settee sail on mast raking 



