GUNNING-PUNT ACCESSORIES 151 
It must be remembered that the seat should be strongly 
made. Yellow pine will serve well. The legs may be better 
and stronger if made of oak. The hinges should, of course, 
be brass. Like all other things inboard the punt, paint seats 
with red lead. Turning seats are not suitable articles for true 
gunning-punts. They are found chiefly in light boats used for 
duck-shooting with shoulder guns. 
Foot-stretchers are useful to assist the rowing of a punt. 
SCALE 1 FOOT. 
FOOT STRETCHERS 
Cet) ror wr 
VADER SOR 
SIE 
MUD BOANBS cm PATTERS 
GUN HANGER FOR HOOKING FOR 
OVER COAMING WALKING SOFT MUD OR OOZE 
(NE PAIR FOR EACH GUN 
We figure a simple form, consisting of bar and end pieces. 
Into the end pieces are dowelled two round oak pegs, # in, 
diameter. These pegs fit through holes in the ceiling boards, 
and thus mount the stretcher. By pushing with the feet 
against the bar in a downward direction, a better purchase on 
the water may be secured by the oars. If a punt is built 
strongly and will stand it, a simple form of foot-bar can be 
arranged by fitting a bar from side to side in a similar manner 
to the seat previously mentioned. The foot-bar and end pieces 
answer well in oak. Greenheart (Bebeera) is an improvement 
as a wood of which to make the foot-bar. 
