FRESH HALIBUT FISHERY. 7 



DESCRIPTION OF SECTIONAL DRAWING OF HALIBUT SCHOONER, SHOWING PORT SIDE OP 



SCHOONKR. 



(1) Hawse-hole; C, knight-Leads. (2) Inside part or "heel" of bowsprit. (3) End view ol 

 the middle part of the windlass, between the patent and windlass-bit on starboard side, showing 

 position of the whelps on windlass. (4) Pawl-bit. (5) Position of the windlass beam. (6) Posi 

 tion of jib-sheet traveler. (7) Foremast. (8) Forward companion-way. (9) Fore-hatch; this is 

 used for the purpose of hoisting in and out water and provision barrels; in moderate weather it is 

 covered with a grating and serves the purpose of ventilating the forehold and forecastle. (10) 

 The forehold, where the stores and water are kept ; the water (28 to 30 barrels) is stowed in differ- 

 ent ways to suit the ideas of the cook or skipper, but generally on the stai board side often- 

 times two large casks are carried amidships and a pantry is built on the port side, where' the 

 "heavy stores" (flour, beef, &c.) are stowed on the head, that is, such as are open and being used, 

 while the "small stores" (butter, lard, sugar, &c.) are kept in firkins, half-barrels, &c., and secured 

 from being upset by setting in places built for them as shown in the drawing. A coal-pen is built 

 between the pantry and forward bulkhead to the ice-house. The coal-pen is sometimes built on 

 the starboard side next to the forecastle bulkhead. (11) Forecastle steps. (12) Cupboard, from 

 deck to locker; there is another of the same size on the starboard side, just forward of the fore- 

 mast. (13) After section of the table with the leaf turned up ; this also turns back against the 

 mast, the leaves folding alongside of the mast. (14) Locker on port side. (15) Forecastle floor. 

 (16) Forward section of table; this is stationary, the forward end fastening to the pawl-bit, and 

 the after end supported by an upright standard. (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22) Positions of the 

 upper and lower berths on port side; No. 22, being in the fore peak, is small, and is not used 

 for sleeping purposes, but is used for the storage of lanterns, kerosene-cans, &c.; there are only two 

 "ows of sleeping bunks on the starboard side; the berths abreast of the after row are used by the 

 cook as lockers for putting his cooking utensils, &c., in. (23) The position in which the cook-stove 

 stands on the starbord side (the stove is always carried on starboard side). (24) Pawl bit, under deck. 

 (25) Forward pen in the ice-house, with pen -boards up. or shipped in place. (26) Forward bulk- 

 head 10 ice-house, built of double boards, with tarred paper between, from side to side of vessel. 

 (27) Stanchion and partition between the forward and second pen. (28) Second pen. showing how 

 the ice is stowed. (29) Shows how halibut are iced in a pen, always white side up, and lying 

 upon each other, so that they are slanting instead of flat in the pen; one-half of the tier is stowed 

 head towards the side of the vessel, and the other half out, as shown in the drawing, both forming 

 what is called a tier. (30) After pen in forward ice-house. (31) Bulkhead between the forward 

 and after ice-house, built same as the forward one. (32) Pumps. (33) Ballast under the plank 

 floor of the ice-house; this plank floor is laid on sleepers, which extend from side to side of the 

 hold; these sleepers are, or ought to be, supported by stanchions under them. (34) Forward pen in 

 after ice-house. (35) After pen. (36) Salt- pen; it is larger than this in some vessels. (37) Checker- 

 plauk. (38) Main hatch. (39) Checker-plank. (40) Break of the quarter deck. (41) Mainmast. 

 (42) After hatch; (a) skylight on top of house; (b) stovepipe. (43) After, or cabin, companion-way. 

 (44) Wheel. (45) Wheel-box. (46) Taffrail. (47) Vacant place aft of cabin, under deck; used for 

 the storage of gear, rope, &c. (48) Cabin stairs, called ''steps" by fishermen. (49) After berth. 

 (50) Partition between the berths. (51) Forward berth. (52) Locker, or seat, going around the 

 cabin. (53) Stove. (54) Position of trap-door in the cabin floor, by which the coal is reached. 



The above is the general arrangement, though in the matter of the ice-house a few vessels may 

 have some slight differences of construction that are of minor importance. 



