of hold O O O, from ceiling to ceiling, 10 0
Height between decks from deck to deck, 5 0
Length of the men's room, C C, on the lower deck, 46 0
Breadth of the men's room, C C, on the lower deck, 25 4
Length of the platform, D D, in the men's room, 46 0
Breadth of the platform, in the men's room, on
each side, 6 0
Length of the boys' room, E E, 13 0
Breadth of the boys' room, 25 0
Breadth of platform, F F, in boys' room, 6 0
Length of women's room, G G, 28 6
Breadth of women's room, 23 6
Length of platform, H H, in women's room, 28 6
Breadth of platform in women's room, 6 0
Length of the gun-room, I I, on the lower deck, 10 6
Breadth of the gun-room on the lower deck, 12 0
Length of the quarter deck, K K, 33 6
Breadth of the quarter deck, 19 6
Length of the cabin, L L, 14 0
Height of the cabin, 6 2
Length of the half deck, M M, 16 6
Height of the half deck, 6 2
Length of the platform, N N, on the half deck, 16 6
Breadth of the platform on the half deck, 6 0
Upper deck, P P,
The committee, having proceeded thus far, thought that they should now
allow certain dimensions for every man, woman, and child; and then see, how
many persons, upon such dimensions and upon the admeasurements just given,
could be stowed in this vessel. They allowed, accordingly, to every man
slave six feet by one foot four inches for room, to every woman five feet
by one foot four, to every boy five feet by one foot two, and to every girl
four feet six by one foot. They then stowed them, and found them as in the
annexed plate, that is, they found (deducting the women stowed in Z of
figures 6 and 7, which spaces, being half of the half deck, were allowed by
Sir William Dolben's last bill to the seamen) that only four hundred and
fifty could be stowed in her; and the reader will find, if he should think
it worth while to count the figures in the plate, that, on making the
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