FO WLING-P [/NTS. 467 



DIMENSIONS AND DIRECTIONS IN THE USE OF 

 FOWLING-PUNTS. (See opposite Plate, Fig. i.) 



Single-handed punt for sculling to fowl, to take 

 a gun of Solbs. to I2olbs. weight, and a man of 

 about 12 stone.* 



Length over all i8ft. 



Length on floor . . I7ft. 3in. 



Greatest width of floor 2ft. gin. 



Greatest width at gunwale 3ft. 4-in. 



Height of stem . . . 5^in. 



Height of stern . . . . . . . . . Sin. 



Length of fore-deck 7ft. 3in. 



Length of after-deck 3ft. 6in. 



Greatest width of cockpit 2ft. 2in. 



Width of side-decks at half-length of cockpit, each . . 6^in. 



Each side flared out at most ...... 3iin. 



Round of deck at gunbeam. . . . . . 3in. 



Coaming forward, 3in. high, aft. 2^in., and fin. thick. 



Spring on floor, fore and aft 2^ in. 



Kammel or round athwart-ships fin. 



Floor-timbers I4in. apart, and a pair of elm knees (&in. to fin. thick) 



to each alternate one. 



Floor-timbers of elm, i^in. wide on surface by fin. deep. 

 3 aft and 5 fore-deck rafters, fin. on surface by iin. deep. 

 Floor-planks, fin. yellow pine. 

 Sides, a full ^in. yellow pine. 

 Decks, fin. yellow pine. 



For a gun of not more than 7olbs. to Solbs. this 

 punt may then be built i7ft. 6in. over all, i6ft. Qin. 

 on floor. Width of floor at widest, 2ft. Sin. ; of 

 deck, 3ft. 2in. ; height of stem, 5in. ; of stern, 

 7^in. ; length of fore-deck, 7ft. ; of after-deck, 3ft. ^ 

 round of gunbeam, 3in. ; coaming forward, 3-|in. 



* For a gun of not more than loolbs. this craft may be 2ft. Sin. on 

 floor, 3ft. 2in. at gunwale ; all else the same as above. 



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