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... hollow of which had plainly been formed originally by means of fire . ( 1 ) In the year 1720 , several canoes similar to the above were dug up in the marshes of the River Medway , above Maidstone ; they were made of the trunks of trees ...
... hollow of which had plainly been formed originally by means of fire . ( 1 ) In the year 1720 , several canoes similar to the above were dug up in the marshes of the River Medway , above Maidstone ; they were made of the trunks of trees ...
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... hollow part clears the bank , and enables the boat to get off immediately . There is , among the naval models in the Kensington Museum , a beautiful model of a Dahabéëh , upon a large scale , with sails , rigging , & c . , complete ; it ...
... hollow part clears the bank , and enables the boat to get off immediately . There is , among the naval models in the Kensington Museum , a beautiful model of a Dahabéëh , upon a large scale , with sails , rigging , & c . , complete ; it ...
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... hollow , and a graceful wave - like form of rim from stem to stern ; at the latter point the graceful proportions of the coble cease , for the stern presents a flat , raking surface , not unlike the end of a large tree sawn asunder in a ...
... hollow , and a graceful wave - like form of rim from stem to stern ; at the latter point the graceful proportions of the coble cease , for the stern presents a flat , raking surface , not unlike the end of a large tree sawn asunder in a ...
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... hollow bow . Some of these boats were so shallow that , when on the river Thames , they were termed mere ' skimming dishes . ' For boats of a deep and narrow form of hull , the centre- board keel is unsuited ; it is , in fact , best ...
... hollow bow . Some of these boats were so shallow that , when on the river Thames , they were termed mere ' skimming dishes . ' For boats of a deep and narrow form of hull , the centre- board keel is unsuited ; it is , in fact , best ...
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... hollow , both above and under water , and the stern is neatly rounded , but nearly as broad as the midship section . There is very little keel , except the centre - board keel , which , as regards the part hanging below the keelson when ...
... hollow , both above and under water , and the stern is neatly rounded , but nearly as broad as the midship section . There is very little keel , except the centre - board keel , which , as regards the part hanging below the keelson when ...
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