SHOOTING THE DUCK AT SEA 35 



When setting up to fowl in a double-handed 

 punt, the puntsman, as the second man is called, lies 

 on his left side and sculls an oar in a starboard spur 

 when in deep water, and in shallows uses the setting- 

 pole. Some fowlers advocate a rudder to a double- 

 handed punt, but not, I think, very many ; a punts- 

 man worthy the name can keep an absolutely true 

 course without one. The following are the dimen- 

 sions given for : 



A double-handed punt, for paddling, sculling, or 

 using a setting-pole, to take a gun of from 1 30 Ibs. to 

 170 Ibs. weight : 



ft. in. 



.Total length .... 22 5 

 Length on floor .... 22 o 

 Greatest width of floor ..32 

 across decks . 3 1 1 

 Height of stem . . . . o 5^ 



,, stern ....08 



Length of fore-deck . . .8 3 



after-deck' ... 4 2 



Greatest width of cockpit ..26 



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