HINTS ON PUNTING TO FOWL 247 
over one side with a single spoon paddle about six feet long. 
It must not be supposed that in a double punt the work is 
lighter because it is allotted to two men. A double punt 
is much larger than a single, and requires more strength to 
move and guide it along, especially where sets of the tide and 
beam winds are to be encountered. 
We wish to make no further reference to the comparison 
between double and single punts as regards their adaptability 
for wildfowling, than to remark that with well-designed and 
worked crafts of either types, under favourable conditions, the 
results are similar, always allowing for the size of artillery 
employed. Perhaps the double punts may hold an advantage 
over single in being able to stand more weather and live out in 
more open waters. It is misleading to say that double punts 
draw less water than singles, simply because it is generally 
found that they do so in the existing types of punts. We have 
used and seen single punts that did not draw quite as much 
water as most double punts. But we wish to add that these 
were such large and unwieldy crafts that they could not be 
worked satisfactorily by a single hand, and no doubt they 
would have been more manageable if made smaller, with deeper 
draught. 
Before a wildfowler can hope to approach wildfowl success- 
fully in a punt, he must be proficient in the manipulation 
of his craft to a certain degree at least. This, of course, 
requires considerable practice in sculling, setting, paddling, 
etc. Few really valuable hints can be given on paper. Per- 
sonal instructions from a learned practitioner are better than 
volumes of written matter. Failing these, practice, of course, 
must then of necessity be the only road to success. We shall 
be glad if our few hints here may be of assistance to those 
who are unable to receive personal tuition. Most people can 
be easily taught to row a gunning-punt. This, however, 
cannot be applied to sculling, setting, and paddling of punts, 
