FO WLING-P UNTS. 469 



DIMENSIONS AND DIRECTIONS IN THE USE OF 

 FOWLING-PUNTS. (See Plate 13, Page 467, 

 Fig. 2.) 



Single-handed punt for paddling to fowl, to take 

 a gun of Solbs. to H2lbs. weight, and a man of 

 about 12 stone.* 



Length over all i8ft. 2in. 



Length on floor 17 ft. 3in. 



Greatest width of floor 2ft. Sin. 



Greatest width at gunwale 3ft. 



Height of stem . Sin. 



Height of stern 7|in. 



Length of fore-deck 7ft. 6in. 



Length of after-deck . . . . . . . .4ft. 



Greatest width of cockpit 2ft. 



Width of side-decks opposite openings for paddling, each . 6in. 



Each side flared out at most 2in. 



Round of deck at gunbeam . . . . . . 3 m< 



Coaming, forward, 2f in. high ; aft, 2^in. ; thick, fin. 



Spring on floor, fore and aft 2in. 



Kammel, or round athwart-ships fin. 



Floor-timbers ift. apart, and a pair of oak knees (|in. to &in. thick) 



to each alternate one. 



Floor-timbers of elm, lin. wide on surface, fin. deep. 

 4 after and 6 fore-deck rafters, lin. on surface by iin. deep. 

 Floor-planks, in. yellow pine. 

 Sides, a small ^in. yellow pine ; if of elm, fin. 

 Decks, fin. yellow pine or fir. 



If a very fast punt of this class is required for a 

 place where there is much competition, a sheltered 

 harbour, and the birds few and wild, and tides strong, 

 for a light man and 6olb. to Solb. gun, she may 

 be built 1 7ft. 5 in. over all, i6ft. Sin. on floor. Floor, 

 at widest, 2ft. 6in. ; at gunwale, 2ft. loin. ; height 

 of stem, 4^in. ; of stern, 7in. ; round of gunbeam, 



* For a gun of not more than 85lbs. this craft may be built, over 

 all, 1 7ft.; on floor, i6ft. 3in.; all else the same as above. 



