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^ fhort Account of the Knclirlifem^nA^tikiS. by the Svmety,i.to^ths,\\ft{$hpt
and the. fupplyi'&g.Sife-Tromldn a%idr_MleftminftercjMSr&kl w\lh Irijft fyffLand
fiapfagg ^ Si
T T having been long obfeBye.d thfit-the Dutchj^robext^eip-eljf^^ffi^ggus aSd
expert, in fifhing for Turbot and iCodvor^hfoBritifti c^aftQ^ ^.1®QBtby
•Member of the Sog^ety,. formed a,plan for ^ftabJ^Lfljipg their jne^hodjof fifhing,
and affosfbr fupplyiags therd^ondop markets jwithj.Filh.jbyjLand Garg.agh|^fo:.
'Phis-, plan was daid .before .the Society, who^appi^ygd -of it^andf adyapjjed
feverai fehoufand poun;ds.towards .carrying it into ex^unon • and as aTii^thgr
.encouragement vfeo the fcheme, LifchenSiyU6twn<dfer<|4 aj-gre^g.number oil^pre-
.miums/to, fifhermen, and.Qthdrap t<\&ngage t in, ]tji ! jupdqr t^-king >|, ;
, There were aK|^feveral premiums offered to yvheelwrightgPjor aJtv^laer
perfons, ^vho fhopld produce to the Society tliL belt and hghli.ll caniaffe v ltli
four wheels, and alfo for the, beft .»with two wheels, piopeih confoucfcdi'for
travelling with fpeed andTaTpT^ I ffT o n fe^ ^ ^ ra^ h b fe ‘'pfemra^^Tevetnl
carriages were produced,, and examined -byWhe "Committc e of' Kfccham(>J
who was of opinion that the,four-whgel carriage, njade byfMrt. SteJdep*.Bolt,
was deferring the firft premium, of twenty poSdaT'-yh^^siea'rriage 'v^itjh./
two wheels, was intitled to the -firft preSnium ofi^sfurtegb Bounds, a&dtfKat
Mr. Joachim Smith was intitled to the fame! premium M Jfevlh 'PdpndffB
This refolution of the Committee was agreed'tp by .the Sdcietyv* May" 12,
N. B. Thefe carriages and a corilplete Dutch, apparatus for^tbie ^ u rllot
Fifbery may ;be feen, in the Society’s^Repofifeory^L'a description ,6f which is
fet forth in page 156, and a perfpe&ive' view iff- -a, Dutch ^ h jn g Boat, with
©fifing lines, fnoOds, and hooks, properly laid. - See Plate,* •Mo.$|$;'‘5$
C H A P.
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■ A fo r t Airnthviföpfhe Pt tmium t .gtpen ^ A>e} Soci/tv f t - . flo ck s t fr . |Models o f
, Ships, and op tóe Machint?j,. with which the Vjlqcpx. and Stijfnefs o f the Models .
c-7%Jere afeertained.
the v^ejy, ^^8,71 jff !th^, fiotagty intimated to- thé
$V)cicjl\, fha'J u <v is ptQbibh thavfome improvements ftright be made in
ihe' Alt' off'fidp)~buildiii|^^md'''a's 'be^fnbfe Worthy of the ^o-
^m t\'■ yfiaotj^.jpiyimpiijg Jvcic' immömaten olktgd|rpi the beft model of a'
feycntJjjfaua gun fhib, and for ^^rointy^ïgun/
etc’ .7cofilSfo‘lV'd!iféÖ^Bèf(fte, 'ai:^ery“reput'able Committee,
3#tiö' had^^r^w.HTiis’'fb< thé tria'fe'fnt>f{jef/dfl Mr. WffliamMIjfil^p to make one
^ncniffi’fcmtrying^within'^sFif^tHe-' ftiiihell ‘ëMi"vél'&êi^i0p‘^each model,
Tcfrfbloc^i' ana^wo‘fè^h^lifdfö#rymg^®èm' bu’tbÖ!^'dÖdrs.^The, 'former was
ffoj^lied&wfth a p'eppetual’ ftream < )f W at.eï dly&blë^pümp'* With »'ithich twt>
Imbrf %nd a! bë^^^Pd W ë 5¥Rö^fl:\e?i(.lfs "»liWe^gallbn*,* beer?meafure,'1 *'pet'
'imiriul^rWA’p® titular “l 11 n. sip if it .Ch‘ t i eWh i elu nc^^’n 1' i\ s 1 e^if&ÏP ik^t-h e* S o -
'‘ö'ëty’s/mif?fite5boo'% tpilwiffair. %
In Sintcqucncc m the above pucmiujn \ .thioe -modS l i of -fhips wetff.pro-
uceMnltheïy^e’ar y ^ l^ b if t thp candidateswoé^Kavlbg tfeoippliéd with thé-
of ■ 'me SdveftifementjOTèlthërfofft-heri^wfel^'intittóélji f-b%the premium
' offefOTTOr^tbis'^raclê;^ u
!\ ‘In ^ n e 'w c l^ ^w F ’a prëftnufo ‘df^Rfty'^Prfuhlis- was offered? (^8 'Hè beft
^mpd'el o'fjafoip to draw tevenfo'en f&et of water, dèptï$3lr4lté keel included,
and tó bè fix Hundred arid* fift^'teft^ ï>%rtHen< Jt A&ftfeiriS&^rrRtdf Thirty Pdunds
"Sw&s likewfe^éteferèd fof‘tffie - ï'®Krèffeet dratigKê'df Watèf, and
^Éh^te^hïmdfed antfïdl^lte^tsrif.bfurthe^ ^pÉ^*blêlMlo^,:model tobber rirade to
ra^fcale of oné 'buarfp«!of ab> inchfori a fobffW-.
' One claim irif èam ofwt*h^iÉ^l®ffes^we^p'ï)SuèêÖ.*'in1'^'^Sj|ï To^é^èhlor
which thëySociety^dj#dgèd^?Bin»èh!j*p0'ünds,''part è f the- pifefïïkims of .Fifty
'Pounds; arid^Thïrty Pc^Mlds-tê' Mn '^aéri’dge,-'' 'tltê dnl'yië&riclidaté'.
ri^'ther^baF®ïf f i f ' tiKdfoiddelS-êfdhifisTor the ytears 761, and x j6 i,
were examined and tried; and the Committee*1 refolved. tliat the model of a
Teventy-four gun (hip, made by Mr. Conftable, in the year 176:0, was de-
ferVing’ the WftolB premiUrS öf Óffè' Hundred* Pounds^' 1‘THraÊ-thré‘-ihodeli of
a Frigate! made by Mr. Nehemiah; Nelbit, in the famé year, was intitled to
the whole premium of Sixty Pound's ; and that; Mr. William Oxeriham (according
to the terms of the advèrtifement' for the year 1761) was intitled to
‘ the fumb f Twenty Pöund^Tèf,tïk rnodelöfcIsFrigafe,-
The