In front of Ulysses's boat, there is a small barque with a fisherman holding a lobster, the depiction of which is over-sized.
(A much smaller barque also named Kings County had been built in 1871.)
The family sailed out from London on 23 December 1851 on the John Phillips, a small barque.
Eventually he signed on to a small, rickety old barque, the Palestine, for a voyage to Bangkok at pay of 4 pounds a month.
The ambiguous status of a novice second mate on a small barque such as the Palestine required him to be tough and strong-minded, especially in front of the sailors.
The later ships, such as the Peking or the Passat, returned to being smaller four-masted barques.
In May of the following year Wright commanded a small barque of four guns with a crew of forty men.
He went by sea with his men on small barques.
The poet Gavin Douglas accused Regent Albany of selling three great ships and other small barques.
After two weeks he and a group of about 30 of his colleagues deserted and stole a small 25-ton barque, from Portsmouth Harbour.