LAUNCHING 



The Hampshire punts are now built rounder at the 

 stern, and the recoil of the gun is received entirely by 

 a knee fixed only to the bottom plank (instead of a cross 

 piece), which is far safer, and decidedly less likely to 

 tear away the sides of the purit. The bottom is now 

 made of one elm plank, an inch and a quarter thick, to 

 which this knee is fixed by bolts and screws ; and, 

 consequently, as there is no recoil on the sides of the 

 punt, every part, but this plank, is made as light as 

 possible. 



DIRECTIONS. 



Puut 14 feet long; bottom 15 inches broad; sides 10 inches high, 

 after increasing to about 2 feet 6 inches at the gunwales. This punt 

 must not exceed 80 Ibs. weight. [A solid block of elm is best for 

 the knee. A 50 Ib. gun, to carry 12 oz., answers best u for all 

 tacks" in launching. The old 70 Ib. guns of these men are too 

 heavy when you get foul of grass and ' * winkles."] 



NEWLY RIGGED MUDBOARD. 



12 inches square. 



N.B. Put your heel to that part of the long rope (or " pot-line") 

 which goes under D, and is spliced both to C and D. Then cross 

 the rope over your instep; put one end of it under D, and the other 

 under C, and then tie them, on the instep, in a hard sailor's knot. 



