It is interesting to note that a type which closely resembles the Herna is still to be found on the Adriatic sea, especially the _Rascona_ already described and represented in Paris’s well known work (vol. II, nᵒ 86); this vessel is still steered by means of the old “Slurriem” (steering oar). VI. FISHING BOATS. ~A~) _For deep sea fishing._ The _Buys_ (bush) and the _Hoeker_ (howker), together with the _Scholschuit_, the _Basanschuit_ and the _Zwartewaalsche Gaffelaar_ should be mentioned as old types of Dutch boats intended for deep sea fishing. The _Hoekerbuis_ and the _Kwee_ are descendants from the first two. The “Sloep” (sloop), the “Logger” (Lugger) and the “Kotter” (cutter) come to us from France. It is important also to mention in connection with deep sea fishing the whale boats for which the _Noortsvaerders_ were formerly used; these latter belong to the type of the “Fluitschepen” (flutes) already mentioned among the merchantmen. The oldest vessel of the _Noortsvaerders_ class is the _Egmonder Pink_, which gave birth to the _Bom_ and to the smaller _Garnalen Schuit_ (shrimp boat). These boats were so built that they could be grounded on the beach. After the fishing port of Scheveningen was finished, there appeared a new type of vessel descended from the “Logger” and the “Bom” and known by the name of “Loggerbom” or sometimes “Lelybom”. ~B~) _Near shore and river fishing._ The great majority of fishing vessels is devoted to ordinary or near shore fishing. The dimensions of these craft were formerly much smaller than those of the vessels of the preceding group (at the present time, aside from the “Garnaalschuitjes”, some are built even larger). Their names are innumerable and so different that they give no idea either of their form or kind. The fundamental types of the group include: _a_) The _Schokkers_, built on the model of the ordinary “Schokkers”. To them also belong the “Wierschuitje”, the “Steeckschuit”, the “Henget” and the “Hoogaars”. The “Akes”, which are met with in most of the types of boats (the “Aaktjalk”, for example) are also found, under the name of _Tholensche Schouwen_, in the class of vessels considered. These craft are much like the _Beyerlandsche Schuitjes_ and form, in a way, a sort of transition to the _Vischboeicraakjes_. _b_) The _Botters_ as well as the _Vollendammer Kwakken_, the _Ronsen_, the _Pluten_ and the _Platjes van Maassluis_. A third group is formed by short round-bottomed little boats of which _c_) The _Knotsen_ of Antwerp are the prototypes. The “Bollen”, and the “Lemmerjachten” or “Lemmeraaken” belong to the same group. Finally, a fourth group is formed of vessels having a greatly raking stern and sternpost, called _d_) _Haaringschuiten_ to which the widely scattered _Punters_ also belong.