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104 Telescope to an impossible position close under the crosstrees where shrouds and blocks and gear at this point would obviate this possibility, "d exclude any method of lowering the gaff and stowing sail ex-cept by brailing, which was long, long before obsoleted on all lake sail.. Traditionally, the gaff jaws were hoisted to approximately the same distance below the crosstrees as the cap of the doubling was above them. Above the gaff jaws (at hoist) formerly were the futtock shrouds, which carried the topmast shroud strain into a mast band below the crosstrees. In the I860's, these shrouds were brought over the spreader (crosstrees) and on down to the bulwark and finished off between the two outer lower mast shrouds. The backstays remained as before, aft of all these and quite simple except where square sail was carried aloft. Some steamers carried iron rod futtock shrouds to the tops or crosstrees long after they disappeared on fore-and-after s. By hearsay and tradition, the following faults are pictured: Too-long afterhouse or cabin. This structure would appear relatively small on such a large vessel, Its use limited to quarters for master, mates, and cook, five or six at most, the galley and dining room. The DOWS. cabin might be twenty-five feet fore and aft at most, whereas here we see a cabin as long as the fore or main booms or about $0 feet fore and aft. Hector Munro and Bill Shay both stated that the DOWS afterhouse was right aft of the jigger mast. nHall.s Report" shews the jigger mast thru the cabin top just aft of the fore bulkhead. Captain Ed Donahue would not say positively. Though now gone to his just reward, some 28 years ago Ed was hale and all in one piece. He was on the fire boat JOHN KENDALL and recalled the loss of the DOWS clearly. The large forecastle on deck under the foremast would completely eliminate the foremast fife rails, which carried all the lines for the complex of square sails and would cause a three-ring circus in the night watch with a squall coming on and sail were taken in on the run. All three--Ed, Bill, and Hector--agreed that the foc'sle house was right aft of the foc.sle deck and was shallow, about eight feet fore and aft. It probably covered the donkey engine and housed its custodian, the bos'n, and steward. The boiler eliminated the old windlass and gave steam to a "modern" capstan and winch. Agreed to, also, was the existence of another deckhouse -- the "lazarette." On lake schooners of average size, the lazarette was characteristically located way aft, under the "poop", between cabin bulkhead and transom, accessible thru a deck hatch and doors in the lower half of the aftercabin bulkhead. Here was a catch-all foT extra gear, paint, etc. In the DOWS, the lazarette was equal In size to the fore house, covering an entire hatch, serving for stowage of sails, etc., and giving access readily to the hold. Two factors made the location of this unit nebulous--the names of the masts and the fact that it was portable if need be. Donahue gave "aft the mizzen," Munro "aft the main," and Shay "aft the spanker. The masts were Pore, Main, Mizzen, Spanker, and Jigger. .Note: This reference is made to the fore-and-aft lowers. The large square runner (lower) on the foremast of lake schooners traditionally brailed in to the mast.