Show r i T E J ° o Li i E yz te M 1 D < c b a I BY JB PAIRING gtaat2 Q > ti1 + 4 r faY d aFi va Mato rx rlof4 a dd rSylf > I f + u r p t NAB ff j I wd yd iw > Vf w rte r i k 1 4 r f5 < r rv r u arm r w r t yrlt at ct + e l 1 a V i fVn r r < f 0 Y + df + > w H r t i b R or a y it < 6 5 ew p T iE JYn77I Er aqj o4 OF is around and what was the stern becomes pO any observing tourist who mlgh swung the bow Proas are from 40 to G6 feet Journey around tho globo tho various comes and six or seven feet wide and arc said To types of sea and river craft that ho long ofsea seaon rivn tripcraft thas to attain a speed of 20 miles nn hour would BOO on such a trip are as distinctive The junk Is the distinctive typo of Chinese tinctive tho costumes of ns are many t architecture a somewhat unprogressive of the countries he would travel through marine Karsnaaa Rrcrww6 + n science among the celestials Even before the Few Americans there are who are not familiar Christian John Chinaman voyaged from fur with our present styles ofjater craft such p era r port to port in vessels of this build and rig Tho as the common rowboat and sailing yachts but made of matting and are reefed in sails are there arc many who if told that these boats set + much tho same way as a Venetian blind is t down on some foreign stream would excite considerable n is built along tho lines of nn lt raised The junk would bo ° siderable curiosity greatly surprised howevert would stop to onsldor that a j t oriental slipper with the curved keel for tho aft for the heel The com tea solo and tho drop these boats wore evolved from the primitive mon river boat or sampan Is on the oven more crafts of our forefathers and that the various talaaude familiar model of the Inverted Hat Iron The conditions in different l lauds would make these t modern large junk Is a good sea boat nnd will boats Impracticable the surprise would be somewhat l some-what tempered f ride a severe typhoon in safety First let us consider tho gondola of Italy renowned On tho streams of India may be seen a typo nowned in song nnd story The gondola has of rowboat which somewhat resembles our probably been drawn oftener than any other American craft It Is however of clumsy con boat on record Crank and black and dismal with stiuctlon and the oars which are lashed to 6 Y c rA sx 2o THE TNGJ5 yr rr Sit Ix e + o p 2 I Y will THE f rr > w i t a t Aw S > i1 1rR e < RoM Nrle 1v iSf r V3 v J7l e g h + F p tlt ° ° An k k GONDOLA r yy yOF VENICEr r 4 V nF tl a t j tr 3 hr 4 fcj my is 4 > > V 1 sra55y Ck r UT E I the bright steel beak on the lofty prow this boat does not appeal BO successfully to the nautical nau-tical mind as It would seem to do to the artistic and poetical one But on the miles of canals In tho city of Venice this craft is peculiarly adaptable The gondola was formerly tho only means of getting about tho city but it is now being be-ing displaced In part by small launches Tho ordinary gondola Is 30 feet long and four or five feet wide and Is Hatbottomed so that the draft Is light The bottom rises slightly above tho water at tho ends whllo at tho bow and stern slender ornamental stem and stern pieces reach to about the height of a mans breast There Is a covered shelter for passengers In tho middle of tho boat which is easily removable In accordance ac-cordance with mediaeval regulation gondolas are painted black The gondolier stands erect with his face toward the bow nnd propels She boat with a forward stroke making his way through the narrow and often crowded canals with nmnz Ing dexterity Throughout the Islands of the Pacific tho canoe ca-noe is a common sight Strictly speaking the canoo Is a light boat designed to bo propelled by a paddlf held In tho hands without any fixed supper although in some cases canoes may be see that have nu auxiliary sail to be used under favorable conditions The canoes most commonly seen In tho waters of the Hawaiian Islands are built from a single treevtrunk hollowed out with nn outrigger as seen In tho illustration Wonderful sailors too are tho natives who in them often undertake long sea voyages far out of the sight of land and passing from one Island to another Tho canoes of Samoa are built of several pieces of wood of irregular shape fastened together to-gether and cemented with gum to prevent their leaking The coasts of the mainland of Slam Hurmnh and China also swarm with canoes Whllo the catamaran Is a type of water craft that may bo seen In several countries each typo ns a rule has its distinctive features The cata maran Is a favorite of the Chinese fisherman and tho larger streams of that oriental country aro well populated with these boats They aro constructed con-structed of two narrow canoes fastened together and propelled from the stern with a long narrow oar In Its original form the tamarnnconslstcd of three logs tho middle ono being the longest lashed together It was used by the natives of tho Coromandel coast particularly Madras and also in tho West Indies and on the coast of South America Tho FIJI islanders developed the catamaran idea In their war canoes which consist of two parallel logs joined together with a platform on which n mast is placed These boats are safe and also very swift Tho flying proa of the Ladrone Islanders Is another typo of the catamaran made with two hulls of unequal size The larger hull which car lies tho rigging is perfectly fiat on one side and rounded on the other On this are placed bamboo bam-boo poles projecting beyond the rounded side and to their ends is fastened n boat slmaped log onehalf or onethird tho size of the larger hull This provents capsizing as effectually as the FIJI double canoe Both ends of tho proa are made alike null tho boot is sailed with either end first but tho outrigger is always to windward Against a head of wind the pica is kept away till the stern approaches the wind when tho yard wooden uprights fastened to tho sides of the boat overlap each other The natives however are expert In the handling of tho craft In southeastern India near tho strait Set tlementb an odd sailing craft may ho found This vessel is rigged with four balls tho larger one set slightly to the front of tho center while two othniB of skit smaller design nre set one lit the prow and the other midway between ee the two The smallest of the sails Is rigged nt the stern and is intended to aid in steering the craft On tho rivers of England and Ireland may be seen several types of the wherry which Is very popular In these waters Oars arc used to aid the single sail In the smaller boats or thlll 1ortsllouth tyPO but the wherry used In the open sea has a mainsail and rejoices In ft topmast and r r a topsail Tine rurll1sh l calquo Is a familiar object Sea nr v < = In the ttSho r ad am ° ng tho Island8 Aegean mainsail which SlT Is dlstinsulshel lh byher pecllllar of the Is a combination act of a foroand sail and a square sail Pages of interesting of the reading might bo wrlttell t canny peculiar boats the world over Whllo which may bo found tine of boatbulldlng must essential Ilnclplo lIecessarll bo similar OilS notions and tribes havo arl along dlrrerent lines until doveloped tine Illea today the and types of water arloll8 I1tles craft can be hllllllrcds numberod by the h |