Having thus taken off one-third and one-fifth, the remaining portion is the "gentlemen's share"-- how many 'eenths it may be, I leave to fractional calculators.

Their average size is about sixteen feet broad, and from seven and a half to eight and a half feet high; the centre part is further raised about eighteen inches, having glass along the sides thereof, to give light; they are always well painted and elaborately gilt--in some vessels, such as the "Eclipse," of Louisville, they are quite gorgeous.

The cabins are about six feet by seven, the same height as the saloon, and lit by a door on the outside part, the upper portion of which is glass, protected, if required, by folding _jalousies_, intended chiefly for summer use.

Outside these cabins a gallery runs round, covered at the top, and about four feet broad, and with entries to the main cabin on each side.

The box which covers the paddle-wheel, &c., helps to make a break in this gallery, separating the gentlemen from the ladies.
Some boats have a narrow passage connecting the two galleries, but fitted with a _grille_ door, to prevent intrusion into the harem gallery; before, the paddle-box, on one side, is the steward's pantry, and on the other, that indispensable luxury to an American, the barber's shop; where, at all hours of the day, the free and enlightened, mounted on throne-like chairs and lofty footstools, stretch their carcases at full length, to enjoy the tweaking of their noses and the scraping of their chins, by the artistic nigger who officiates.