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BULLETIN 127, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



flush deck; fitted with cabin tnink, capstan, two small brass can- 

 nons, etc.; carries three cotton lorcha sails; large flags, emblems, 

 etc., on flagpoles above mastheads. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 67 feet; beam, 19 feet; 

 depth, 6 feet ; foremast, above deck, 34 feet ; mainmast, above deck, 

 43 feet; mizzenmast, above rail (it is stepped in a wooden socket at 

 port quarter rail). 26 feet. Scale of model, ^ inch equals 1 foot. 



Gift of Chinese Centennial Commission. 



Cat. No. 55,780 U.S.N.M. 



Model of Chinese coasting- junk. 



A tj'pe of cargo boat used at Swatow. China, a treaty port at the 

 mouth of the River Han, Province of Kwangtung, for the purpose 



FIG. 92. CHINESE COASTING JUNK. 



of carrying freight on the river and for short distances on the coast. 

 The cargo is protected by awnings or coverings of matting, like 

 that shown on the model. They can sail only with a free wind. 



The model represents a wooden, carvel-built, keelless, flat-bottom 

 boat, with raking, square, scow-shaped ends, the bow being consid- 

 erably narrower than the stern; round sides, curved somewhat to- 

 ward bow and stern; strong sheer, especially at the ends, the bow 



