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sand soldiers ! But this, and such like fabrics, (says the author of the Archceologia, from which we have extracted these particulars,) served only for show and ostentation ; being by their great bulk rendered unwieldy and unfit for ordinary use. AthenEeus (he adds) has informed us, that these vessels were commonly known by the names of Cyclades and tna ; names of islands and mountains, to which they appeared almost equal in size — consisting, as some report, of materials sufficient for the construction of at least fifty triremes.

Besides those already mentioned, there were other vessels fitted with half banks of oars, which seem to have been between a unireme and a birerae, and consisting of a bank and a half; also some between a bireme and a trireme, having two banks and an half of oars. These, although perhaps built in other respects after the model of the long ships, or men-of-war, are seldom comprehended under that name, and are sometimes mentioned in opposition to them.

Various descrip- Several other kinds of ships are enumerated by different authors, ve° which varied from those already described ; being fitted for particular uses, or seas, or employed upon urgent occasions in naval fights, but more commonly as (or tenders), and as victualling ships for supplying the principal fleet.

Some were built for expedition, to carry expresses, or to observe the enemy’s motions, without incurring the danger of being taken by the heavier, and armed vessels ; these were distinguished from the former by the manner of their construction and equipment, being in part like men-of-war, and partly resembling ships of burthen, while in some things they differed from both, as the various exigencies for which they were fitted might seem to require.

Mode of rigging. Every ship m later times had several masts ; but we are told by Aristotle, that at first there was only one mast, which was fixed in the middle of the ship. On landing, the mast was taken down, as appears everywhere in Homer, and placed on a thing called i,-oSox»i, which apcording to Suidas, was a case wherein the mast was de-