T U the after-part of the load water-line.
k k l the curve of the several decks corresponding to those represented in the head.
As the marks, by which vessels of different constructions are distinguished from each other, are generally more conspicuous on the stern, or quarter, than any other part, we have represented, in plate [VIII]. some of the quarters, which assume the most different shapes, and form the greatest contrast with each other.
Fig. 4. shews the stern and quarter of a Dutch flight.
Fig. 5. the stern and quarter of a cat.
Fig. 8. is the stern and quarter of a common galley.
Fig. 9. exhibits the quarter of a first-rate galley, otherwise called a galleasse.
Fig. 6. the quarter of a Dutch dogger, or galliot.
Fig. 7. represents the stern and quarter of a sloop of war.
The quarters of all other ships have a near affinity to those above exhibited. Thus all ships of the line, and East-Indiamen, are formed with a quarter little differing from the principal figure in this plate. Xebecs have quarters nearly resembling those of galeasses, only somewhat higher. Hag-boats and pinks approach the figure of cats, the former being a little broader in the stern, and the latter a little narrower; and the sterns and quarters of cats seem to be derived from those of fly-boats. The sterns of Dutch doggers and galliots are indeed singular, and like those of no other modern vessel: they have nevertheless a great resemblance to the ships of the antient Grecians, as represented in medals and other monuments of antiquity.