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twelve small, and only slightly decorated, models all found 

in the Annex<,> and by four more highly decorated models, each 

with a single cabin and two with a kiosk forward also, only 

one of which however was found in the Treasury.

          The twelve more simple models, as will be seen from the plan 

of No. 375, represent spoon-shaped boats rather more than five 

breadths in length. They are all pointed at the bow, while at 

the stern there is a curious and characteristic and longitudinal

cleft which forms a most effective seating for the steering 

paddle which passes through it. Despite their entirely different 

shape of hull, this division in the stern immediately recalls 

the very similar cleft through which the rudder of existing 

Chinese junks and sampans is raised and lowered.

          A little forward of the stern there is a heavy cross<->beam, 

inset in the deck and projecting over each side, in the centre 

of which is stepped a vertical post. The top of the steering

paddle is lashed to the top of this post in such a way that 

while the paddle is supported it can yet be turned freely about 

the axis of its shaft, while its rotation is controlled by a

vertical tiller which projects downwards just abaft the post. 

A <very> similar arrangement of post and steering paddle is still 

common on the Ganges, but thes/<r>e the paddle always passes over the 

port quarter and never through the stern.

          A mast is stepped amidships and on this is hoisted a single 

square sail. As however in every example of this class of boat 

the mast and sail are either missing or badly damaged, it can 

only be assumed that the rigging was similar to that of the 

three fully rigged models which will be described later, even 

if somewhat <more> simpler. It is worth mentioning however that some 

of these models show a peg driven into the deck just before the 

mast, which may well have served a similar purpose to that of 

a heavy piece of timber which still exists in Arab Dhows. In

these vessels the mastis^sic stepped against the after side of the