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Two-sail fishing boat of Maine — Continued. 



model represents the two-masted, square-stern, center-board 

 fishing boats of the coast of Maine. They are good sailers and 

 very seaworthy. 



7. Square-stern row-boats. 



Nantucket harbor-boat. 



Model, scale 1 inch to foot. Open ; long, sharp bow ; narrow beam ; 

 square stern. Dimensions of original: Length, 12 feet; beam, 

 2i feet; depth, 1 foot. Nantucket, Mass., 1875. 25,028. William 

 H. Chase, jr. Used for pleasure fishing, &c. 



Potomac river shad seine-boat. 



Model, scale £ inch to foot. Open, long, narrow row-boat; sharp 

 bow ; curved stem ; keel ; wide and full square stern ; round 

 bilge; slight sheer. Braced longitudinally with "hog-rod" to 

 prevent keelson springing up amidships. Carries 1,200 to 1,500 

 fathoms of seine, which is 30 feet deep on channel end, 12 feet 

 deep on shore end, and of 2£ to 3 inch mesh. Eowed by 24 oars 

 double-banked and 2 single-banked forward. Dimensions of 

 original: Length, 72 feet; beam, 12 feet; height amidships, 

 5f feet. Washington, D. C, 1883. 55,877. U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. Used in the shad-fisheries of the Potomac River. 



8. Sharp-stern round-bottom boats. 



QuodDy boat. 



Builder's model, scale £ inch to foot. Sharp at both ends; wide 

 beam ; high bilge. Eastport, Me., 1880. Gift of Albert Hallet. 

 54,478. The Quoddy boat is sloop rigged, and is largely 

 employed in the herring and other shore fisheries in Passama- 

 quoddy Bay and vicinity. It is celebrated for speed and sea- 

 worthiness. 



Menhaden carry-away boat. 



Builder's model, scale 1 inch to foot. Sharp at both ends; wide 

 and shallow. Dimensions of boat : Length, 35 feet 6 inches; 

 beam, 14 feet ; depth, 3 feet 9 inches. Greenport, N. Y., 1865. 

 Gift of Charles A. Jackson. 54,341. This is a model of a men- 

 haden carry-away boat, style of 1865. Twelve such boats were 

 made from this particular model. These boats were sharp at 

 both ends, like the Block Island fishing boat, from which they 

 originated, but were made much shallower to enable them to 

 carry a large load on light draught of water. They were rigged 

 with one mast and a single large sail, were generally open 

 boats, and were quite remarkable for their stiffness and speed. 



