Great Britain. Dwisum IX. Life-boat Shed. 47 



TUDOR, JOHN R., 5 Magdalen Koad, St. Leonard's-on-Sea. Model 



of a Faroese " Eight-man boat," fully equipped for the grind or chase of the Grindehval or Grin- 

 defish DelpMnus deductor of Scoresby, and the Ca'in', or Bottle-nose Whale of Shetland and the 

 Orkneys. Scale, one inch to the foot. Length, on keel, 16 ft. 6 in. ; length, over-all, 28 ft. 6 in. ; 

 beam, extreme, 6 ft. 6 in. ; depth, at stem-head, 6 ft. ; depth, at lowest point of gunwale, 

 3 ft. ; depth, at stern-post, 5 ft. 6 in. ; foremast, 15 ft. 9 in. ; foreyard, 6 ft. ; mainmast, 13 ft. 6 in. ; 

 mainyard, 10 ft. ; oars (eight. in number), pulled double-banked, each 11 ft. 9 in. The foremast 

 can be stepped either at the fore-thwart or at the second thwart. The former is said to be 

 the more usual place, and when thus stepped, the boat, it is said, will look pretty nearly in the 

 wind's eye. The whaling implements consist of 1. Two lances (hvalvaaberi), each 12 in. 

 long and 4 in. broad (upon a wooden shaft, 6 ft. long), to which a thin line is attached. 2. Two 

 hooks (soJindkroge) and lines for towing the whales when dead. 3. A fishing lead or stone, 

 about 3 Ibs. in weight, slung on to a long line, and used (1) for anchoring or deadening the 

 boat's way ; (2) as a missile for driving the whales ashore in a whale-voe (hvalvaag) i.e. one 

 with a gradually sloping bottom of loose sand or mud. The Shetland Sixern, the Fair Isle Skiff, 

 the North Isles (Orkney) yawl, and the Faroese boat-model are all exhibited together, in order 

 to show the descent of the fishing boats, of the present day, belonging to the islands of the 

 Western haaf, from the langsMp of Viking times. Curiously to relate, the styri or rudder of 

 the Viking ships seems to have survived in the Faroes till the present century, as Landt, in 

 his Description of the Feroe Islands, says of the Faroese boats of his day : 



Few of these boats are built with a rudder, they are generally steered by means of the oars, yet some of them 

 are furnished with what is called stuiri, which is au implement like a short oar, with which the master steers the 

 boat when necessary. 



It will be noticed that all four models have, in common with the Gokstad Viking Ship, 

 the following characteristics in varying degrees They are all clincher-built ; have stems and 

 sterns alike ; a flat, or comparatively flat, midship section ; a fine run aft ; rake of stem and 

 stern posts ; and considerable sheer of gunwale. 



BARNETT, JAMES, Kirkwall, Orkney. (1) Hand Line for In- 

 shore. (2) Hand Line for Deep Sea. (3) Small Line for Bays. (4) Long Line for Deep 

 Sea. (5) " Murderer." (6) Saith Line. (7) Pollack Line. (8) Pock Net for Sillocks. (9) 

 Dog Fish Net. (10) Sillock or Cuithe Kods. (11) Cuithe Rod and Hair Line. (12) Har- 

 poon and Lance for Bottle-nosed Whale. (13) Seal Net. (14) Oyster Dredge. (15) Musssel 

 Dredge. (16) Oyster Tongs and Glass. (17) Lobster Creel. (18) Lobster Ring. (19) 

 Buckie Creel. (20) Model of Fishing Boat, not under 45 ft. keel. (21) Model of Drifter for 

 Herring Fisheries. (22) Two Lobster Pots and half Model of a Boat. 



CHANNEL ISLANDS. 

 TARDIFF, J. R., St. Martin's, Guernsey. Patent Kowlock. 



404. KEW, THOMAS JOHN, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. The " Cata- 

 maran," Uncapsizable Life Raft. 



405. HALL, W. H. Inventions for preventing the capsizing of boats. 



406. HARLAND, H. S., Stanbridge, Staplefield, Crawley. Life Saving 

 Apparatus for the protection of bathers and skaters. 



406. BRADFORD, W. H., Great Saughall, near Chester. (1) Large 

 ocean Sailing Life-Boat, Iron. Uncapsizable. Dome principle. Could be adapted for steam, 

 and to go to a wreck in the roughest weather. (2) Ships, on deck, tumble overboard Life- 

 raft. Reversible Catamaran principle. Cylinders of same, ordinarily, for freshwater storage. 

 (3) Illustrated wood-cuts of Boat-lowering Apparatus. 



407. CROFTON, COMMANDER THE HONOURABLE F. G., 

 R.N., Harbour House, Kingstown, Ireland. Skeleton model of boat hung from stand to show 

 mode of disengaging boat's tackles instantaneously at will. 



407. SALMON, R., Gorleston, Great Yarmouth. Plan for launching 

 Life Boats from the South Ham. 



408. PICHLER, S. F., 162 Great Portland Street, London, W. Machine 

 for Atmospheric Pressure. Atmospheric Turbin, or Siren Life-saving Apparatus is put afloat 

 in water in connection with the hose, whereby it is controlled and kept from being lost, 



Stop at BAKEft STREET STATION for 



MADAME TUSSAUD& SONS' 



EXHIBITION, 



Admission Is. Extra Rooms. 6d. Open from 10 till 10. 



