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with willow twigs in the manner of basket work, or with 

 split slips of elastic wood, both the form and the material 

 varying in different counties. In the neighbourhood of 

 Shrewsbury, the framework is covered with canvass and 

 painted ; in Cardiganshire it is covered with flannel, and 

 afterwards with a coating of tar. The boat is something 

 less than six feet long, and about four feet wide, with a seat 

 across the middle. The form of the paddle with which this 

 little boat is impelled and guided along is also varied : in the 

 Severn, the blade is square, but a more elongated blade 

 is the form in use on the Dec. The boat, which in appear- 

 ance is not unlike one half of a walnut-shell, is so light 

 and portable that the fisherman carries it to and from the 

 water on his back. These coracles,* so called, it is said, 



t This word is sometimes written coriacle, and may be derived from coriagv, 

 hide-bound. 



