SKIFFS AND SNEAK BOATS. 563 



out — for such a thing is possible — was used by Mr. 

 George T. Farmer, of Chicago, as a marsh and river 

 boat in duck shooting. It is 12 feet long and 14 inches 



MEXICAN CYPRESS PIROGUE. 



deep. The thin edge is strengthened by a light strip 



for a rail. This is an easy sort of boat to fall out of. 



Up on Wolf River, in Wisconsin, they have a hunt- 



WOLF RIVER CANOE. 



ing and trapping canoe, for paddling or pushing, which 

 is an odd-looking but serviceable boat. It is 16 feet 

 long and about 20 inches deep. It is decked about 



