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HALL NO. 37. 
A. MARINE TRANSPORTATION. 
In this Hall are installed an interesting series of original boats 
and models, illustrating various methods of marine conveyance, 
towing by man and beast, floating with the tide, propulsion by 
pole, oar, and sail. 
Case 1. — Models illustrating the progress of improvement in 
primitive craft, beginning with the Chatti, or fisherman floating 
upon an earthen jar, and including various boats propelled by 
poles or oars. Other important objects are the Cingalese catama- 
rans and outrigger canoes; the poorinda, a barge of state from 
Kashmir, India; an Imperial caique, the state barge of the Sultan of 
Turkey; the Mohr Punkee, or Peacock boat, of the Ganges, used 
by the Rajas and wealthier Hindoos as a pleasure boat; a barge 
from Burmah; state barge of the Governor of Kashmir, India; 
and finally the state barge of the Boa or Emperor of Burmah, a 
handsome boat with beautiful hand carvings. 
StantL 2.— Upper boat. Model about one-thirtieth full size 
Dhoney, from Ceylon, a boat with outrigger and lugsails, used of 
for transportation purposes on the sea. 
Lower boat. Model one-eighth full size. Fishing boat with 
outrigger, with lug sail, from Ceylon. 
Case 3. — Models of oriental boats propelled by sails, begin- 
ning with the log raft, equipped with primitive sail; followed by 
the heavily laden Hindoo trading vessels moving by wind, and 
concluding with the great freight junk of the China coast— the 
highest development of the Asiatic sailing vessel. Among the 
many interesting objects in this case are East Indian cargo boats 
with loads, illustrating the Hindoo methods of combined sailing, 
rowing, and towing against the current; the Loungo and Louzgati 
Burmese freight boats for transporting produce; the Likin, or Chi- 
nese revenue cutter, and an extensive series of junks that ply 
along the China coast. 
N'o. 4.— Catamaran, or raft (original), from Colombo, Ceylon. 
This was formerly used for transporting the royal mails from Co- 
lombo, coastwise, about the island, 
