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Plates IX and XI

The stem, as represented in plate X. is terminated above by the taffarel and below by the counters: It is limited on the sides by the quarter-pieces; and the intermediate space comprehends the galleries and windows of the different cabins.

EXPLANATION of fig. 3. plate X. which exhibits the stern of a feventy-four gun-Ship.

A, the keel, with a the false keel beneath it.

A B, the stern-post.

C, the rail which determines the heighth of the counters.

D D, the upper and lower quarter-galleries, with their ballustrades and windows.

E, the quarter-pieces: and P F P, the taffarel.

K G K, the lower counter, with H H, its gun-ports.

G, the rail which separates the lower counter from the second or upper counter; which last is included between G and C.

K K, the wing-transom.

L L, the deck-transom.

M, N, 0, first, second, and third transoms; the 4th, 5th, and 6th, transoms are placed immediately under these: and that which lies between the wing and deck-transoms, is called the filling-transom.

O M L K P, the direction of the fashion-piece, whose upper part is expressed by the dotted lines K P.

Q, the cove, a sort of arched canopy, serving as a roof to the stern gallery.

R Q R, the screen bulk-head, or partition, containing the cabin windows.

R S S R, the ballustrade of the stern-gallery, with S S, the foot-pace rail, which determines the heighth of its floor, or platform.

S C S, the ward-room windows.

T, the lower finishing of the quarter-gallery.

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