. Richard of Jamestown ; a story of the Virginia colony . The Susan Constant 2O RICHARD OF JAMESTOWN who read what I have set down may not be acquaintedwith the words used by seamen, let me explain that the measurement of a ves-sel by tons, means thatshe will fill so muchspace in the , in measuring avessel, a ton is reck-oned as forty cubicfeet of space, there-fore when I say theSusan Constant was. The Goodspeed one hundred tons in size, it is the same as if I had set down that she wouldcarry four thousand cubic feet of cargo. That he who readsmay know what I meanby a pinnace, as diff
. Richard of Jamestown ; a story of the Virginia colony . The Susan Constant 2O RICHARD OF JAMESTOWN who read what I have set down may not be acquaintedwith the words used by seamen, let me explain that the measurement of a ves-sel by tons, means thatshe will fill so muchspace in the , in measuring avessel, a ton is reck-oned as forty cubicfeet of space, there-fore when I say theSusan Constant was. The Goodspeed one hundred tons in size, it is the same as if I had set down that she wouldcarry four thousand cubic feet of cargo. That he who readsmay know what I meanby a pinnace, as differ-ing from a ship, I canbest make it plain bysaying that such acraft is an open boat,wherein may be usedsails or oars, and, as in the Case Of the The Discovery1 Discovery, may have a deck over a certain portion ofher length. That our pinnace was a vessel able to
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