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<p> Ladobras near Crickoff Monday<lb/> May 3/14 1787<lb/> (Rec.<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> at Q.S.P. 12<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> July 87)</p> <p> Hon.<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Sir, </p> <p> I am now alone, my Brother is, before this, I hope<lb/> at Kieff or on his way from thence to Cherson. I left<lb/> him on Thursday se'ennight at Propoisk, a Town upon<lb/> the Soje, about 40 miles from hence by Land, but<lb/> double or treble the way by Water, pursuing his<lb/>Course on board his new invented <hi rend="underline">Serpentine</hi> or <lb/><hi rend="underline">Vermicular Barge,</hi> which ever you please to call it.<lb/>Of this Barge you will expect some description; It<lb/> Consists of Six different Boats, connected together<lb/> by a particular Mechanism, so as to form but one, <lb/> but pliable in every direction in the manner of<lb/> a Snake: Each Boat or Link, as we call it, is 42 <lb/>feet in length; consequently the Length of the whole<lb/> is 252 feet: the two Head Links are taken up <lb/> entirely with Oars, as is the Fore-half of the Third,<lb/> and the whole of the Sixth. In the first Link are<lb/> 36 Oars; in the Second 40; in the rowing part of<lb/> the third 20; in the Sixth 24; in all 120 besides<lb/>2 at the Head of the Head Link, & and as many at the Tail <add>of the Tail Link,</add> <lb/> to answer the purpose of Rudders.</p> | |||
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Ladobras near Crickoff Monday
May 3/14 1787
(Rec.d at Q.S.P. 12th July 87)
Hon.d Sir,
I am now alone, my Brother is, before this, I hope
at Kieff or on his way from thence to Cherson. I left
him on Thursday se'ennight at Propoisk, a Town upon
the Soje, about 40 miles from hence by Land, but
double or treble the way by Water, pursuing his
Course on board his new invented Serpentine or
Vermicular Barge, which ever you please to call it.
Of this Barge you will expect some description; It
Consists of Six different Boats, connected together
by a particular Mechanism, so as to form but one,
but pliable in every direction in the manner of
a Snake: Each Boat or Link, as we call it, is 42
feet in length; consequently the Length of the whole
is 252 feet: the two Head Links are taken up
entirely with Oars, as is the Fore-half of the Third,
and the whole of the Sixth. In the first Link are
36 Oars; in the Second 40; in the rowing part of
the third 20; in the Sixth 24; in all 120 besides
2 at the Head of the Head Link, & and as many at the Tail of the Tail Link,
to answer the purpose of Rudders.
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