Extract from Stalkartt's Naval Architecture. 691 



to be built by subscription, we are of opinion that the 

 said frigate bids fair to sail faster than any vessel that 

 has yet been built ; that she will be very stiff under the 

 sail that is proposed to give her, and will be a good sea- 

 boat ; that she will carry her guns well out of the water, 

 and, from her great length and breadth upon the gun- 

 deck, will fight them to great advantage. And as it is 

 very probable that many important improvements may 

 be derived to the art of ship-building from the pro- 

 posed experiment, we think it well worthy of a trial. 



W. Barnard. 

 John Dudman. 



London, April i8, 1780. 



[Copy.] 



I HAVE examined Mr. Thompson's calculations for 

 determining the capacity of the Lark frigate, and of a 

 frigate on a new construction, proposed by him to be 

 built by subscription ; and I am of opinion that the 

 capacities of both those frigates are very exactly com- 

 puted. 



Charles Hutton, 



Professor of Mathematics, 



Royal Military Academy. 

 Woolwich, April 29, 1780. 



[The figures in Plates xvi. and xvii. have been much reduced in size 

 from the original plans.] 



