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Boats. 



Portable boats. 



29506. Hegeman portable folding boat. Length, 10 feet; width, 3 feet. 



Hegeman Portable Folding Boat Company, Ballston Spa, N. Y. 

 Directions for setting up boat : 



1. Unfold the frame. 



2. Place the knees and seats in position before fastening the bottom- 



end section at the ends of the boat. 



3. Fasten the bottom-end section to the ends of the boat by the 



thumb-screws. 



4. Place on the canvas with the cords and tie in a single loop (or bow 



knot). 



22218. Model of Colvin portable canvas boat. (Patented Oct. 6, 1874.) R. 

 . A. Scott & Co., Albany, N. Y. 



"This boat consists of a canvas exterior made thoroughly water-proof 

 by a preparation which preserves the strength of the canvas and prevents 

 decay and oxidation. It is shaped like a canoe, sharp at both ends, and 

 cuts the water handsomely. Along the sides and bottom are leather 

 thongs, by which the boughs and limbs cut for frame can be lashed se- 

 curely to the canvas, with the assistance of the four leather framing 

 blocks or sockets (two for each end), which connect the stem and stern 

 posts (or prow pieces) with the keelson, and it can be readily put together 

 anywhere in the woods, no tools being required for the purpose, excepting 

 such as are always carried by a party of sportsmen, or others, an ax or 

 hatchet only being needed. The whole of it can be packed away in a 

 space 24 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 3 inches thick. The size now 

 made (No. 3), although but 12 feet long, will carry six men, or four men 

 with their necessary baggage, and weighs but 12 pounds when rolled up. 

 It has been tested in a heavy sea with a frame of green boughs cut only 

 two hours before, and carried a weight of 700 pounds safely and easily." 



25879-26-112. Model of Tenner's portable boat. With canvas bottom, C. 

 A. Fenner, Mystic River, Connecticut. 



One of these models is shown closed up in its case ready for transporta- 

 tion, the other set up for use. 



Canoes. 



26619. Paper canoe "Maria Theresa." N. H. Bishop, Lake George, N. Y. 



Designed by Rev. Baden Powell, of England ; built by E. Waters & 

 Sons, of Troy, N. Y. Dimensions : length, 14 feet ; beam, 28 inches ; 

 depth (amidship), 9 inches ; weight of canoe, 58 pounds ; weight of ca- 

 noeist, 130 pounds; weight of outfit, 90 pounds; total, 278 pounds. 

 Rowed by Mr. N. H. Bishop (from Troy, N. Y., 2,000 miles) while on his 

 first geographical journey from the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the Gulf of 

 Mexico, 2,500 miles, during 1874 and 1875. Since the completion of the 

 voyage all injuries the hull sustained were remedied by the simple appli- 

 cation of a sheet of paper and a coat of shellac varnish to the outside of 

 the boat. When in use a piece of canvas covers the midecked'part of the 

 canoe and keeps the interior dry. Water-courses traversed by Mr. Bishop 

 during 1874 and 1875: From Quebec, rivers Saint La wrence and Richelieu, 



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