APPENDIX. 
DIRECTIONS FOR THE BUILDING OF A HERRING 
BUSSE.4 
The length of the Busse, from Stemme to Sterne, must bee 75 
Foot. That is to say 45 Foot the length of the Keele. 
It must be: 
18 Inches deepe, the fore part of the Keele. 
12 Inches deepe, the after part of the Keele. 
14 Inches the breadth of the Keele. 
23 Foot the Stem or Rake which must bee, viz. : 
5 Foot Crooked. 
20 Inches Broad the fore stem. 
7 Foot the Sterne poste must fall backward. 
The Sterne post must be 20 Feet and crooked on the Inside, 
16 Inches Square on the afterside, and 7 Inches thicke. 
The fore stem must fall in length forwards 23 Foot, 7 foot 
deepe begets 16 foot and a half broad in the Midship, within 
the Tymbers. 
10 Foot deepe from the keele to the uppermost Deck. 
4 Feet 3 inches the lower deck from the keele, wherein are 
10 double roomes, besides the Net roomes for stoage. 
5 Foot 9 Inches betweene the Decks. 
The stoage will be 412 Barrels, which 412 Barrels, reckoning 
12 Barrels to the Last, produceth 34 Lasts and foure Barrels. 
Complete cost 500 li. 
Whole charge of 
56 Netts amounts to - - - 2371i 4s. 4d. 
1 The Herring Busse Trade, expressed in Sundry particulars, by Simon 
Smith, Agent for the Royal Fishing (1641). 
