XXXIV. ] YELLOW PINE. 285 
No mast, yard, or bowsprit to have large or sudden bites, or large . 
knots, or any defects that may render them unfit to serve for the use for 
which they are required. 
The diameter and length of the Yellow Pine masts, yards, and bow- 
sprits to be in the following proportion :— 
Mast pieces, 25 inches and upwards diameter, the length to be at least 
three times the diameter considered as feet ; and under 25 inches to be 
three times the diameter considered as feet, with 9 feet added. 
we 25x3= 75 feet. | 24x3+9 = 81 feet. | 20x3+9 = 60 feet. 
Yellow Pine masts.—Heads, or upper part... 2 
Hounds, or lower part... ae 
3rd 5 § 
Ban ' Ouaxiee 20 of the partners, 
Ist wee <e ven GE 
Heel... sie sa ... aS partners 
N.B.—Both partners are the bigness of the mast. Length of the head, 
43% inches to every yard the mast is long; from the heel to the lower 
partners, one-sixth of the mast ; ditto, upper partners, five-eighteenths. 
The four quarters are divided between the upper partners and upper 
part of the hounds. 
Yard pieces, the length to be at least 4 feet 3 inches for every inch of 
diameter in the slings. 
Ze 24 X 4°25 = Io2feet. | 20 x 4°25 = 85 feet. 
Yards, 1st Quarter 40 
2nd 4, Ys : 
» ? of the slings. 
3rd ¢ - 
Yard arms 3 
Bowsprit pieces, the length to be 2 feet for every inch of diameter at the 
bed, with 1 foot added. 
Ze. 24% 2+ 1= 49feet. | 20 x 2+ I = 41 feet. 
End 3 
3rd sa oe + 
2nd $ Quarter ... +4 | of the bed. 
Ist ite 4h 
Heel... “A 4t 
For setting off the lengths. 
From the heel to the lower end of the bed, one-seventh of the bowsprit ; 
to the upper end of the bed, three-eighths of the bowsprit. 
1. Quality, —All the goods to be supplied under this contract to be of 
the best quality, fresh cut, good, sound, merchantable, and well-conditioned. 
