104 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1884. 



truck, 16|^ inches; iiiaingaflf, 16^ inches; mizzen mast (deck to eyes of rigging), 29 

 inches; rigging to topmast head, 8^ inches; sprit, 22 inches; outrigger, outside, 10^ 

 inches. 



Bohuslan, Sweden, 1883. 7G,008. 



Obtiiined by exchange with Swedish Comiuissiou to Inteinational Fishery Exhibition, London, 1883.] 



A'^essels of the class represented by this model fish for cod chiefly on the Storregen 

 Bank. They make one voyage yearly, starting in April and returning in September. 

 They hail from the island of Tjorn, on the Bohuslan coast. The peculiar flaring bow 

 is thought to be necessary, by Swedish fishermen, to enable the vessel to ride safely 

 at anchor. 



GOTTLAND (SWEDEN) HERRING-FISHING BOAT. 

 [Model.] * 



Wood; unpainted; clinker built, 7 strakes a side; 15 sets of timber ; open; sharp 

 ends; deep keel; curved stem and stern-post; round bilge; 5 thwarts, 2 with mast- 

 holes; schooner rigged; 2 small, boomless, sprit sails, 2 square-headed sprit top-sails, 

 and 2 jibs; stone killick in wood frame; peculiar wide-loomed oars, with cleats to 

 ship over single round wooden tholes. 



Dimensions. — Length over all, 5 feet 5^ inches; keel, 3 feet 0^ inches; beam, 1 foot 

 .5 inches; depth, inside, ti^ inches; keel, 1^ inches; height, amidships, BJ inches; stem, 

 12 inches; stern, llf inches; mainmast, 27f inches; sprit, 27 inches; topsail pole, 22J 

 inches (1 foot of this below masthead) ; topsail sprit, 12^ inches; foremast, SOJ inches; 

 sprit, 28^ inches; topsail pole, 25 inches (13^ inches below masthead) ; topsail sprit, 

 15 inches; bowsprit, 28^ inches; oars, 29 inches. 



Island of Gotiland, Siocden, 187G. 28,149. 



[Gift of Swedish Centennial Commission.] 



Boats of this class are used in the herring fisheries from the island of Gottland in 

 the Baltic Sea, off the east coast of Sweden. In 1869, the number of boats so employed 

 from that island was officially given at 606, manned by 1,911 persons. The Gottland 

 boats have an excellent reputation for seaworthiness. It is said they are often canght 

 out in heavy gales. The largest of these craft are 25 feet long. 



NETHERLANDS LIFE-BOAT. 



[Model.] 



Oak, with cork bead or half-round baud along sides; open iron railing; unpainted. 

 Model divided into two sections, from stem to stern, to show the interior arrangement. 

 This boat has a round bilge; low, flat floor; a wide, very shallow keel; both ends 

 alike, full and round; curved stem and stern-post, both of which are high. Running 

 around both sides, from stem to stern-post, is an open iron railing, four standards of 

 which have row-locks at their upper ends. These rails are about 3 feet high on a 

 full-sized boat, and are for the jiurpose of preventing the occupants of the boat from 

 being washed overboard. Boat has two decks, between which are snugly packed a 

 large number of air-tight galvanized iron boxes that fill the space between decks. 

 Along the sides of the boat are a number of holes provided with valves through which 

 water enters to fill the section below the lower deck. The boat, when afloat, is sup- 

 ported entirely by the air-tight boxes. Two strong cleats across the upper deck hold 

 the oars. 



Dimensions. — Length over all, 19 inches ; beam, 6^ inches ; height of hull, amidships, 

 2 inches; ends, 3 inches; stem and 8tem-])08t, above gunwales, 1^ inches: iron railing, 

 If inches; boxes, f inch square; oars, llf inches long. 



Holland, 1880. 76,001. 



[Gift of A. E. Maas, Scheveningen.] 



This form of life-boat was designed by Mr. Maas, who says it has been used with 

 great success in saving shipwrecked crews in the shallow waters off the Netherlands 

 coast. It is claimed that the boat is not capsizable, though this may be questioned. 

 The men stand on the upper deck to row. 



