36 SHOOTING THE DUCK 



If required only for a gun weighing 130 Ibs. or 

 less, the length may be 21 ft. 8 in., the width of floor 

 2 ft. 10 in. and the width across deck 3 ft. 7 in., 

 other dimensions remaining the same. The follow- 

 ing is : 



A small double punt to take two fairly light men 

 and a gun of from 80 Ibs. to 100 Ibs. : 



ft. in. 



Total length . . . .21 o 

 Length on floor . . . .20 5 

 Floor at widest ....30 

 Width across deck ... 3 6 

 Height of stem ....06 



stern . ...07^ 

 Length of fore-deck ... 7 6 



after-deck ... 3 3 



Light punts, in which not a few gunners like 

 to knock about on the coast, for use with a heavy 

 shoulder-gun, follow closely in most cases the dimen- 

 sions long ago laid down by Colonel Hawker. These 



dimensions are : 



ft. in. 



Length from stem to stern . .14 o 



at bottom . . .13 4 



Width amidships ... 3 8 



at bottom . 3 o 



Depth at bow ....07 



astern i i 



Spring fore and aft . o 3^ 



