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which it lies are south by west, and north by east; the passages, called Cockerlees, are swatches through the Long Sand; of these there are three, one just by Cajoree Point, another between four and five miles more southerly, and the third is directly east from the Buoy of Ingellee. Gasper Sand is the greatest of all those in the Hougly entrance; it begins a little to the southwestward of Mud Point, in latitude 21° 57′ north, and goes, south by west, twenty miles, where it bends round near Sagor Island, southeastward, and extends as far as latitude 21°; the north end of this sand is called the Mizen; it is very broad, and fills up the whole entrance, leaving only a channel on each side, of which, one is the Road of Cajorce; the middle part is called Gasper, which, to the northward of Sagor, is narrow, and to the southward broad; the south end is called the Eastern Sea Reef; but the whole is one continued sand, with various depths of water upon it; and many patches, which are dry at low water; it is detached from the eastern shore and Sagor Island, by a very good channel. T.

Whatever relates to naval architecture, though in a rude and imperfect state, should be attentively considered by professional men; we shall therefore conclude our consideration of this volume, with the following observations on the Bengalese vessels:

The vessels which are used for inland navigation, on the Ganges, are very lightly built of thin deals, without either keel or side-timbers. The edges of the planks are fastened together with staples, and the seams are stopped up with moss, and paved with grease. The largest width of them is about one-third of their whole length from the stern, where they run up with a bend; they are very sharp forwards, and are not very high above the water. Although they are of different sizes, they are all of the same shape and construction; and some of them can load fifty thousand pounds weight of merchandize, and

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The boats used by the Europeans, as well as by the natives of consideration, for travelling, are called budgerows. On the outside they

These boats are called burs in Bengal; they are rude barks, and have a single mast, with a large square sail; they take in a great quantity of water from the sides and bottoms, which compels the crew to employ some people continually in baling. They are used for the carriage of cotton, and other bulky materials, the weights of which cannot bear any proportion to their size. In common with all the other boats of the country, their bottoms are nearly flat; indeed it would be impracticable, on the Ganges, to employ vessels calcu lated to draw any considerable quantity of water, as the navigation is rendered extremely dangerous, from the sands being continually shifting. T.

they have the same construction with the former, but within they are calculated for convenience. The space from the middle to the stern is occupied by one or two apartments, having windows on the sides; these rooms are from six to seven feet in height, and are as commodious as if they were in a house. The sternmost of them is the bedroom. The budgerows are of various sizes, from twenty-five to sixty feet in length, and longer. They are rowed, as the former are, by. from six to twenty men. The oars are long poles, to the end of which a little oval board is nailed, in lieu of a leaf; they do not strike the water cross ways, but obliquely backwards. Somewhat more forward stands a mast, upon which a square sail is hoisted, when they before the wind; when they have a side-wind, they drive down athwart the stream, not having a keel, or timber enough under water, being flat bottomed, and drawing scarcely a foot, or a foot and a half..

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They have another kind of boats, which they call pulwabs. These are very long, low, and narrow; they are not calculated for the conveyance of goods: they are sculled instead of being rowed, and they are very expeditious for passing from one place to another t.

The budgerows are steered by a large paddle, or oar, extending ten feet from the stern; and besides the mast mentioned in the text, they have likewise a topmast, with a square topsail, for fine weather. The English gentlemen in Bengal, have made great improvements in the budgerows, by introducing a broad flat floor, square sterns, and broad bows. They thereby are rendered much safer, sail near, and keep their wind; and there is no danger attending their taking the ground. They are besides calculated to carry more sail. T.

A gentleman in his budgerow is usual y attended by a pulzwab, for the accom modation of the kitchen, and a smaller boat, which is called a paunchway, and is destined to convey him either on shore, or on board, as it frequently happens that the badgerow cannot come close to the place where he wishes to land, or to embark. These boats move more expeditiously than the budgerows; but the paunchways are nearly of the same general construction, with this difference, that the greatest breadth is somewhat farther aft, and the stern lower. Another boat of this country, which is very curiously constructed, is called a moorpunkey? these are very long and narrow, sometimes extending to upwards of an hundred feet in length, and not more than eight feet in breadth; they are always paddled, sometimes by forty men, and are steered by a large paddle from the stern, which rises either in the shape of a peacock, a snake, or some other an mal; the paddlers are directed by a man who stands up, and sometimes makes use of a branch of a plant to regulate their motions, using much gesticulation, and telling his story, to excite either laughter, or exertion. In one part of the stern is a canopy supported by pillars, in which are seated the owner and his friends, who partake of the refreshing breezes of the evening: these boats are very expensive, owing to the beautiful decorations of painted and gilt orna ments, which are highly varnished, and exhibit a considerable degree of taste.

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A Vocabulary of Sea Phrases, and Terms of Art, used in Seamanship, and Naval Architecture; in Two Parts; 1. English and French2. French and English; carefully collected from the best Authorities, written and oral, aided by a long and intimate Acquaintance with the Nautical Language of both Countries; and containing all the Orders necessary for working a Ship, and carrying on the Duty on board, as well at Sea as in Port By a Captain of the British Navy. Dedisated to Lord Spencer. 2 Vols. 12mo. 8s. Boards. Vol. I. 257 Pages. Vol. II. 286 Pages. Debrett, 1799.

Signum nautis-unde reverti

Seirent, et longos ubi circumflectere cursus.

