46 FISH-CULTURAL ASSOCIATION, 
but vessels, from one hundred and fifty to two hundred and 
twenty-five fathoms in length, which is stowed in the fore hold. 
One end of this cable is bent to the anchor, and the other passes 
down through a hole in the fore hatch and is coiled below in 
the fore hold. The anchors are like those used on “ Georges- 
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The deck is arranged in a manner different from any that has 
yet been described. There is usually a single gurry-pen forward 
of the house, and the space between the sides of the gurry- -pen 
and the house, and the rail on either side, is so arranged that it 
can be divided into pens for the reception of the fish. Three or 
four pens may be placed on each side. 
The remainder of the deck is clear, but there is a booby-hatch 
over the main hatch, through which access is gained to the bait- 
room, 
The haddock catchers do not ordinarily carry davits, or a reet- 
ing plank. The mainsail is provided with an “out-hauler” or 
patent reef-gear, which answers the purpose of a reef-tackle and 
gearing, and facilitates the process of reefing from the deck. A 
few of the larger vessels, however, are provided with davits and 
reefing-planks. 
The arrangement of the hold is also peculiar. The space 
which in a halibut catcher is occupied by the forward ice-house, 
is here taken up by the bait-room. The bait-room is sometimes, 
but not always, bulkheaded off from the fore hold. It is one 
large compartment, with rough board benches all around, on 
which the men sit while baiting their trawls. In the center 
stands a stove. In this room the fishing-gear is always stowed 
when not in use. The after hold is generally fitted up with pens 
resembling those in the after hold of a halibut schooner. In 
these pens ice is carried when the vessel is making long trips. 
When large fares are obtained, part of the fish are stowed in the 
bait-room, which, on the larger vessels, is so arranged that par- 
titions can be built in it by sliding boards into grooves. The 
haddock schooners carry a larger amount of ballast than those 
of any other class, a vessel of fifty tons requiring thirty to thirty- 
five tons of ballast. 
