[Sidenote: II 151]
[Sidenote: III 11]
The pinnace gave the “Oost-Indisch Compagnieschip” (ship of the East
India Company). Its stern was rounded. As a merchant ship, it was
heavily armed and was often used as a man-of-war in case of need. The
plate of our album showing this vessel gives a good idea of the form
and construction, hence, more detailed explanations are superfluous.
Let it be mentioned only that the stern is very much ornamented, that
there is a beakhead and that the length of the deck is greater than
that of the “flutes.” It carried three masts and the ordinary sails and
rigging.
[Sidenote: II 159]
The vessel of the same kind, but smaller in size and with two masts
only, was called “Snauwschip” (_rind_). It is met with frequently in
Flanders. ~Witsen~ counts the rinds as among inland vessels (p. 170).