This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1816 edition. Excerpt: ... part V. boats propelled by cattle. 98. Besides steam boats in North America, there are now boats propelled by means of cattle, which they call horse boats, or team boats. The proprietors use the latter term as having, as they suppose, a more attractive sound. These boats are propelled by the animals (from 8 to 13 horses or mules in each boat) drawing a gin, which, by wheel-work, communicates motion to paddle-wheels (similar to those of steam boats) in the middle of a double vessel. At New York, in the summer of 1814, one of those team boats was plying on each of the ferries, (see Art. 94.) and two more were building for longer voyages. 99-Description of an American Cattle Boat. Fig. xiv. No. 1, Plan. Fig. xiv. No. 2, Elevation. Fig. xiv. No. 3, Longitudinal section. Fig. xiv. No. 4, Transverse section. The boat is double, having the paddlewheel placed in the middle; the horses or mules work in a gin on the deck, and, by means of toothed wheel-work, communicates motion to the paddle-wheel. abc, the horse course. de, large beveled-wheel, which drives the pinions gg. H, H, spur-wheels attached to the pinions G, G, which work on studs, and communicate motion to the pinions I, I, and which are coupled to the axle of the paddle-wheel K. part vi. introduction. 100. As very loose and inaccurate notions relative to the forms of vessels, for the purposes of navigation, are known to prevail, not only among those who have not attended much to the subject, but even among shipwrights and seamen, I have attempted, in this part of the Treatise, to bring within a small compass what appeared useful i