reader a copy of it in the annexed plate, and
I will now state the ground or basis upon which it was formed.

It must be obvious that it became the committee to select some one ship,
which had been engaged in the Slave Trade, with her real dimensions, if
they meant to make a fair representation of the manner of the
transportation. When Captain Parrey, of the royal navy, returned from
Liverpool, to which place Government had sent him, he brought with him
the admeasurement of several vessels which had been so employed, and
laid them on the table of the House of Commons. At the top of his list
stood the ship Brookes. The committee, therefore, in choosing a vessel
on this occasion, made use of the ship Brookes; and this they did,
because they thought it less objectionable to take the first that came,
than any other. The vessel, then, in the plate is the vessel now
mentioned, and the following is her admeasurement as given in by Captain
Parrey.

Ft. In.
Length of the lower deck, gratings, and bulk heads included at A A 100 0
Breadth of beam on the lower deck inside, B B 25 4
Depth of hold ooo, from ceiling to ceiling 10 0
Height between decks from deck to deck 5 8
Length of the men's room, C C, on the lower deck 46 0
Breadth of the men's room, C C, on the lower deck 25 4
Length of the platform, D D, in the men's room 46 0
Breadth of the platform in the men's room, on each side 6 0
Length of the boys' room, E E 13 9
Breadth of the boys' room 25 0
Breadth of platform, F F, in boys' room 6 0
Length of women's room, G G 28 6
Breadth of women's room 23 6
Length of platform, H H, in women's room 28 6
Breadth of platform in women's room 6 0
Length of the gun-room, I I, on the lower deck 10 6
Breadth of the gun-room on the lower deck 12 0
Length of the quarter-deck, K K 33 6
Breadth of the quarter-deck 19 6
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