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triving a punt in which he can work himself over the 

 mud without getting out! But, as this would be of no 

 use to gentlemen, and as, by giving an engraving of it, 

 I might only be serving other gunners, to his injury, I 

 shall say no more about it ; particularly as I, of course, 

 make it a rule never to publish the particulars of any 

 thing that I consider as having been explained to me 

 in confidence. 



POOLE CANOE. 



(For shooting from the creeks, with a large shoulder 



gun.) 



The Poole canoe is built sharp at both ends, on the 

 plan of the Greenland whale-boat, except being so flat 

 at the bottom as to draw but about two inches of water, 

 and so light as to weigh only from sixty to a hundred 

 pounds. For this canoe, &c. see the plates and in- 

 structions, with the assistance of which a carpenter 

 ought not to mistake in building one. 



DIRECTIONS. 



Dimensions. From stem to stern, 12 feet; length of bottom, 

 10 feet; bottom, at centre, 3 feet 2 inches; width, at ditto, from 

 gunwale to gunwale, 3 feet 7 inches ; height, 1 1 inches at centre, 

 rising to 13 ditto fore and aft j weight, about lOOlbs. 



N. B. Timbers yew or oak. Bottom to be three pieces of elm or 

 pine, an inch thick. Each side one plank of elm, one-third of an 

 inch thick. Caulk the seams with oakum : then pour in hot rosin : 

 and paint the bottom (outside) with red lead. 



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