THE POTTEN AND THE PUJEN. [Sidenote: II 201] The oldest vessels known in Overijssel are the _Potten_ and the _Pujen_ (~Witsen~, p. 170), of which few engravings are extant. The names are now no longer met with; the primitive “Potten” and “Pujen” have, however, not entirely disappeared there. The old forms have been preserved there as everywhere else and, aside from a few changes, these vessels have merely changed their names. Clinker built hulls gave way first to those carvel built, and later the forms of the boats became less angular. The old rig has changed and the old round hatchways have made place for more simple flat hatches. By these transformations, these vessels change their appearance somewhat although the hull remains the same, but the names of “Potten” and “Pujen” have given place to those of “Sompen”, “Peggen” and “Snijboonen”, more generally met with to-day. Already, Witsen and other authors have noted that the “Potten” and “Pujen” are distinguished from the “Smalschepen” and “Wijdschepen” by their finer bow and stern; the same difference as is now found between the Hoys on the one side and the “Snijboonen” and “Sompen” on the other. Besides, the name “Snijboon” (string bean) shows that it is a question of a long and fine boat, that is: a flat bottomed boat with lengthened bow and stern. THE SNIJBOON AND THE SOMP OR PEGGE. [Sidenote: III 34] [Sidenote: III 31-33] The “Snijboon” and the “Somp” have the same shape. Both have a “draai-over-boord” and generally a poop deck. Their characteristics are the fine bow and stern, the sudden fall of the bends near the sternpost and the stem; these bends being almost horizontal for the remainder of the length of the vessel; the sternpost and the stem are nearly vertical. These characteristics distinguish them almost immediately from the boats of the other provinces. The “Somp” is 15.50 m. long, 3.70 m. beam and 1.80 m. deep. When the “Somp” is smaller and draws less water it is called a “Pegge”, of which the dimensions are respectively 12.00 m., 2.65 m. and 1.45 m. The dimensions of the “Snijboon” are 17.50 m., 3.90 m. and 1.50 m. THE HOOGEVEENSCHE PRAAM. [Sidenote: III 53] The _Hoogeveensche Praam_ is an open vessel, of relatively recent date, descended from the Somp but having a fuller bow and stern. THE PRAAM (_Pram_). [Sidenote: III 35] The tendency, already noticed in the XVIIth and at the beginning of the XVIIIth century, to build larger and fuller vessels (~Van Yk~, p 348), became still more marked in the XIXth century. It is thus that the “Snijboonen” and “Sompen” are seen to increase in size and that birth is given to the _Praam_ of which the size and load can be compared with those of the Hoy. [Sidenote: III 36]