26 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



three styles of boats used in the pound-fishery, one of which — that em- 

 ployed on parts of Lake Erie — according to Mr. H. W. Elliott, closely 

 resembles in the shape of its hull the Connecticut sharpie 5 another is 

 wider, more clumsily built, and in form may be classified as of the flat- 

 iron shape ; the third kind of pound-boat is built of rough boards, and 

 shaped much like the others, but is propelled by oars only or towed. 



As has been said, these boats more or less closely resemble the New 

 England sharpie, and this is doubtless due to the fact that the pound- 

 fishery on the lakes was established by the fishermen from that section 

 who were familiar with the sharpie and found it well adapted to their 

 work on these inland seas. • 



The local variations in size, rig, etc., have been briefly summarized 

 by Mr. Kumlien in the following notes written in 1880: 



Lake Superior. — Bayfield, Wisconsin, the ordinary flat-bottom boats. 



Lake Michigan. — Escauaba, Michigan, scow-like, flat bottoms, and 

 carry large loads; west shore of Green Bay, Peshtigo Eiver to Cedar 

 River, average 22 feet in length, 7 feet beam, mast set in the bows like 

 mackinaws, bins extend entire length, steered by a long oar. Other 

 portions of west shore of Green Bay, average 28 feet in length, masts 

 long and heavy; Two Rivers, Wisconsin, average 24 feet in length; 

 Michigan City, Indiana, sloop-rigged ; Petoskey, Michigan, and vicin- 

 ity, some have no sails and others are rigged like a mackinaw; Macki- 

 nac, Michigan, same as those used at Petoskey. 



Lake Erie. — Huron, Ohio, average 30 feet in length, 10 feet beam, 

 carry from 7 to 10 tons, have 35-foot masts; Vermillion, Ohio, 30 feet 

 long, 12 feet beam, masts 40 feet; Amherst and Brownhelm, Ohio, 25 

 to 32 feet in length, 7 to 10 feet beam, 2J to 3 feet deep, two masts and 

 gaff-topsail in same sheet as mainsails, no jibs, rowed in rough weather. 

 Dover Bay, Ohio, from 20 to 26 feet long, 7 to 9 feet beam ; Painesville 

 and Willoughby, Ohio, from 28 to 34 feet long, 8 feet beam, 4 feet deep, 

 two masts. 



The pound- boats used at the Big Point Sable fisheries, Lake Michi- 

 gan, do not differ from those employed in other sections except, per- 

 haps, that they are a little larger and somewhat more substantially 

 built, as they are often exposed to very severe storms. 



The pound-boat ordinarily used may be thus described: It is an 

 open, flat-bottomed, carvel or clinker built boat, with a sharp bow; 

 slight flare to sides ; a good deal of camber to the after part of the bot- 

 tom, and a wide, square stern. It is not provided with a skag ; the 

 rudder is hung to the stern, below which it extends. Commonly, the 

 rudder is simply a piece of board set into a slot in the lower part of 

 the rudder head and projecting nearly as much forward as it does aft. 



" One of the leading peculiarities," says a writer, " is its steeriug ap- 

 paratus, which consists of a board placed crosswise in a sawed groove 

 at the bottom of the rudder-post, forming a sort of a cross with arms of 

 unequal length. One of these arms extends from 2 to 3 feet forward 



