33est means of 

 contepmg Punts, tit. otoer lanti. 



THE boat-cart, or canoe-carriage, here prescribed, 

 will, I think, be found the best means of conveying any 

 kind of punt to those places, where it would always be 

 most likely to answer ; such as ponds and other private 

 waters, where no gunners are allowed to sport; and 

 where the keepers scarcely know a punt from a pig- 

 trough. 



This carriage, if only required for the punt itself, 

 might be made much lighter, with only two high wheels, 

 similar to a long French cart. But when laden with 

 baggage, the plan of four wheels becomes a necessary 

 one, in order the better to support and save the punt. 

 In either case springs would be a decided improvement, 

 was it not for the duty on them. The best substitute 

 is, first to put a good bed of straw under the punt ; and 

 then to fasten on punt, baggage, and all, with a line, 

 similar to that used for binding a load of corn in 

 harvest. 



