[3] CONSTRUCTION AND WORK OF FISH-HAWK. 5 



Abaft the houses are six store-rooms, three ou each side, on au ex- 

 tension of the floor platform, with a central passage 4 feet 3 inches in 

 width. The laboratory store-rooms are forward, one on each side, 4 feet 

 wide fore and aft, with shelves for the reception of specimens. Abaft 

 this, on the port side, is the navigation and equipment store-room, 

 9 feet 4 inches fore and aft, and abaft this the sail-room, 4 feet wide. 

 On the starboard side, abaft the laboratory store-room, is the paymaster's 

 store-room, 9 feet 4 inches wide, and abaft this the bread-room, 4 feet in 

 width, lined with sheet tin. 



Next aft is the steerage, extending 15 feet fore and aft. There is a 

 state-room in the after end, on each side, two bunks in the starboard 

 and one in the port room ; forward of the rooms are two open bunks on 

 each side, a pantry on the starboard side forward, and a wash-stand on 

 the port side. 



The rooms are carpeted, and are furnished with bureaus, wash-stands, 

 him])s, &c.; the steerage country has an oil cloth on the floor, a hanging 

 lani]), extension table, chairs, steam heater, &c. The entraiice is at the 

 forward end, amidships, by a ladder from the main deck. 



Fore hold. — Under the steerage and store-rooms, extending 32 feet 

 6 inches abaft the chain-lockers, is the fore hold. The water-tanks, 

 having a capacity of 800 gallons, are located at the after end, immedi- 

 ately forward of bulk-head No. 2. 



Engine department. — Abaft the bulk-head, extending about 45 feet to 

 bulk-head No. 4, is the space occupied by the boiler, coal-bunkers, firr- 

 room, and engines. 



Lower cabin. — Abaft the bulk-head, extending 26 feet, is the lower 

 cabin, having seven open bunks on a side. The dispensary, wash-stand, 

 and a wardrobe are in the forward end, amidships. The floor is covered 

 with an oil cloth, and the apartment is furnished with lamps, extension 

 table, chairs, &c. 



Linen-room and j^antry. — Abaft the cabin, on the starboard side, is the 

 linen-room; and on the port side a pantry and store-room, 6 feet 6 inches 

 in width fore and aft, extending to bulk-head No. 5. 



The entrance to the lower cabin is aft, amidships. 



iStore-room. — Abaft the bulk-head, in the stern of the vessel, is a cabin 

 store room about 9 feet fore and aft, entered through a scuttle on the 

 main deck. 



Forecastle. — On the main-deck forward, extending 31 feet from the 

 stern, is the forecastle, having fourteen bunks arranged in two tiers ou 

 the sides and after end. 



The paint-locker is in the forward end ; and the forward force-pump, 

 windlass, compressors, and riding-bitts are located there. In the deck 

 are the scuttles leading to the boatswain's store-room, the ice-houses 

 and chain -lockers. The apartment contains two sliding tables, camp- 

 stools, a swinging lamp, steam heater, &c. 



There are two entrances, one through a door ou the after end to the 



