We have imaged the total and polarized intensity structures of the jets in
the FR II radio galaxy 3C 353 with transverse resolutions up to nine beamwi
dths using the VLA at 8.4 GHz. Both the polarized intensity and the apparen
t degree of linear polarization exhibit elongated minima near both edges of
both jets. We interpret these minima as the result of vector cancellation
along the line of sight between polarized emission from the outer layers of
the jets and from the surrounding lobes. Both jets also exhibit flat-toppe
d total intensity profiles over much of their length. We infer that most of
the jet emission comes from a thick outer layer where the magnetic field h
as no component transverse to the jet axis, but the axial and toroidal comp
onents are random and approximately in equipartition. We suggest that this
region is a boundary layer where the field is ordered by velocity shear. Th
e apparently lower emissivity near the jet axis may be produced by Doppler
hiding of emission from fast-flowing material in the jet "spines." This vie
w of the internal structure of an FR II jet can readily be unified with the
two-component model for decelerating FR I jets proposed by Laing.