finish of the stroke.

Appended is a list of pleasure boats in use (1909) on the Thames, with
their measurements (in feet and inches).

Class of Boat. Length. Beam. Depth.

Racing eight 56' to 63' 23" to 27" 9" to 10"
Clinker eight 56' to 60' 24" to 27" 9" to 10"
Clinker four 38' to 42' 23" to 24" 8" to 9"
Tub fours 30' to 32' 3'8"-3'10" 13" from keel to
top of stem
Outrigger pair 30' to 34' 14" to 16" 7" to 8"
Outrigger sculls 25' to 30' 10" to 13" 5-1/2" to 6"
Coaching gigs 26' to 28' 3' to 3'4" 10-1/2" to 14"
Skiffs (Thames) 24' to 26' 3'9" to 4' 12"
Skiffs (Eton) 27' 2'3" 9-1/2"
Gigs (pleasure) 24' to 36' 4' 15" to 16"
Randans 27' to 30' 4' to 4'6" 13" from keel to
top of stem
Whiffs 20' to 23' 1'4" to 1'6" 6" from keel to
top of stem
Whiff Gigs 19' to 20' 2'8" to 2'10" 12" over all
Punts racers 30' to 34' 1'3" to 1'6" 6" to 7"
" semi racers 28' to 30' 2' 9" to 10-1/2"
" pleasure 26' to 28' 2'9" to 3' 12" to 13"

AUTHORITIES.--For ancient boats: _Dict. Ant._, "Navis"; C. Torr,
_Ancient Ships_; Smith, _Voyage and Shipwreck of St Paul_; Graser, _De
re navali_; Breusing, _Die Nautik der Alten_; Contre-amiral Serre, _La
Marine des anciens_; Jules Var, _L'Art nautique dans l'antiquite_.
Medieval: Jal, _Archeologie navale_, and _Glossaire nautique_; Marquis
de Folin, _Bateaux et navires, progres de la construction navale_;
W.S. Lindsay, _History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce_.
Modern: H. Warington Smyth, _Mast and Sail in Europe and Asia_; Dixon
Kempe, _Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing_; H.C. Folkhard, _The Sailing
Boat_; F.G. Aflato, _The Sea Fishing Industry of England and Wales_;
R.C. Leslie, _Old Sea Wings_, &c. (E. Wa.)

BOATSWAIN (pronounced "bo'sun"; derived from "boat" and "swain," a
servant), the warrant officer of the navy who in sailing-ships had
particular charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colours, anchors and
cordage. He superintended the riggi