

in fact any of them illustrated herein or those 

 mentioned in the "Fisherman's Manual." Many 

 of these boats are supplied with air chambers, ren- 

 dering them practical life boats. 



These steel boats are built of heavily galvanized 

 "Appollo" steel. Each strip is cut from a special 

 pattern and made to conform without strain to the 

 beautiful curves that distinguish this line of boats 

 from all other craft, and gives to them that grace- 

 ful poise in the water that is distinctive, and draws 

 forth praise from all who see them. The lapping, 

 seaming or grooving of the steel strips is by a new 

 process, used only in these boats. By its use leak- 

 age is absolutely impossible. The steel boat will 

 last forever. It cannot rot. The heavy galvaniz 

 ing protects it from rusting, and it is so staunch 

 that a blow from an axe that would fell an ox will 

 hardly dent a good steel boat. They have been se 

 verely tried out in stumpy water where wood boats 

 had been stove in numerous times; they have been 

 taken down rocky rapids in trout streams and came 

 through uninjured, where a wooden boat of equal 

 dimensions could not have been made strong 

 enough to stand the knocks and jars. They will 

 not check or crack nor get out of shape, because 

 there is no strain anywhere, all the pretty curves 

 are natural, and they have a much handsomer, 

 cleaner appearance than the wooden boat that 

 must inevitably become water-soaked and rotten. 



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