THE SURFACE-BOAT; COFFIN-BOAT; 

 BATTERY; SINK, OR BOX. 



UG-OUTS have been entirely superseded 

 during the three or four past seasons, on 

 the waters of the Chesapeake, by the in- 

 troduction of the surface-boat, as repre- 

 sented in the above engraving. 



This ingenious machine has many local 

 appellations. Those in most general use will 

 be seen at the heading of this article, and 

 at the close of it the reader will find explicit directions, together 

 with a skeleton model of the same to be used as a guide in building 

 one for his own use. 



The boat is anchored out on the feeding-grounds, surrounded by 

 innumerable decoys, resembling as much as possible the canvas- 

 backs, and so balanced in the water that the most observant eye 



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