. Scottish geographical magazine. w. The vessel will be knovm as the Scotia, a name which carries with itan indication to all countries x)f the land to which she belongs. She isa barque-rigged auxiliary screw steamer of about 400 tons, having a 540 SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE. length of 140 feet and breadth of 29 feet, and drawing about 15 feet ofwater. With her new engines and boiler it is expected that a speed offully seven knots will be attained. In spite of the immense strength ofthe Scotia, whose wooden walls amidships are no less than 25 inches thick,she is an exceedingly graceful cra
. Scottish geographical magazine. w. The vessel will be knovm as the Scotia, a name which carries with itan indication to all countries x)f the land to which she belongs. She isa barque-rigged auxiliary screw steamer of about 400 tons, having a 540 SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE. length of 140 feet and breadth of 29 feet, and drawing about 15 feet ofwater. With her new engines and boiler it is expected that a speed offully seven knots will be attained. In spite of the immense strength ofthe Scotia, whose wooden walls amidships are no less than 25 inches thick,she is an exceedingly graceful craft, and it is a pleasure to look at herfine lines as they curve from her stem, which, it may be said, will meetthe ice backed by nine feet of solid timber. Huge beams at frequentintervals will resist immense ice pressure, and I have little doubt that,besides being a good sailing ship, her form is such as will enable her torise to ice-pressure and thus evade it. The leader, the captain, and the scientific staft are accommodated in. Kite-tiyiug ;it .SL-;i. an after-deck house, the officers in a comfortable cabin amidships, whilstthe crew are quartered forward in the focsl, which is not the leastluxurious part of the ship. Simplicity has been aimed at, but at thesame time necessities have not been neglected. The scientific work willbe carried on in a deckhouse amidships, the after part of which forms thegalley. Here there is good light for those who have to undertakedelicate work, such as that with the microscope, hydrometer, and otherdelicate and finely graduated instruments. A second laboratory, mainlyfor zoology, lies almost immediately below the upper one, tween-decks,and is reached directly from the upper laboratory. Adjacent to thisis a compact and completely fitted dark-room for also will be found two great drums each containini:r GOOO SCOTTISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. 541 fathoms of cable, each of which weighs six tons ; this cable is led up o
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