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the storeroom and the laboratory bulkhead on the port side are two 

 pens, which are ordinarily used for the storage of fishing apparatus, and 

 can also be used for the storage of ice, or for icing fish, bait, etc. There 

 are two similar pens opposite on the starboard side, and in each case 

 these pens are provided with piping, which carries the drainage from 

 them into a reservoir beneath, which can be pumped out by a hand- 

 pump in the same manner as that connected with the refrigerator. This 

 prevents the drainage from getting into the bilge and making the bilge- 

 water offensive. Forward of the two pens, on the starboard side, is a 

 coal and wood pen, in which a supply of fuel is carried. The pens are 

 provided with sliding doors, which run in grooves at top and bottom. 

 Inside of these doors are vertical grooves in the stanchions on each side 

 of the entrance, in which boards can be slid to close the aperture grad- 

 ually when using a pen for icing fish, etc. Of course, after the fish are 

 iced, the main door is closed also. 



Abaft the forecastle bulkhead are the chain-lockers, previously re- 

 ferred to, in which the chain cables are stowed (see Plat£ vi). These 

 are separated by a bulkhead in the middle ; they are 20J inches fore 

 and aft, 5 feet 4 inches long athwartship (outside measurement), and 

 extend from floor to deck, a height of about 6 feet. They are built of 

 If -inch spruce plank, and fitted with sliding planks ou after side which 

 can be removed, so that the chains inside may be reached whenever it 

 is necessary. 



Attached to the after side of the chain-box, 2 feet 6 inches above the 

 floor, is a plain pine table for cook's use, 4 feet 7 inches long and 2 feet 1 

 iuch wide. It is hung on hinges and provided with swinging legs, so 

 that it can be let down when not in use. The after corners are rounded. 



On the starboard side, forward of the coal pen, are a series of shelves, 

 some with holes and all provided with racks or rails, to hold firkins, 

 galley coppers, etc. 



The well occupies the middle of the hold, and ou each side of this is a 

 passage-way connecting the forecastle with the laboratory and cabin ; it 

 is 17 inches wide at the floor and 34 inches wide at top (see Plate vn). 



There are adjustable ash steps leading from the fore hold to the deck, 

 through the main-hatch, on the forward side of the well. 



A harness cask is stowed on each side abaft the well, and provision is 

 made by staples, etc., for hanging harpoons, boat-masts, sprits, etc., over 

 head alongside the well. The pumps are cased in with white pine. 



Laboratory. — The laboratory (see Plates viii and ix) is abaft the 

 hold, between that and the cabin, separated from each by a bulkhead, 

 access being had to the hold by a door on each side, and to the cabin by 

 a door on the port side. The laboratory extends the full width of the 

 vessel, and is 9 feet 6f inches fore and aft from bulkhead to bulkhead. 

 A flight of wooden steps leads to the deck through the after booby-hatch. 

 On each side is a shelf, 2 feet 8 \ inches high, with an average width of 3 

 feet 10 inches covered with sheet lead to make it water-tight, and fitted 

 with a low adjustable black walnut railing in front. Underneath these 



