pds. for each launch; 1-1/2 pds. for each large cutter;
and 1 pd. for each of the rest.
Sheet-lead, 3 square feet for each launch; and 2 square feet for
each cutter.
Tacks (number), 100 for each launch; 75 for each large cutter;
and 50 for each of the rest.
Marlinspike.
Spun-yarn.
Grease.

16. MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.

Boat ensign.
Set of signals for boat of Senior Officer.
Boat-compass.
Spy-glass.
Lead and line.
Lantern.
Candles.
Tinder-box, with flint and steel.
Fishing-lines and hooks.

17. FOR TREATMENT OF SICK AND WOUNDED.

Tourniquets.
Bandages.
Lint.
Medicines.
Surgical instruments.

18. BOAT-GEAR.

Masts.
Spars.
Rigging.
A set of oars, fitted with trailing-lines long enough to allow them
to trail alongside in the water.
Three boat-hooks.
Spare oars, with trailing-lines, for one thwart.
Cranes on the gunwale to hold spars and spare oars, raised
sufficiently high above the gunwale (9 inches) to allow the oars
to be got out or trailed. The spars thus arranged form a
considerable protection against musketry.
Small thrum-mats for muffling oars when required.
Anchor.
Chain or rope.

Hand-grapnels, fitted with a fathom of light chain, and five
fathoms of line.
Sails.
Awning and stanchions.
Tent awning. (_See_ Drawing.)

N.B.--In order to avoid delay and confusion when boats are called away
for service, it is recommended that the articles required by the
foregoing lists should be kept separately in the store-rooms, in
convenient packages for stowage in the boats and protection against
the weather. The contents of each package must be marked on it,
together with the name of the boat for which it is intended.
Particular attention should be paid by the Executive Officer of the
vessel to the best and most compact stowage of all articles required
for boat expeditions, which will, necessarily, vary according to the
size of the boat and the nature of the service she is to perform. The
occasions will be very rare when all of these articles are required at
the same time.

FORM OF EXERCISE AND MANOEUVRE

FOR THE BOAT-HOWITZERS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

NOMENCLATURE.

19. THE CASCABEL is the part of the gun in the rear of the base-ring;
and is composed of--

The breech-plate.
The knob.
The neck.
Base-ring.
Cylinder.
Chase.
Loop, with hole for bolt.
Lock-lugs.
Mass-sight