PUNT CARRIAGES, WAGONS, AND HOUSES 227 
Two windows are placed on one side of the house. Many 
additions may be made as they suggest themselves to the 
gunners. Hat and coat pegs can be arranged inside, also cup- 
boards, shelves to hold ‘‘cripple-stopper’’ cases, and the big 
gun case, blocks, falls, oil-bottles, wadding and ammunition 
boxes, and soon. ‘‘A place for everything and everything in 
its place” is a golden rule which goes to make punt-shooting 
comfortable and pleasant. 
Our sketch is to scale, and, we hope, will give the general 
idea of a punt-house for the wildfowler. A house of this size is 
sufficiently large to stow a good-sized ‘‘ following boat” during 
the summer months as weli as the punt or punts ; for if more 
than one, the smaller can be slung overhead. Following boats 
during the shooting season can be beached when not in use, 
and are not likely to take as much harm as punts do if left in 
the open. For a single-handed punting outfit a much smaller 
house would do all that is required. One 20 ft. long, 8 ft. 
wide, and 8 ft. high, would be amply large for a single-handed 
punter. 
Before building a boat-house on the coast, the sportsman 
should be careful to see that he obtains full and truthful par- 
ticulars regarding proper written permission to do so, or he 
can rent the ground for a mere trifle, which is a far better plan. 
It is also wise (and, we believe, is the thing generally done 
by most punt-gunners who own valuable gear) to insure the 
punt and accessories against loss by fire. 
