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Schooner in wedding rig — Continued. 



gets married to hoist all the flags obtainable in honor of the 

 event, while the bridegroom is generally supposed to " wet the 

 colors" by furnishing his shipmates with a liberal supply of 

 whatever beverages they may prefer. Generally moderation 

 is observed, but sometimes these occasions are celebrated in a 

 very hilarious manner, and it is not uncommon for some mem- 

 bers of the crew to get " gloriously drunk." Gloucester, Mass., 

 1882. (Photo. No. 2105.) U. S. Fish Commission. 



Old fishing schooner. 



Old-fashioned, square-sterned fishing vessel, sailing off the wind. 

 This style of schooner was built about 1845. At present many 

 of them are employed in freighting, being too slow for fishing. 

 Massachusetts Bay, 1882. (Photo. No. 1942.) U. S. Pish Com- 

 mission. 



19. Sloops. 

 Fishing sloop. 



Sloop Leader, of Portland, Me. This vessel is engaged in flounder- 

 fishing. The sloop is in the background, with fykes drying in 

 her rigging, while in the foreground a man is engaged in mend- 

 ing a fyke. Portland, Me., 1882. (Photo. No. 1873.) U. S. 

 Fish Commission. 



Fishing sloop. 



Sloop Target, of Portland, Me., with boats for tending fyke-nets 

 alongside. The vessel is used as a home and packing-house. 

 Portland, Me., 1882. (Photo. No. 1869.) IT. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion. 



Herring sloop. 



Herring sloop coming into port, with dories in tow. Gloucester, 

 Mass., 1882. (Photo. No. 2014.) U. S. Fish Commission. 



20. Cutters. 

 Boston market cutter. 



A market cutter such as are used by the Irish fishermen sailing 

 from Boston, Mass. This style of boat, which is often called 

 the "Dungarven build," is generally employed to a consider- 

 able extent in the herring gill-net fisheries in autumn, and the 

 fishermen are seen engaged in picking their nets. Gloucester, 

 Mass., 1882. (Photo. No. 2006.) TJ. S. Fish Commission. 



Boston market cutter. 



Irish market boat, of Boston, Mass., under sail. Gloucester, Mass., 

 1882. (Photo. No. 2012.) TJ. S. Fish Commission. 



