Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-07-07

SANDWICH Islands century ago. when the island
The boat Is narrow dug out and has m ST and
sail The only evidence OF the influence OF con-
tact OF the native with white men is that the sail
Is cut Ike that ordinarily used on a cat-riSged
boat and is attached TO boom. As the dug-out
Is narrow II has an outrigger, formed by two
ana to which is ATTACHED log that oats IN I 1Se
water and keeps the dug-out from upSetting.
these outr.gger canoes are commonly found In
places where the trees are of small diameter, and
the dugouts have 20 be made narrow. A Malay
outraged canoe from the straits OF Naiacca and
one IRON Ceylon are exceedingly narrow, and
have square sails An outraged canoe from the
Caroline Islands represents an advance In sSya re
boat building. IL Is made In sections secured to-
booms and a mating san on the masthead is a
leather ornament Ike an Indians head-dress.
There Is Malay proa, Ike that used by pirates OF
on swivels in the bows
FROM CHINA AND SIAM
The Chinese Junks show many odd forms with
high stems ana sterns some OF them have little
sails set at the stern like the "jigyer- sail used
sometimes by canoeists OF the American Canoe
Sluo The Junks have rudders that are perforated
70 let the water through one case contains
series or models OF beautiful slender pleasure
boats from sam. The hu Is are long graceful and
turned up slightly at the ends the form being SIM
ilar TO that OF single scull racing she'll. In the
center Is placed little structure for passengers
like that on a Venetian gondola- These boats are
giided aud highly ornamented.
BOATS AS RorsD A BOWL
There are several boats placed together showing
now people In different parts OF the world hit upon
the same form These are boats OF the corraele
pattern, round as the bowl that the old nursery
ihy me says three wise men OF Gotham went W sea
IA. THere Is a Boyne corrace In which Irish nsn-
ermen take out their snap-neJs aud lsh FOR salmon
on The Boyne. IL is almost perfectly round. The
frame Is made OF willow Ike a huge basket, and
over IL hides are stretched.
Another corracle similar In construction is from
the River Dee and another Is from India The lat
cOFrAcle a n IA Il 81 nf
sun PUSHES and has no outer covering Near IL
stands ouli-ooat used by Indians OF Dakota IL is
round boat, about four feet In diameter. the
frame icing made VI plant wood, and the cover
Ing OF skins A large drawing near 10y shows a Line
OF indian women coming 10 a stream carrying
puu-poatS The one IN the foreground Is Just
Launching her boat; the others tn tue tiue. which
stretches lar back into the perspective, carry their
, noats turned bottom upwards and supported on
Their heads and uplifted haLds. making them look
AS ehough they were carrying umbrellas
AN ODD WAY TO FISH.
1shing boat from Chittagong. India illustrates
curious method or catching fish practiced Ia that
part OF the world. A platform OF light bamboo
rods is constructed on one SIDE and dips into the
water. A long bamboo rod with a bundle OF twigs
fastened ON the end like broom is swept through
tue wafer his frghtens the fish and drives tn m
upon the platform. The fishermen deity bring
Tue platform out OF the water with jerk, and the
dsh slide from IL into the boat
curragh, from Donegal, Ireland, presented TO
the Museum by the Marquis OF Hamilton il inter-
estlng, because IL shows what boats men VIII pro-
duce when they have but limited means at hand
Inc fishermen that make these boats are poor
Inc currash Is made by constructing frame OF
Willow In the usual form or "A round boJi ON row.
boat over this frame canvas Is stretched. and it
Is MADE water-tight by coating OF tar on the out
side. These boaJs are made sometimes - feet
long, and crews OF fishermen 20 10 sea In them.
FISHING VESSELS.
Many cases In the hall are nlled with full-rtgged
models OF fishing vessels sporting boats, and
pleasure boats used in dfrercat parts of the world.
