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to the purpose, how a ship gets along. I will 

 take «-he simplest, the most natural, the most 

 beautiful of sails, — the lateen sail of the 

 -Mediterranean. 



66. I draw it rudely in outline, as it would 

 be set for a side-wind on the boat you pro- 

 bably know best, — the boat of burden on the 

 Lake of Geneva (Fig. 3), not confusing the 

 drawing by adding the mast, which, you know, 

 rakes a little, carrying the yard across it. {a). 

 Then, with your permission, I will load my 

 boat thus, with a few casks of Vevay vintage 

 — and, to keep them cool, we will put an 

 awning over them, so {b). Next, as we are 

 classical scholars, instead of this rustic stern 

 of the boat, meant only to run easily on a flat 

 shore, we will give it an Attic efi^oXov (c). 

 (We have no business, indeed, yet, to put an 

 efi^oXov on a boat of burden, but I hope some 

 day to see all our ships of war loaded with 

 bread and wine, instead of artillery.) Then I 

 shade the entire form (c) ; and, lastly, reflect 

 it in the water (</)— and you have seen some- 

 thing like that before, besides a boat, haven't 

 you ? 



There is the gist of the whole business for 



