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and makes them run ofFinto the Sea on^«-i<599- 
each fide. T o keep the Boat thus With the 
Head to the Shore, and the Stern to the 
Sea, there are two fl:rong Stantions fet up 
in the Boat ; the one at the Head, the o- 
ther in the middle of it, againft the Bulk- 
head, and a Foot higher than the -Bulk- 
head. There is a large Notch cut in 
the top of each of thefe Stantions big 
enough for a fmall Hazer or Rope to lie 
in ; one end of which is fatten’d to a Pott 
afhore, and the other to a Grapling or An- 
chor lying a pretty way off at Sea : This 
Ropeferveth to haletheBoatinandouf,and 
the Stantions ferve to keep her faft, fo that 
Ihe cannot fwing to either fide when the 
Rope is hal’d tight : For the Sea would 
elfe fill her, or tofs her afhore and ttave 
her. The better to prevent her ftaving 
and to keep her the tighter together, there 
are two fets of Ropes more : The firtt go- 
ing athwart from Gunnal to Gunnal, 
which, when the Rowers Benches are laid, 
bind the Boats fides fo hard againft the 
Ends of the Benches that they cannot eafily 
fall afunder , while the Benches and Ropes 
mutually help each other ; the Ropes 
keeping the Boats fides from flying off, and 
the Benches from being crulh’d together 
inwards. Of thefe Ropes there are ufual- 
ly but two, dividing the Boats length, as 
they go acrofs the Sides, into there equal 
C 2 pans. 