A WORK similar to the present was much wanted by professional men: we have examined it minutely, and can recommend it as a most useful book of reference to all ranks in the navy; which the convenience of its size, and the excellent manner in which it is printed, considerably augments. We understand it has met with the approbation of the Admiralty, and that it is much commended by Monsieur Peltier.

The author of this useful publication has for many years made the phrases, and terms of art, used in the navy, an object of his particular attention. Except Le Vocabulaire de Marine of Lescallier, none of the French Marine Dictionaries, as he informs us, afforded him any essential assistance. He has availed himself of L'Encyclopédie de Marine, of Mons. Vial du Clairbois, and of the works of M. du Pavillon, and M. D'Apres for the terms of pilotage; nor has he neglected to refer to the celebrated labours of M. du Hamel on naval architecture, as well as to those of Bézout, Bouguer, and Bourde. To all this has been added very important communications from several French officers of established reputation. We have selected the following terms, that our readers may themselves judge of the excellent manner in which the work is executed :

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Crew foot, . Araignée.
Dead eyes. Cap de mouton.
Dead lights.

Faux sabords ou faux mantelets pour les fenêtres de la poupe.

Dead-reckoning Route estimée.

Decks, s p.
Ponts d'un vaisseau.
Quarter-deck. Gaillard d'arrière.
Fathom, . Brasse; mesure de six pieds
Anglois, qui répond à-peu-près à
cinq pieds et demi de France.
Fore-mast. Mât de misaine.
Fore shrouds. Haubans de misaine.
Fore top. Hune de misaine.
Fore-top-mast. Petit mât de hune.
Fore top-gallant-mast. Mât de petit

perroquet.

Fore-top-gallant-royal-mast.

petit perroquet volant

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perroquet.

Main-top-gallant-royal-mast. Mât de
grand perroquet volant.
Lower masts. Mâts majeurs.
Top-masts.. Mâts de hune,
Top-gallant-masts. Mâts de perroquet.
Top-gallant-royal-masts.
Mâts de per

roquet volant. Fore-mast. Mât de misaine. Mizen-mast. Mât d'artimon. Mizen-top mast. Mât de perroquet de fougue Mizen-top-gallant mast. Mât de perruche. Mizen-peak. Corne d'artimon ou pic Mizen-stay sail. Foc d'artimon. Mizen-top-mast stay-sail. Diablotin. Mizen top mast stay, Etai du mât de perroquet de fougue.

Purser, s. Commis aux vivres,
Purser's steward, s.

Maître valet.

Starboard, ad. and a.

Tribord, ou coté.

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Hatch or batch way, s. Ecoutille. Harse boles. Ecubiers.

droit du vaisscau, en allant de l'ar

Hammock.

Wherry, s. Houari.

Yaw, s.

VOL. II.

Branke, s. m. Breuvage, s. m. A mixture of equal parts of wine and water, prepared on board French ships, for the crew to drink during action. Bugalet; s. m. A sort of small vessel or bark, mostly navigated about Brest and the ports of the neighbouring departments.

Cague, s. f. A kind of Dutch sloop. Chasse-marét, s. f. A sort of decked boat employed for the conveyance of fish, as also in the coasting trade. Chat, s. m. Cat, a sort of vessel peculiar to the north-east coast of Eng. land.

Clatte, s. f. A sort of lighter so called at Rochfort.

Centre amiral, s. Rear admiral. Cernette, . f. A broad pendant disdel. II.

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Embardie, ou lanc.

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Morne, s. f. A name given to a mountain, or high hill, by the inhabitants of the French West India islands. Palle, s. f. A sort of vessel built in the East Indies.

Patache, s. f A sort of vessel stationed
in the ports of France for the pre-
vention of smuggling."
Sabords, s. m. p. Ports.
Saucit, v. n. To founder at anchor.

In sea phrases, as in all others, the French use a dozen words where an Englishman would use one; which, after all the eulogiums made on their language, is no mark of its perfection. Thus on board, when the British Tar would sing out-Man ship! the Frenchman exclaims, Rangez du monde sur les vergues!

NAVAL POETRY.

Nor let the sons of letter'd pride despise

Germs, whence the vig'rous shoots of valour rise;
So Attic freedom own'd Harmodius' strain,

So rous'd Tyrtæus' song the Spartan train.

ADMIRAL LORD HOOD.

MARK

PYE'S NAUCR.

ARK that rough seaman passing by, whose yeares shed lustre on a gallant browe! To Scourge the enemie around the globe was not enough for him, until, by conflagration of their fleetes, he did illume the faire, and smiling face of Victorie!-Say, Mervolt, do not honours thus so noblie earned, right well begrace him?"

VICE ADMIRAL COLPOYS.

"GIVE me a tarre, who serves his countrie trulie,
and without much imparlance; so that, when an enemie
doth holde disputation with him, he answereth in repartee,
and cuts off his chaine of argument by a quick exchange of
chaine-shotte! I knew a salt-water chief of this stampe
for which his sov'rain did command him to display the red
flag at his own gallant main.
Vort. & Row.

Mr. Pye concluded his Birth Day Ode, with an allusion to the sailing of the Brest fleet :

-FROM chimes, where Hyperborean rigours frown,

See his bold bands the warlike vet'ran bring;

Rous'd by the royal youth's renown,

Loud Austria's eagle claps her vig'rous wing

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