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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Cutter : This boat is 2G feet in length, navy pattern, pulls 10 oars, is schooner- 
rigged with sliding gunter masts; she pulls and sails well, and is a good carrier. 
Whale-hoat : A navy-built boat, 20 feet in length, pulls 6 oars, and, like the cutter, 
is schooner-rigged with sliding gunter masts. 
Cut 10. — Herreshoff steam cutter. 
Dingey: An 18-foot navy-built boat, pulls three pairs of sculls, has one mast 
and split lug sail. 
N'atnraUst's boat: A small Whitehall, cliuker-built, centerboard boat for special 
use of the naturalists. It has two pairs of sculls and one mast with spritsail. 
Cut 11. — Herreslioff steam gig. 
Dory: A Gloucester dory, such as Hew England fishing vessels use in the cod 
and halibut fisheries. It is intended for the special use of the fishery expert. 
Spawn-boat : So called from its adoption by the Fish Commission as a spawn- 
takers’ boat. It is about 17 feet in length, has a fiat bottom, deepest in midships, 
rising about 6 inches at either end, a sharp bow, square raking stern, tlaring sides, 
and small sheer. It pulls three pairs of sculls, tows well from a steam launch, can be 
carried by two men, and is specially useful in seining and general shore collecting. 
