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Figure 2.173. (top) Plate XXX. Decorations around the cabin door.
Figure 2.174. (center) Plate XXXVIII. Third cover.
Figure 2.175. (bottom) Plate XXX. Cyma.
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      The upper chock must be as broad as to accord with thecurve,aboveitissquare,andisstandingfromthe at of the stern 1 foot 4 inches.
4. Above the arch is a chock, w hich is made square, hewn out above and below , forward slight, aft hewn short.
(57 II 1) The third cover stands, in the middle from the second, 2 feet 41⁄2 inches, at the ends measured at the
at of stern timber 2 feet 10 inches, the same is broad 9 inches in the middle, and the ends broad 8 inches, thesidethick2inches;placed onthewale,thebroad- est from H to G [fig. 2.174], is long 1 feet 8 inches, and broad there 1 foot, from I to G , is broad 8 inches, thick 2 inches in the middle, the deck from I to H, long 8 feet 51⁄2 inches, the outside is planed with a cyma.
(55 II 42) The Cyma stands to the third cover.
(84 II 33) 13. About the third cover.
1. This cover stands 2 feet 5 inches from the other
cover, to be measured in the middle at the coun ter timber. In the middle it stan ds from the second , 2 feet 4 inches, at the end it is wide, 2 feet 10 inches, in the middle broad 9 inches, at th e end broad 8 inches, thick 2 inches.
 2. Aft on the side, it is broad 1 foot, long 1 foot, and rebated 9 inches, for ward broad 8 inches, long 8 feet 6 inches, is joined in to the wale a little aft, and has a Cyma.
(84 II 46) 14. About the herm piece standing on the thorus. 1. The herm piece broad 17 inches on the chest, thick
10 inches, below even with the outer edge of the cover. 2. The Hance Piece 3 feet above the railing: the rst
hance broad 14 in., the other stands at a distance of 2 feet 5 inches below. Above wide 2 feet 6 inches: the next wide above and below 2 feet 4 inches, thick 9 inches, coinciding with the quarter piece below.
(86 I 37) 15. About the uppermost hackebord, &c.
1. This hackebord, is broad 3 feet 6 inches, thick 5
inches.
2. Stands 10 inches above the cornice.
3. The baluster [probably the balusters between
the two vaezen, or top c ornices], broad 4 1⁄2 inches, thick 2 inches.
4. The balusters stand 5 inches apart, and xed in the lower cornice.
5. The top cornice broad 61⁄2 inches, thick 2 inches.
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