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CHAPTER Xll— Continued. 



THE HOUSEBOAT. 



I. 



By Captain R. W. Ceoal. 



ii MO three men agree about the dimensions, build and fittings most suitable for a perfect 

 ^^ shooting-boat" — thus wrote the compiler of the Sportsman's Diary which was 

 published in Shanghai in 1873, and the words are as true now as when they were penned. 

 An elaborate treatise on the subject will therefore not be attempted in the present 

 instance. 



The following particulars, however, may be of some slight service to those possessed 

 of sufficient temerity and superfluous cash to indulge in the luxury of building, or even to 

 those more prudent sportsmen who are content to bide their time, and await a favourable 

 opportunity of purchasing a desirable vessel at about one half, or even less, of her 

 original cost. 



A good example of the bluff-bowed houseboat is the speedy Ibis, whose dimensions 

 are as follows : — 



DIMENSIONS OF HOUSEBOAT "IBIS." 



Length over all 



do. of after-deck space 



do. of house (including W.-C.) ... 



do. of forward-deck space 



Breadth, extreme (including guards) ... 

 do. at bow (excluding guards) ... 



do. at stern ( do. ) 



do. at fore side of house (excluding guards) 

 do. at after do. do. 



Total depth of boat, measured from top of house to underside keel 



plank 



do. from inside of bottom planks to underside of house 

 From top of cabin floor to underside house beams amidships 

 do. do. do. for end of house 



do. do. do. after do. 



