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ing to meet or intersect the keel, to which both stem and stern-post are 

 joined by a splice, with a clamp over the splice, and bolted together 

 with galvanized iron bolts J-iuch diameter. 



Aprons. — It has a white oak apron 2\ by 3 inches, bent to fit inside of 

 the stem and properly fastened ; also a similar apron, 1£ by 3 inches, 

 bent and fitted inside of stern-post. 



Ledges.— There are ledges between each timber, from the fifth timber 

 from the bow to the fifth timber from the stern ; these are oak, J-inch 

 thick and averaging 7 inches high, and are fitted to the plank and on 

 top of keel ; the top of each ledge to receive the platform. 



Frames. — The timbers are made of white oak butts, steamed and bent 

 to the proper curve, 1£ by 1| inches, and are notched over lap of top 

 streak. They are spaced 12 inches from center to center ; are nailed on 

 each edge of every streak, the nails going through plank, battens, and 

 timbers; and the foot of the timbers are fastened through back to rab- 

 bet or upper portion of the keel into the lower or outer keel. 



Plaiik. — The plank are of white swamp-cedar -f-$ inch thick, and have 

 had at least two years atmospheric seasoning. 



Battens are of elm ; they lap | inch on each edge of plank — either side 

 of seams — and are -^ inch thick. 



Ribbands. — The lower chafe ribband is three -fourths round, If inches 

 wide by J inch thick, and made to fit under the upper streak of plank. 

 The top ribband is 3 inches wide by 1 inch thick amidships, tapering to 

 2 inches in width at either end ; it is nailed at the ends, but amidships 

 it is bolted through the gunwale and forelocked on the inside, and the 

 lower edge is riveted through plank and timber heads. 



Risers are of spruce, 4 inches wide by J inch thick. 



Ceiling is ^inch thick ; in narrow strips, and closely fitted from gun- 

 wale to riser (or rising) and from riser to platform. 



Platforms. — The platforms are of white pine f inch thick, laid on top 

 of the ledges. There is a forward platform extending from forward 

 thwart to stem, and dropped 5 inches below the thwart. The after 

 platform commences at the bulk-head, at the forepart of the stern deck, 

 and extends to and covers the after thwart ; there is a bulk-head from 

 this after platform downward to the lower or main platform. 



Thwarts are of spruce, If by 8 inches, except the midship thwart in 

 which the pursing davit is fixed, which is of oak. 



Knees are of juniper 1£ inches thick, with the horns finished If inches; 

 these are bolted through ribband, gunwale, and the head or horn of the 

 knee; also one bolt through each knee, the chafing ribband, plank, 

 timber, and ceiling. All these bolts are forelocked over rings. 



Breast-hooTc is of galvanized malleable iron, with one bolt through its 

 throat, thence through apron and stem, and riveted on the outside. It 

 has three bolts through each arm. 



Stern hoolc is of galvanized malleable iron, and fastened in the same 

 manner as the other. 



