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feet, or the philosophic unconcern with which they will 

 spend half their time in bailing out the water. 



In the first place, a boat for fishing should be safe and 

 light, dry, and capable of being easily rowed or paddled ; 

 and, in order to meet these requirements, considerable at- 

 tention should be given to its model and construction. It 

 should not be too long, and should have beam enough to 

 give stability, but not so much as to render it logy. 



Of late years great attention has been given by builders 

 to the construction of suitable small boats, for the angler 

 and sportsman, at a moderate price, so that there is now no 

 excuse for the employment of such death-traps as leaky 

 scows and cranky, unsafe skiffs. 



I am aware that most anglers, who use boats, depend on 

 hiring them at the usual fishing resorts ; but that is no ex- 

 cuse, for the amount usually paid for boat hire daring a 

 fishing vacation would be more than ample for the purchase 

 and freight charges of a good, safe, dry and comfortable 



boat. 



"EUREKA" FISHING-BOAT. 



R. J. Douglas & Co., of Waukegan, Illinois, who build 

 any thing from a steam-launch or a sloop-yacht to a ten- 

 pound canoe, have given much thought and attention to the 

 building of fishing-boats at a moderate price, and have suc- 

 ceeded in producing a very low-priced, yet well-modeled and 

 desirable boat, one that an angler can afford to own who 

 can. spend but a few days in the year fishing. 



They are enabled to do this by building this style of boat 

 in large numbers, and in employing on them the same work- 

 men the year round. They have them on hand, always, so 

 that they can be ordered by telegraph, and the angler can 



