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leisure hours. "No expense was apparently spared to make it in 

 all respects first-class, and in it are embodied the latest and best 

 Improvements and appliances of marine architecture. 



The length of the Savannah, measuring fifteen feet from the 

 water line, is 260 feet ; its length over all is 275 feet. It is 38 

 feet 6 inches beam molded. Ilcr depth from base line to tip of 

 $par deck is 26 feet 10 inches ; depth of hold 24 feet ; total depth 

 below spar deck 75 feet. Her registered tonnage is 2,092 iVir 

 tons. She can carry at one time 4,000 bales of cotton. She has 

 three decks besides the hurricane deck. The spar deck is entirely 

 of iron ; the main deck is partly of iron, and the deck frames 

 are all of iron. She Avas at first brig-rigged, and could sjoread 

 5,000 yards of canvass ; but the spars on the mainmast have 

 been taken down, as it was found that they were not needed, so 

 that now her rigging is that of a hermaphrodite brig. 



The dining saloon is located aft the main hatch on the main 

 deck, and is 50 feet by 29 feet at a distance of 30 feet from the 

 main stairway. Aft of and near the dining saloon, is the 

 main saloon with rows of state-rooms ; each state-room is ele- 

 gantly and conveniently fitted up, and has a window looking 

 out upon the ocean. A small saloon over the dining saloon is 

 called "social hall," and being so fortunate as to have a room 

 which opened into this " hall,"' the author is able to testify that 

 " social hall " is decidedly the best part of the ship. There is 

 another saloon with state-rooms aft the main hatch, but it is 

 much less desirable than the other two. 



The saloons arc elaborately and most beautifully finished 

 Avith the choicest woods that money could secure. The natural 

 grain has been preserved and the polished surfaces are as hard 

 and smooth as glass. Cherry, mahogany, black walnut, bird's 

 eye maple, tulip wood and amaranth are so combined as to pro- 

 duce the best esthetic effect, and one never tires looking at an(i 

 studying them, , 



