BOATS FOR SPORTING USES. 635 



Waters Paper Canoe, —This is an improved Nautilus canoe, 

 made by Waters & Son, of Troy ; price $100 to $125. The body 

 is made of tough Hnen paper about one-sixth of an inch thick ; 

 length fourteen to sixteen feet, depth amidships eight and one-half 

 inches. It has a canvas deck which buttons at the sides. Weighs 

 fifty to sixty pounds. It has ample accommodations for camp 

 stuff, but carries only one person. Objection has been made that 

 the material (paper) would soon become soft and destructible, but 

 the long voyages of months and miles made in this craft wholly 

 controvert this. They will stand any kind of sea. 



77^1? Rushton Boat is made at Canton, N. Y. This is a round 

 bottom lap streak cedar or oak boat, with much more sheer and 

 bearings than the Adirondack boat, and much lighter, as they are 

 made to weigh as little as thirty pounds. It is best adapted for a 

 single person, but will accommodate two. Length, eleven to 

 thirteen feet ; weight, thirty to fifty-five pounds. 



The English Canoe. — This is a bass wood canoe made by 

 William EngHsh, of Peterboro, Canada, and like the Gordon ca- 

 noe, more nearly approaches the Indian birch canoe in shape and 

 character, than any other craft afloat, but is much stronger, stiffer 

 and faster. It is made of thin boards laid upon ribs two inches 

 apart so neatly that the seams cannot be detected on the outside. 

 Length fourteen to eighteen feet, weight about sixty pounds, and 

 will carry three persons and their baggage with ease. They are 

 not easily fractured, as bass wood is very tough. They can be 

 fitted with a small sprit sail. Price $25. 



The Gordon Canoe _ is like the English canoe in all respects 

 except the shape. It is, if anything, perhaps a little more cranky 

 but is preferred by many experts. It is made by Thomas Gordon, 

 at Lakefield, Peterboro, Canada. 



The Herald Cattoe is made at Gore's Landing, Rice Lake, 

 Canada, by Hutchinson & Co. Its material is white cedar. It 

 has no ribs, and is so constructed that it resembles a dug-out 

 canoe, both inside and out. Instead of ribs it has transverse strips 

 of cedar jointed neatly, constituting the frame of the canoe, and 

 upon which similar boards are laid lengthwise. Price, weight and 

 dimensions similar to the above. 



Berthons Self-Folditig Boat. — It is the invention of Rev. E. 



