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Plate 190   
Manner of transporting whale-boats on the vessels.
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THE WHALE FISHERY.
Manner of transporting whale-boats on the vessels.

(Sect. v, vol. ii, pp. 243, 244.)

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STARBOARD QUARTER OF A WHALE SHIP SHOWING THE MANNER OF TRANSPORTING THE CAPTAIN'S BOAT AND THE SPARE BOATS.

a. Whale-boat on cranes transported to whaling grounds.
b, b, b. Bearers against which the inboard side of boat rests,
c, c. Crane upon which keel of boat rests.
d, d. Davits,
e, e. Hoisting straps.
f, f. Davit-tackle falls for hoisting and lowering.
g, g. Gripes for lashing boat to prevent chafing.
h, h. Iron cranes to hold boat in position.
i. Spare boat on skids or gallows' frame.
j. End of skid resting on stanchion.
k. Lashing to hold boat in position.
l, l, l, l. Shrouds.
m, m,m, m. Backstays; topmast, topgallant, and royal backstays.
n. Main brace.
p, p, p, p, p. Running rigging.
q. Mizzen-mast.
r, r. Ratlines.
s. Spanker boom,
t. Spanker jackstay.
u. Channels.
v. Chain plates.

Source.
George Brown Goode.
      The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States.
Section V, History and Methods of the Fisheries ... Plates.
1887.
At head of title page: "United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Spencer F. Baird, Commissioner."
Also on title page: "Prepared through the cooperation of the Commissioner of Fisheries and the Superintendent of the Tenth Census by George Brown Goode, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a staff of associates."
Also published as: Serial Set Vol. No. 2003, (47th Congress, 1st Session. Vol. No. 11, Misc.Doc. 124, pt. 7.)
288 p.
Maps Illustrations.

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