-- |
_Hamilton_ |Cowes | 5 x 6 | 9 x 6 | 9 | 4 |
_Cameleon_ |Lymington | 6 x 6 | 10 x 6 | 10 | -- |
_Kingstown_ |Lymington | -- | -- | -- | -- |
_Bat_ |Cowes | -- | -- | -- | -- |
_Tiger_ |Lymington | -- | -- | -- | -- |
_Onyx_ |Cowes | -- | -- | -- | -- |
_Flying Fish_ |Cowes | 5 x 3 | 8 x 3 | 8 | 4 |
_Gertrude_ |Cowes | -- | -- | -- | -- |
_Royal Charlotte_ |Cowes | 6 x 5 | 10 x 9 | 10 | 6 |
_Active_ |Lymington | 6 x 2 | 11 x 1 | 10 | 6 |
_Vixen_ |Cowes | 5 x 3 | 8 x 4 | 10 | -- |
_Ferret_ |Lymington | -- | -- | -- | -- |
_Desmond_ |Lymington | 4 x 9 | 8 x 6 | 9 | -- |
_Harpy_ |Cowes | 6 x 7 | 11 x 3 | 11 | -- |
_Asp_ |Lymington | -- | -- | -- | -- |
_Rose_ |Lymington | 5 x 6 | 9 x 3 | 10 | -- |
_Adder_ |Cowes | 5 x 2 | 8 x 3 | [Never Tried] |
_Neptune_ |Cowes | -- | -- | -- | -- |
_Kingstown_ |Poole | 6 x 4 | 9 x 4 | -- | -- |
----------------------------+----------+--------+--------+--------+--------+

_N.B._--There is no information to show how the rate of sailing was
assessed. We know not (a) whether the vessel was sailing on a wind or
off; whether close-hauled or with the wind abeam; (b) whether the
distance was taken from a measured mile reckoned between two fixed
objects ashore; (c) what sail was set; whether reefed or not; (d)
whether the speed was estimated by means of the old-fashioned log.

It is probable that the last mentioned was the method employed, but in
any one of these cases the rate given can only be approximate unless
we know the force and angle of the wind at each trial trip. The
non-nautical reader may be reminded in considering the rates given
above that a knot is equivalent to 1000 fathoms or, more exactly, 6086
English feet.

APPENDIX V

SPECIFICATION FOR BUILDING A CUTTER FOR THE REVENUE SERVICE OF
THIRTY-FIVE TONS

(_As built in the year 1838_)

LENGTH.--Fr