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off tlie ground and can be readily moved. The only 

 sails carried are a single standing lug and a jib. The 

 difficulty of steering a boat with such a full stern and 

 without the usual run is overcome by making the 

 rudder very deep ; and when properly shipped, half of 

 it projects below the bottom of the boat, and it then 

 does its duty. The oars also are of peculiar construc- 

 tion ; the blade, which is made of ash, being scarfed to 

 a deal handle, and the oar working with a small ii'on 

 loop on a single thole-pin. The cobles are clinker built, 

 and the two upper planks tumble in at the quarters, 

 giving the stern a boxed-in appearance. We can say 

 from experience that these boats pull easily, and sail 

 well with the wind at all free ; but their low and 

 peculiar shaped sterns make them rather dangerous 

 with a following sea. This has led to some of the 

 larger class of boats being built with a round stern, and 

 these have received the name of " mule cobles." It is 

 for inshore work, however, that the coble build appears 

 most suitable, and for that purpose these quaint-looking 

 craft are in general use along the north-east coast. 

 They are usually painted in stripes of green, yellow, 

 and red ; each plank being generally of a different 

 colour from its neighbour. 



Besides the boats we have mentioned tliere is a larger 

 class, called yawls, ranging from 36 to 40 tons N.M., 

 and even larger ; they are decked, and in every way 

 are much the same as the Yarmouth luggers. These 

 are employed in the deep-sea herring and longline 

 fisheries, and at certain seasons their rig is altered and 

 they are used as trawlers. Scarborough was the first 

 place on this line of coast to begin trawling, taking prece- 

 dence of Hull in this respect by about ten years ; it has 

 not bean so systematically followed up there, however, 



