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Mr. W. H. Bailey on 



Description and Dimensions of the Canoe. 

 Mr. Ward, the photographer, of Oxford Street, Man- 

 chester, has taken a very good photograph of the boat, but 

 in order that we may have an exact record of its dimensions 

 I have caused four mechanical drawings to be prepared, 

 from which it will be seen that the boat in section is nearly 

 an exact semi-circle slightly flattened at the sides. (See 



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Fio. 6. 

 Fig. 3.) It bears internal evidence of some attempt at 

 design. An imaginary line drawn right through the centre 

 from one end to the other becomes the true centre, that 

 is to say, there is as much boat on one side as there is on 

 the other. (See Fig. 4.) I would infer from this that before 

 the boat was made it was designed, and that it was not 

 made by what is called "rule of thumb." The inside 



