Above the natural load-line they flam out like the rim of a washing-basin, so as to give breadth for the superstructure; on the deck is placed the engine and appurtenances, fuel, &c.; whatever is not so occupied is for freight.

This deck is open all round, and has pillars placed at convenient distances, about fifteen to twenty feet high, to support the cabin deck.

The cabin deck is occupied in the centre by a saloon, extending nearly the whole length of the vessel, with sleeping cabins--two beds in each--opening off it on both sides.

The saloon is entered from forward; about one-third of its length at the after-end is shut off by doors, forming the ladies' sanctum, which is provided with sofas, arm-chairs, piano, &c.; about one-fifth of the length at the foremost-end, but not separated in any way, is the smoking-place, with the bar quite handy, and the stove in the centre.

The floor of this place may with propriety be termed the great expectorating deposit, owing to the inducements it offers for centralization, though, of course, no creek or cranny of the vessel is free from this American tobacco-tax--if I may presume so to dignify and designate it.