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New England dory — Continued. 



19f feet, bottom 15 feet ; beam, 5£ feet ; width of bottom amid- 

 ships, 2£ feet. Coast of Maine, 1873. 12,678. U.S. Fish Com- 

 mission. Used in shore and bank cod and halibut fisheries. 



New England dory. 



Model, scale 1 inch to foot. Open; flat bottom; flaring sides; 

 V-shaped stern. Dimensions of original* Length, over all 19f 

 feet, bottom 15 feet; beam, 5^ feet; bottom amidships, 2£ feet 

 wide. Coast of New England, 1874. 13,493. U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. This model represents the type of boats extensively 

 employed in the commercial fisheries of the Atlantic coast. 



New England dory. 



Model, scale 1 inch to foot. Flat bottom; sharp bow; narrow, 

 V-shaped stern ; flaring sides. Dimensions of original : Length, 

 on top 18^ feet, on bottom 15 feet; beam, 5 feet; depth amid- 

 ships, 2 feet. Ferryville, Me., 1876. 55,792. Starling & Ste- 

 vens. Used in the general fisheries of New England. 



Nantucket clammer's dory. 



Model, scale 1 inch to foot. Open; sharp bow; narrow, V-shaped 

 stern ; flat bottom ; flaring sides ; fitted with one pair of sculls, 

 clam-rake, and tub. Dimensions of original : Length over all, 

 16£ feet; beam (gunwale to gunwale), 4 feet ; width of bottom 

 amidships, 2£ feet. Nantucket, Mass., 1876. 25,657. "W. H. 

 Chase, 2d. Used by clam-gatherers at Nantucket and vicinity. 



Connecticut sharpy. 



Model, scale 1 inch to foot. Open; flat bottom; center-board; 

 sharp bow; wide, square stern; single mast; leg-of-mutton sail; 

 2 oars. Dimensions of original: Length, 14 J feet; beam, 4f 

 feet; height, amidships If feet, stem If feet, stern 2 feet; mast, 

 13 feet. Noank, Conn., 1875. 24,752. Capt. H. C. Chester. 

 Boats of this class are employed in the general shore fisheries 

 of Southern Connecticut. A large boat of the same model, but 

 usually rigged with two sails, is used in the oyster business. 



Lookout boat. 



Model, scaled inch to foot. Open; flat bottom; sharp forward; 

 broad, square stern; 2 pairs sculls. Washington, D. C, 1883. 

 55,878. U. S. Fish Commission. Used as tender to shad- seine 

 boat, No. 55,877. 



Lake Erie pound boat. 



Model, scale 1 inch to foot. Flat bottom; sharpy model; center- 

 board; straight sides; square stern; open; washboards; rigged 



