BOATS FOR SPORTING USES. 629 



hundred dollars. Built by J. H. Rushton, Canton, St. Lawrence 

 County, N. Y. ; Waters & Balch, Troy, N. Y., or Mr. Jarvis, Wat- 

 kins, N. Y. 



Barnegat Sneak Boat. — This is a craft originating at Barnegat, 

 New Jersey, and much used for duck shooting : 



Length, twelve feet ; with midships, four feet ; width of stern, 

 two feet nine inches ; depth of stern, seven inches. Sprung tim- 

 bers all of one pattern, nine-sixteenths by thirteen-sixteenth inches ; 

 distance apart, eight inches ; deck timbers natural bend, one inch 

 by seven-eighths. Cock-pit, inside measurement, length, three 

 feet four inches ; width at bow and stern, eighteen and a half 

 inches ; midships, nineteen inches. Combing, height of inside at 

 bow and stern, two and three-quarter inches ; midships, two 

 inches ; from bottom of combing to top ceiling, thirteen inches. 

 Trunk on port side, set slanting to take a fifteen inch board trunk 

 placed alongside and abaft of forward corner of combing. Row- 

 locks, height, six inches ; from combing, nine inches ; middle of 

 to stern, four feet seven inches, made to fold down inboard and to 

 fasten up with a hook. Stool rack runs from rowlocks to stern, 

 notched at ends into fastening of rowlocks, also notched at corners 

 and hooked together, rest against a cleat on deck outside, and are 

 hooked to the deck inside. In a heavy sea the apron is used. It 

 is held up by a stick from peak to combing. Thus rigged the 

 boat has the reputation of being able to live as long as oars can 

 be pulled. The apron is tacked to the deck about two-thirds its 

 length. The wings are fastened to the top and bottom of the row- 

 locks. Mast hole, two and five-eighth inches ; two inches from 

 combing. Drop of sides from top to deck, five and seven- eighth 

 incheS; dead rise, eight inches. Over cock-pit a hatch is placed. 

 Everything connected with the boat is placed inside, gunners often 

 leaving their guns, etc., locking the hatch fast. The boats sail 

 well, and covered with sedge are used to shoot from. With the 

 hatch on, a person can be protected from rain, and with blankets, 

 can be accommodated, with a night's lodging. Boards for boats, 

 white cedar, five-eighths of an inch thick ; deck, narrow strips 

 tongued and grooved. 



A Common Guntting Boat. — Dimensions for a boat large 

 enough to hold two persons, with guns and a dog. The dimen- 



