282 BULJLETIK^ 127, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



A wooden, round bottom, keelless boat of the junk pattern, with 

 sharp overhanging bow, which has a narrow V-shaped square section 

 at top; afterpart of bottom, has strong camber; the ordinary junk 

 stern ; rudder drops below bottom ; strong sheer ; the bow and stern 

 curve up abruptly ; washboards with high coamings around open 

 portion ; has one large lorcha mat sail set on mast stepped about one- 

 third boat's length from bow. 



Dimendoiu of hoat. — Length over all, 24 feet 1 inch; beam, 7 feet 

 8 inches; depth, 4 feet; mast, above gunwale, 23 feet; sail, 18 feet 

 8 inches high by 13 feet wide. Scale of mode, three-fourths inch 

 equals 1 foot, 

 (lift of Chinese Centennial Commission. Cat. No. 160,160 U.S.N.M. 



Model of Chinese fishing boat. 



A wooden, round-bottom, keelless boat of the junk pattern, with 

 sharp, overhanging bow, which has a narrow V-shaped square sec- 

 tion at top; afterpart of bottom has strong camber; the ordinary 

 junk stern; rudder drops below bottom; strong sheer; the bow and 

 stern curve up abruptly; washboards with high coamings around 

 open portion ; has one large lorcha mat sail set on mast stepped about 

 one-third boat's length from bow. 



Dimensions of boat. — Length over all, 24 feet 1 inch; beam, 7 

 feet 8 inches; depth, 4 feet; mast, above gunwale. 23 feet; sail, 18 

 feet 8 inches high by 13 feet wide. Scale of model, three-fourths 

 inch equals 1 foot. 

 Gift of Chinese Centennial Commission. Cat. No. 160,159 U.S.N.M. 



Model of Formosan catamaran. 



Rafts of this kind are used at Tamsui, Formosa. They are not 

 taken to sea, but are used for fishing in harbors, rivers, or creeks. 

 The crew usually consists of two men, one to row and one to fish. 

 A stone is used for an anchor. 



The raft is made by securely lashing together nine bamboo logs, 

 the fastenings passing over six crossbars placed at intervals; run- 

 ning along each side, on top of these crosspieces, is bamboo so lashed 

 as to form a sort of rail ; platform of bamboo in the middle of raft. 



Dimensions of catamaran. — Length, 23 feet 3 inches ; width, 4 feet. 

 Scale of model, two-thirds inch equals 1 foot. 

 Gift of Chinese Centennial Commission. Cat. No. 55,776 U.S.N.M. 



Model of Chinese fishing boat. 



This type of boat is used in China for fishing in streams, in a sort 

 of automatic manner peculiar to oriental countries. It is a long, 

 narrow, square-ended, round bottom, keelless dugout, with bottom 

 curved up strongly at ends: three crosspieces or thwarts are flush 



