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of Granville are smaller, varying from 80 to 250 tons. 

 The three-masted Newfoundlanders are constructed on 

 the same lines as ordinary three-masted vessels; there 

 are, however, certain modifications of detail ; on 

 that portion of the deck between the forecastle and 

 the foremast are blocks for the reception of the 

 " dories " x ; the deck amidships is unencumbered, to give 

 room for the movable "parks" or wooden frames 

 into which the cod are thrown pell-mell as they are 

 taken out of the water ; finally, the hold is divided 

 with compartments for the reception of the salted fish. 



The Iceland fishermen employ schooners, luggers, 

 or ketches. The first, recognisable by their two tall 

 masts, do not exceed 124 feet in length nor 23 feet in 

 beam. They are topsail or square-rigged schooners ; 

 that is, the foremast has yards, while the mainmast 

 has only a mainsail and topsail. The luggers have a 

 foremast set nearly at the stem, a mainmast and a jigger ; 

 the largest are 75 feet in length and 21 feet in beam. 

 The " Dundee " or ketch has a mainmast, with mainsail 

 and topsail, and a mizzen just forward of the rudder. 

 Its length and beam are respectively 50 feet and 16 feet. 

 These boats are usually divided by bulkheads into three 

 compartments; forward is the forecastle, with bunks 

 for the crew ; in the centre the holds for the cod and 

 for salt ; and the cabin or cabins of the captain and 

 his mate or mates are aft. On the deck, aft of each 

 mast, is a " park " or frame (like the sides of a shallow 

 box), into which the newly caught fish are thrown. 



Among the larger sailing vessels engaged in the French 

 coast fisheries are the herring boats, the tunny boats, and 

 the lobster boats. 



1 Light boats, without a keel, of American origin, costing about 

 4 los. each. They fit into one another, the thwarts being movable. 



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