SCUTTLES

Square openings cut through the decks, much less than the hatchways, for the purpose on handing small things up from deck to deck. There are also scuttles cut through the sides of the ship, some for the admission of air and light into the cabins between decks, and some between the ports, through which the sweeps are used, to row the ship along in calms, and one is cut in each port-lid of two-deck ships to admit air and light between decks.