[59] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 703 



Osdood's portable folding canvas boat — Continued. 



pounds, and draw lour inches of water. The jointed stretcher 

 is used in place of the sectional bottom board, with two side- 

 boards, one each side of stretcher. The boat set up this way 

 only weighs 20 pounds, and makes a very convenient boat for 

 trout-fishing, duck-hunting, or exploring iu ponds or streams 

 where the paddle will do as well as the oars. A box of water- 

 proofing fluid, with directions, sent with each boat. The canvas 

 is woven to order for this special use, and is stronger than the 

 usual thickness of birch-bark or cedar canoes. The water- 

 proofing leaves the canvas soft, preserves the fiber, prevents 

 mildew, and renders it impervious to water. The ribs are red 

 elm, the bottom-board and oars basswood, which is filled with 

 patent wood filling, preventing the water from penetrating the 

 wood. The rowlocks and square staples are of malleable iron. 

 This boat can be propelled rapidly ; it is very staunch ; will 

 not tip over by rocking, or by climbing into it from bathing ; 

 and can be made ready for the water in two minutes, and re- 

 quires no tools or ingenuity to set it up." 



FENNER'S PORTABLE BOAT. 



Model, scale 3 inches to foot. Wooden extension frame, over which 

 a canvas cover is laced, lashed, and stopped at ends ; flat bot- 

 tom) square ends. Thwarts act as braces to keep frame in 

 place. Dimensions of original: Length, 10 feet; beam, 3£ feet; 

 width of bottom, 2f feet. Mystic River, Conn., 187G. 25,879. 

 C. A. Fenuer. Used by sportsmen. 



Hegeman portable folding boat. 



Length, 10 feet; width, 3 feet. Ballston Spa, 1ST. Y. 29,506. 

 Hegeman Portable Folding-Boat Company. Directions for set- 

 ting up the boat : 1. Unfold the frame. 2. Place the knees and 

 seats in position before fastening the bottom-end section at the 

 end 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). 



Stranahan folding canvas boat. 



Length, 10 feet. " These boats are a combination of lightness, 

 strength, and durabilty, such woods being selected as give 

 these qualities in the highest degree, and all made upon 

 honor from first to last. The water-proof gum which we use 

 renders the duck water-tight and water-proof, and at the 

 same time preserves the strength of the fiber and protects 

 the cloth from mildew and mold, being of uniform pliability 

 in both intense hot and cold weather Each 



