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inspection of the outline, that a vessel so constructed could not have sustainedhalf that number of guns, cast according to the method generally practised.The second vessel, called the Rambargo, is also of the breadth of 40 feet, but is200 feet in length ; the height of the stern the same as that of the galleon ; of theforecastle 36 feet, and of the waist 30 : on the lower tier are 38 ports, exclusiveof four, close to the stern, which the contriver intended should be furnishedwith heavier guns. The stern and bow chase ports are 20 in number; on theupper tier are 38 double ports, in pairs, close to each other, intended for hislight guns, of which he proposed to mount 76 on that deck only : the quarteideck, poop, and forecastle, were intended to carry 60 cannon of somewhatsmaller description. The Galizabra is 31 feet in breadth, 185 in length, 47 inheight at the stern, 31 at the forecastle, and 26 at the midship, bend ; on thelower deck are 34 ports, 26 double ports, and one single port, which appears veryextraordinary, as it is in the centre of the vessel: (all these are fitted with lids asfor heavy guns ;) fourteen bow and stern chase, and 26 guns of the light con-struction, on the quarter and forecastle. The Frigate is 24 feet in breadth,160 in length, 36 feet six inches high at the stern, 18 in the waist, and 25 onthe forecastle : it is furnished with four single ports abaft, which are droppedbelow the level of the main deck, as is the custom in the half galleys, 24 doubleports on the deck, having lids, eight stern and bow chase, and 36 smaller gunson the quarter deck and forecastle. The fifth vessel is-the Galley, 25 feet in breadth,and 200 feet in length, varying but little in other respects, that is to say, with-regard^to its contour, or shape, from the gallies in modern use* : it was intended to carrvtwo very heavy guns for the bow chace, two smaller for the stern chace, and40 small cannon on the sides between the oars. The Galerata was still longer,in proportion to its breadth, being only 22 feet wide, and 198 feet, or 18 denhbreadths, in length : it was proposed to be armed in a similar manner to thegalley, except that the guns were smaller, and amounted to only 32 on the sides.The Passa-Yolante was still more extravagant, being 2-0 demi breadths in length :it carried 20 very small guns on the sides, and four bow chace. Singular andridiculous, indeed, as many of these principles may be thought, particularlywhen stretched to the extent they are in the vessel last described, modernpractice has even exceeded them in some few instances ; for it is confidently

* Modern gallies scarcely ever exceed 13 half breadths as the proportion for their length : that pro-posed by Sir Robert Dudley is sixteen.

asserted,