Near Vollenhove, to the north of Overijssel, there is still to be met a well known small boat, the _Punter_, descended probably from the _Haaringschuitje_ (a small boat used for the herring fishery) of the Zuiderzee. The _Groenteschuitje_ from Hoorn (for transporting vegetables) is exactly like it. These vessels are narrow and have a great deal of rake in the stem and the sternpost. The same origin must be attributed to the Utrecht pram and to the _Kromme Rijnaak_, but the length of these boats is proportionately greater when compared with the beam. Outside of the preceding types, there are still found the “Snik” or the _Gondel_ of North Holland, which very much resembles the “Oude Kinderdijksche Hoogars”, as well as the “Oude Vischschuit van Aalsmeer” (very old fishing boat from Aalsmeer). Setting aside a very considerable number of small _Schouwen_ which are nothing but covered and flat ferry boats, which already appear in the old engravings, there are still to be met in Holland the “Schiedamsche schouwen” or the “Melk en Spoelingschuiten” (boats used to carry milk and the residuum of fruits from which the juice has been pressed out). They are long flat-bottomed boats with flat bow and stern. A special family of boats is made up of the “Barges” and “Trekschuitjen” (literally “boats hauled from the shore”) which exist all through the Netherlands. Almost all these boats are alike; they came originally from Holland and spread all through the rest of the country as fast as the canals were built. The “Trekschuiten” are still particularly in vogue in the province of Drenthe, but the construction of railways and tram lines is slowly driving them out. There are still other vessels, the Baggeraken (dredging lighters) which are very common in the Netherlands. The special conformation of our rivers and arms of the sea required constant dredging to maintain the depth of the ports and navigable passes; but they were far from possessing such perfected machinery as have the modern dredges: the “Hand-” or “Hijschbeugel” (hand dredge) was the only apparatus used for dredging in former times. The boats used for this purpose went under the general name of “Baggeraken”. The best known type was the _flat_ (“Vlet”), or the “Baggeraak” still called the _Sliedrechtsche Aak_. Even now, the “Boeieraken” are still often used for dredging. These vessels belong to the type of round bottomed craft. Other boats of a special kind used at Dordrecht for the same purpose were known by the names of: _Vreeswijksche Zandlichter_ and _Dortsche Zandschuit_ (boats used for dredging sand and having a great analogy with each other). They were used almost exclusively for dredging the ballast used by ships starting for sea. They have now almost wholly disappeared.