[41] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 6*85 



Fishing schooner — Continued. 



with an elliptical stern. The Eipple was engaged in the market 

 fishery, and is somewhat different from tbe market vessel of 

 1850 in having a heavier draught of water and greater beam in 

 comparison with her height. 



Fishing schooner. 



Builder's model, scale £ inch to foot. ' Moderately sharp, rounding 

 bow; short floor; long, lean run; more than average sheer; square 

 stern, with very much overhang. Dimensions of vessel: Length 

 over all, 73 feet; beam, 20 feet 6 inches ; depth of hold, 6 feet 

 10 inches ; draught of water aft, 9 feet 6 inches; length of keel, 

 56 feet 9 inches. Essex, Mass., 1859. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 54,471. This is the model of the schooner Break O'Day, of 

 Gloucester, built at Essex in 1859. She was one of the first 

 vessels built at that place with overhauging stern; was em- 

 ployed for a few years in the cod and mackerel fisheries ; was 

 captured at New Orleans while engaged in the fruit trade, and 

 afterward used in blockade running. 



Fishing schooner. 



Builder's model, scale \ inch to foot. Moderately sharp bow; high 

 bilge; long,lean run; wide beam ; elliptical, slightly overhang- 

 ing stern. Dimensions of vessel : Length over all, 74 feet; beam, 

 21 feet; depth of hold, 7 feet; draught of water aft, 9 feet 

 6 inches. Essex, Mass., 1860. Gift of Jeremiah Burnham, 

 builder. 54,470. This is the model of the schooner Flying- 

 Fish, of Gloucester, built at Essex in 1860. She was a fast 

 sailer, and was employed for several years in the mackerel 

 hook-fishery. She was afterwards engaged in the Antarctic 

 fur-seal and sea-elephant fishery from New London, Conn. 



Fishing schooner. 



Builder's model, scale £ inch to foot. Clipper-built, with sharp 

 bow; long floor; long run, but not so lean as clipper vessels of 

 more recent build; elliptical stern; broad beam; comparatively 

 light draught of water. Dimensions of vessel: Length over all, 

 94 feet; beam, 23 feet; draught of water aft, 9 feet. Essex, 

 Mass., 1857. Gift of Charles O. Story, builder. 54,448. This 

 is the model of the schooners George Fogg and Etta G. 

 Fogg, of Wellfleet, Mass., built at Essex in 1857. They were 

 employed in the mackerel-fishery in the summer and oyster 

 trade in the winter, and were the extreme clipper build of 1857, 

 and far in advance of most of the vessels of that period. The 

 oyster trade demanded fast sailers and vessels of shoal draught 

 to permit their entering the bays and rivers to the oyster 

 grounds. 