There are many striking con rasts among these
1orms but none greater, perhaps, than that te-
tween the Dutch and German fishing vessels and
the New England craft used IN tne nackerel or
cod fishery. IL IS easy 10 fancy that the boats
represent the difference In the TEN erainents OF
the Two peoples. There is Dutch fishing boat
used on the coast OF holland called a "BomD-
model about three feet long, fully equipped even
TO having figures on IL representing the crew
at at work: The hull OF tue vessel
big tub. There are two short masIs and a little
'.Jlgger" mast at the STERN. The vessel has no
centerooard, but, la ITS place. wooden arrange
side, and can Oe raised or lowered. This vessel
would be very slow aud very safe. Ii Is hot merely
the desire 10 secure safety, however, that led TO
part or the coast where there are no haruurs aud
II Is made SO that IL can be hauled up on the beach
at night and launched in the morning A Belgian
boat near by, Used Tor beam-trawl nshing, is made
on very nearly the same plan as the "bomoscnute,"
and for similar reasous. Alderman fishing schooner
schooners OF century ago. IL Is made OF OAK,
vanished above the water line and painted black
below. IL Is shallow and wide and has a cockpit
Tor the he.insinan at the stern.
THE NEW ENGLAND SCHOONER.
A series OF models epitomze the history OF the
development OF the New England fishing schooner
The schooner was invented at Gloucester In the
last century. the old-style Grand Bank cod FISH,
ing schooner, used nrst IN 100, had full round
bow, curved stem, and what Was called a gain
Ofi-kf "A lph
quarter deck, and winda 50 worked with nand-
spikes. From the decks OF this vessel the crew
schooners distinguished by unusually high and
short quarter deck, were known "hecl-tap-
pers." The Revolutionary war and the war OF
1872 were destructive 10 the fishing fleet. The
large schoonars rotted al the wharyes-
During that period and following it, ap-
peared small v, ssels known as Chebacco boats
because they Were built at Chebacco, a name by
which part or tie present Town OF Essex was
known. model OF "Dogbooy," or square-stern
resents vessel Of IL tons burthen. IL has a round
bow, with high stem painted rtd, there being no
bowsprit, and carried foresail and mainsaiL
These boats have disappeared entirely from the
noning fleet. Next In order OF development came
the pinkey, OF from 30 10 40 tons, repre-
senting the period from 1870 TO 1s40. IL
has a IuII rounding bow, carried two
masts with three sails, and has cuddy deck
forward. IL IS larger than the Cnebacco boat aud
was gged with a bowsprit. P.nkeys OF this type
are stiA seen on the New England coast, but they
are becoming rare.
The graceful and effective lines OF the modern
American nshing schooner and their sailing quail
ties are famous the world over. VA hi builders
have turned their attention 10 designing YES Is
for the fishing neet. Models OF these vessels WITH
all sails set stand near those OF the earlier forms.
They carry mainsall, foresail, jb. uptopsall or
balloon Jip, main stay sail and fore anu main gan
topsails. They have sharp bows, broad beams,
long runs, and eiiiptcai sterns- Capt Collins has
recently Undertaken to convert the Owners OF
these fishing Vessels 10 a new forin making the
hUlis deeper and changing the lines In some other
respects. so 10 make the vessels sfeadler and
Fish Commission schooner Grampus, constructed
on these lines prove that without loss OF speed,
the vessels could he made more sea-worthy. Since
then a number OF fishing schooners have been
constructed on the new model
SHIPS OF coLUABUs' TINE.
Pictures hanging on the walls near models oG
modern sea-going vessels give representations ac-
cortlng TO The best authorities, VI the ships Ia
which columbus sailed In l4ss OF Spanish galleons
in which many bold voyages were made Ia the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; of the May
flower IN which the Pilgrim Fathers came over
the ocean; OF a siXteenlh-cehtury carrack, and
other vessels OF that era. Columbus ships had
each three masts, and each mast had one long
yard or boom and Carried one sail, except the short
vessels rose very high from the water the stern.
The Spanish gaiieon Is built up ait Ike a tower.
The wonder Is that they ever MeaLhered Atlantic
storms A modern sailor who trusted himself Ia
mid-ocean in such fraii, top-heavy craft would he
considered yenuuresone indeed.
Caterpillar Warning.
To the Editor OF THE EvkNING SrAR.
II one OF the Parking Commission, with couple
OF men, will drive through the streets along which
the aycamoreS are planted, on Monday next, he
will be able, with a very slight expenditure OF