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Fishing schooner " Gertie Evelyn," Gloucester, Mass. — Cont'd. 



50. Cabin companion-way. 



51. Steps. 



52. Locker-seats. 



53. Binnacle. 



54. Stove. 



55. After berth, port side. 



56. Forward berth, port side. As a rule two men sleep in this berth. 



This is in all respects like the captain's berth, which is directly- 

 opposite. 



57. Coal-locker. 



58. Eoom for spare gear, &c. 



59. Rudder. 



60. Rudder-head. 



61. Taffrail. 



62. Knight-heads. 



63. Keel. 



64. Keelson. 



65. Cutwater. 



66. Stern. 



67. Stern-post. 



Three-masted fishing schooner. 



Model, scale J inch to foot. A full-rigged, clipper, three-masted 

 schooner, with all sails set as when sailing in moderate winds ; 

 dories stowed on deck as is customary when making passages 

 to or from the fishing grounds. Liver-butts (into which the 

 codfish livers are put for the purpose of obtaining the oil) are 

 stowed in chocks forward of the house. This vessel has fine 

 lines, with moderately sharp bow ; low and rather full bilge ; 

 long, clean run ; slightly overhanging, elliptical stern ; broad 

 beam; long quarter-deck ; and fine sheer. This schooner car- 

 ries twelve sails, namely (beginning forward), jib-topsail, fly- 

 ing jib, jib, fore- staysail, foresail, fore gaff-topsail, main stay- 

 sail, mainsail, main gaff-topsail, mizzen staysail, spanker, and 

 mizzen gaff- topsail. In addition to these a three-cornered 

 riding sail is carried, but this is used only when the vessel is 

 on the bank ; the riding sail is then bent to the mizzen-mast. 

 This schooner carries twenty u single" dories, each of these 

 being 13 feet long on the bottom. One man goes in each boat 

 and fishes with handlines. In addition to the dories, which are 

 always stowed on deck when not in use, a yawl boat is carried 

 at the stern. This model represents a class of vessels recently 

 introduced into the cod and mackerel fisheries of the United 

 States, which are larger than those ordinarily employed. The 

 Lizzie W. Matheson, of Provincetown, is 193 tons register, and 

 has a capacity for 5,000 quintals or 560,000 pounds of codfish. 



