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THE YOUNG SCIENTIST. 
both inside and outside, so as to ensure 
great strength. 
The following are the principal dimen- 
sions: Length of keel, 13 feet; length over 
all, 19 feet 7 inches; beam, 6 feet; depth of 
hold, 2 feet 10 inches; draft (mean), 1 foot 
1 inch; shear, 1 foot 4 inches; rise of deck 
beams, 4 inches; tonnage, C. M., 1.62. 
The boat is schooner rigged; length of 
main-mast, 20 feet, 4 inches; length of fore- 
mast, 21 feet; length of boom, 10 feet; area 
of sails (fore and main), 25 square yards. 
She carried the American ensign and her 
own burgee. 
The deck extends the whole length, with 
only two openings, each 24 by 18 inches, 
one forward (kept closed during the entire 
voyage), and the other aft, the latter being 
provided with a sliding cover. The centre- 
board was about 4 feet long. 
Our engraving. Fig. 1, gives a very good 
idea of the general appearance of the ves- 
sel; Fig. 2 is a plan of the deck; Fig. 3 is a 
longitudinal section of the boat, and Fig. 4 
is a cross section. The binnacle, with com- 
pass and lamp, are shown at a, Fig. 3; the 
water kegs, c c c c c, holding 20 gallons 
each, were disposed as shown in Figs. 2 and 
4, and the sleeping berth of Mrs. Crapo 
at b, Fig. 2. This was so small that when 
she lay down 'her feet rested on the water 
kegs, and it was utterly impossible to turn 
round without first getting out. As for the 
captain, when he lay down, he was obliged 
to curl himself up, and the only times that 
he was enabled to fairly stretch his limbs 
was when he boarded passing vessels. 
The equipment consisted of an anchor 
and cable, a drogue,* fifty fathoms of 
drogue line, a compass, binnacle and lamp, 
kerosene oil stove and utensils, five water 
kegs, etc. The stores consisted of 90 lbs. 
*A8 some of our readers may not understand 
what a drogue is, and as the word is not found either 
in Webster or Worcester, we may say that it is a 
frame, usually of iron, to make it sink, covered with 
canvas, and so fastened to a line that, when drawn 
through the water, it must move flatwise, so as to 
offer a great resistance. It serves to steady a small 
vessel, and prevents it from drifting before the 
wind. The word is sometimes spelt drug, and is 
undoubtedly a mere corruption of drag. 
of biscuit, 75 lbs. of tinned meats, 100 gal- 
lons of water, together with a proportionate 
quantity of tea, cofiee, sugar, and light arti- 
cles generally. 
The voyage took a much longer time thaB 
was expected, however, and the supply of 
provisions was found to be short. When 
four or five weeks out at sea, the water be- 
came unfit to use, and a fresh supply had 
to be obtained from passing vessels. A 
supply of water, provisions, and two bottles 
of brandy, were also kindly given by the 
captain of the steamship " Denmark," on 
July 8th. Some provisions and two bottles 
of wine were also obtained from the " Gus- 
tavo d'Oscar, " a Bremen bark, bound for 
New York. 
During the voyage the sea broke over the 
deck only once. When a wave would ap- 
proach, and there seemed to be every indi- 
cation of its breaking over the boat, she 
would ride over it without even breaking 
the crest. An examination of the deck 
plan. Fig. 2, will show that the water kegs 
were stowed amidships, while the locker con- 
taining the stores was in the extreme stern; 
the living weight was also always very far 
aft, so that the centre of gravity of the 
whole was abaft the centre of length of the 
boat, thus presenting the long arm of the 
lever to advancing waves, besides bringing 
the centres of lateral resistance, load water 
line, gravity and buoyancy all at or near 
one plane; and this will account for the 
great seaworthiness of the boat. 
When it was too stormy to sail, the 
drogue was thrown overboard, with fifty 
fathoms of line, and then the hatch cover 
was nearly closed, a small opening being 
left for ventilation. The vessel would ride 
to the drogue, while the captain and his 
mate would take a few hours' rest. Although 
the voyage was somewhat uneventful, the 
weather was rough and tempestuous, in- 
deed, extraordinarily so for the time of the 
year. The captain thinks that if he had 
pursued a more northerly course, he would 
not have encountered such rough weather. 
No serious accident occurred, except the 
