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Quoddy boat — Continued. 



feet. Eastport, Me., 1873. 12,099. Captain Hallet. Used in 

 general fisheries of Eastern Maine, but chiefly employed in 

 the herring-fishery. These boats vary from 20 to 35 feet in 

 length ; they are excellent sea-boats, stiff, and good sailers. 



Reach-boat of Maine. 



Model, scale 1 inch to foot. Open ; lapstreak ; sharp at both ends ; 

 broad beam ; keel ; one sprit-sail ; one pair oars ; two thwarts ; 

 curved stem ; straight stern-post. Dimensions of original : 

 Length, 15 feet; beam, 4§ feet; mast above thwart, 11£ feet. 

 Jonesport, Me., 1883. 57,561. U. S. Fish Commission. This 

 model represents the original reach-boat, extensively employed 

 in the general fisheries of Eastern Maine. The average length 

 of these boats is as above, though they are often built more 

 than 20 feet long. 



DOITBLEENDER OR PEA-POD. 



Model, scale 1 inch to foot. Open ; lapstreak ; sharp forward and 

 aft ; rounding stem and stern-post ; both ends alike ; rounding 

 bilge ; keel ; rudder ; two thwarts ; two oars ; one sail. Jones- 

 port, Me., 1883. 56,864. IT. S. Fish Commission. This model 

 (built at Jonesport, Me.) represents a class of boats used in the 

 general fisheries of the coast of Maine, but chiefly employed 

 in the lobster-fisheries in certain localities, the shape of the boat 

 making it unnecessary for the fishermen to turn it around, since 

 it can be rowed one way as well as the other. Dimensions of 

 original. — Hull: Length over all, 15 feet; beam, 4| feet; depth, 

 1£ feet. Spars : Mast, 14 feet ; boom, 14 feet ; gaff, 6 feet. 



No Man's Land fishing boat. 



Model, scale 1£ inches to foot. Open ; lapstreak ; sharp forward 

 and aft; broad and deep; curved stem; straight stern-post; 

 two masts; two sprit-sails (foresail and mainsail). Vineyard 

 Haven, Mass., 1876. 25,898. Presented by Capt. William H. 

 Cleveland. The style of boat represented by this model is 

 used in the general shore-fisheries (including those for cod and 

 lobsters) from No Man's Land and vicinty. Dimensions of orig- 

 inal. — Hull: Length over all, 22§ feet; beam, 8f feet; height 

 amidships, 4£ feet. Spars : Foremast above thwart, 15 feet ; 

 mainmast above thwart, 13£ feet. 



New England surf-boat. 



Model, scale 2 inches to foot. Open row-boat; lapstreak; sharp 

 forward and aft; curved stem ; straight stern-post. Dimensions 

 of original: Length over all, 22 feet; beam, 6J feet; height 



