APP. n" III.] SCHEDULE OF FISHING-STOBES. 509 



each side, and extending from one of the hold-beams to the 

 kelson. This post is convex on the fore part, present- 

 ing an arch towards the stem, and receives the interior ends 

 of the shores, twenty-eight in number, fixed against the ri- 

 ders. It is supported abaft by two beams, of 12 inches 

 square, one 2^ feet, the other 5 feet below the hold-beams, 

 which are securely fastened by knees to the timbers in the 

 bows. As the king-post occupies a central position with re- 

 gai'd to the bows of the sliip, the shores being set in close or- 

 der between it and every rider, become radii of the circle of 

 which the water-line of the bows forms the circumference. 

 Hence, whenever a blow is received on any part of the bow, 

 the shock is communicated by the shores directly to the king- 

 post, and from thence dispersed throughout every part of the 

 fortifications with whic li it is connected. 



No. III. 

 [Referred to in p. 199.] 



SCHEDULE OF THE PRINCIPAL FISHING- APPARATUS NECES- 

 SARY FOR A SHIP OF THREE HUNDRED TONS BURDEN OR 

 UPWARDS, INTENDED TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE GREEN- 

 LAND TRADE. 



Wood and Iron Work. 

 7 or 8 xchak-hoats, of 5 or 6 oars ; those of five oars are tlie 

 most convenient, and are usually 25 or 26 feet in lengtli. 

 25 or 30 pairs of pulling oars, 14 to 16 feet in length. 



6 or 8 pairs of steering oars, 18 to 20 feet in length. 

 60 harpoons. 



40 lances. 



20 boat-hooks. 



2 or 3 dozen seal clubs, 



7 or 10 spUcing-fids. 

 7 or 8 hoai-axes. 



7 or 8 grapnels. 



S or more hoviX-winces. 



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