The flutes continued to hold their own alongside of the various types of vessels, but changes were made to adapt them better to the use for which they were intended, and so it was that the Noordvaerder or Walvischvaerder (whaling ship) and Oostvaerder (vessel of the Baltic Sea) made their appearance. Small “Spiegelschepen”, having a lighter rig than the others, appeared elsewhere in the XVIIIth century under the name of _Rinds_ (“Snauschepen”). Two other types of large fishing vessels for the open sea were built, viz: the _howker_ or _hoy_ (“Hoeker”) and the _bush_ (“Buys”) which will be found under the chapter of fishing vessels. Still another ship comes to us from abroad as a merchantman: the _Frigate_, while the Tenders (“Boeiers” or “Kromstevens”) had been imitated already from models of the French navy. These vessels appeared in the XVIIth century as the result of the traffic with the city of Rouen (~Witsen~, p. 164, 2ⁿᵈ col.). From combinations of these types of vessels among each other or with smaller types have arisen certain kinds of boats called by the following names: the “Boot”, which was nothing but a small flute having a “draai-over-boord” stern; the “Hekboot”, derived from the pinnace and the Galliot; the “Katschip” (cat-boat), from the tender and flute; and finally the “Stokker”, which had the bow of a “Spiegelship” with the stern of a howker. Let it be remarked in passing that it is hard to separate clearly navigation over seas from navigation along shore, for even small kuffs (“koffen”) have been chartered for the Indies in many cases. The distinction made here between navigation over seas and navigation along shore bears especially on the original destination of the vessels. ~B~) _For navigation along shore._ The largest types of vessels for navigation along shore were represented by the _galliot_ (“Galjoot”) and the _galeas_ (“Galeas”); then by the _kuff_ (“Kof”) and the _smack_ (“Smak”). The “Damloopers”, the “Smalschepen” and the Wijdschepen as well as the “Friesche turfschepen” (the peat boats of Frisia) belonged to the family of the smacks. These boats all came from a single type and differed only in some detail, of which local needs forced the adoption. The family of the smacks gave rise to the _hoys_ (“Tjalken”). The _hoys_ were found especially in Friesland and in Groningen. In the province of Holland, where they underwent a few slight changes, they were called Schuiten. In Zealand, their deck was narrower and they were called “Poonen”. In North Holland they were designated as “Jacht” (Yachts). Contrary to what was done for the “Poon”, the bottoms of these boats were not so wide as those of the hoys. On the Belgian Scheldt, they were rather finer and known by the name of “Pleiten”, or of “Otters” for the smallest ones. Eastern Frisia had similar vessels; they were called “Motten” and bore some resemblance to the “Kuffs”.