672 FISHERIES OF THE UMITED STATES. \2ti] 



"Dogbody" or square-stern chebacco boat "Chebacco" — Cont'd, 

 cables, anchors, and fishing rails. Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 

 57,587. U. S. Fish Commission. These peculiar fishing ves- 

 sels, which were extensively used in the shore cod and mack- 

 erel fisheries during the last century and the beginning of this, 

 derived their specific name from the place where they were built 

 — a part of the present town of Essex, Mass., then known as 

 Chebacco. At the present time they have entirely disappeared 

 from the fishing fleet. Dimensions of original. — Hull: Length 

 overall, 36 feet; beam, 1L} feet; draught, 6 feet. Spars: Fore- 

 mast (above deck), 28 feet ; mainmast (above deck), 30 feet ; fore- 

 boom, 16 feet; foregaff, 14 feet; mainboom, 20 feet; main gaff, 



13 feet. 



Pinkey "Porpoise." 



Model, scale ^ incli to foot. This model represents a pinkey of 

 about 35 to 40 tons, such as were built in the period between 

 1820 and 1840. Full, rounding bow; stem very much curved; 

 straight side; low, round bilge; short, full run; sharp stern, 

 surmounted by a l - 1 pink " ; straight, slanting stern-post; narrow 

 rudder, with square heel; old style windlass, cables, anchors; 

 raked "cuddy" deck forward; chimney-funnel; boat; two fish- 

 kids; two masts, bowsprit, top-mast, and fhree sails (mainsail, 

 foresail, and jib). Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 57,586. TJ. S. Fish 

 Commission. The class of vessels represented by this model 

 succeeded the chebacco boats, from which they differed only in 

 being, as a rule, larger, and carrying a bowsprit and jib. Pink- 

 eys were extensively used in the general sea fisheries, being 

 employed on the distant banks and in the waters of the Gulf of 

 Saint Lawrence, as well as off the coast of the United States. 

 Few have been built since 1840, and vessels of this class are now 

 rarely seen in the fishing fleet. Dimensions of original. — Hull: 

 Length on deck, knight-heads to stern-post, 45 feet ; beam, 14 

 feet; draught, 8^ feet. Spars: Bowsprit (outside knight-heads), 



14 feet ; foremast (above deck), 34 feet; mainmast (above deck), 

 38 feet; main-topmast, 13£ feet; foreboom, 19 feet ; mainboom, 

 30 feet. 



Oyster buckeye. 



Model, scale 1 inch to foot. Schooner-rigged, with mainsail, fore- 

 sail, jib, maingaff-topsail, and staysail (the latter not set); 

 sharp bow and stern; fine entrance and counter lines ; moderate 

 length of run; flat floors. Usually carries center -board. Fitted 

 with two oyster rake-dredges, winches, &c. 55,807. U. S. Fish 

 Commission., Vessels of this description are largely used in the 

 oyster fisheries of Chesapeake Bay. They vary in size from 10 



