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Steanahan folding canvas boat — Continued. 



sportsman knows. They also make a desirable family pleasure 

 boat, and a sail can be attached if desired. The boat can be 

 folded and made ready for transportation in a few minutes, 

 and unfolded and put together ready for use, in the same length 

 of time, no tools being required. Any of the modern rowing 

 gears can be applied and used. Prices given in the table are 



for boats with oars and stools Paddles 



furnished with boats if desired at 75 cents apiece extra. We 

 also furnish shoulder straps for carrying the boat when desired. 

 By means of these straps one man can carry the boat, when 

 folded, almost any distance with perfect ease, both hands being 

 free. Price of straps and fixtures $1 extra. These boats when 

 folded occupy one-half their size in length, being in two sec- 

 tions, the full width being maintained. The three sections 

 when folded occupy one-third their size in length, the full width 

 being maintained. We manufacture three sizes, of the follow- 

 ing dimensions and weights, with oars and stools : 



"10-foot boat, price $20 ; width at bottom, 18 inches ; capacity, 400 

 pounds ; width at top, 32 inches ; oars, one pair ; depth at 

 center, 11 inches ; number stools, two ; depth at ends, 15 inches ; 

 6-foot oars ; weight, 35 pounds. 



"12-foot boat, price $25; width at bottom, 26 inches; capacity, 600 

 pounds ; width at top, 38 inches ; oars, one pair ; depth at 

 center, 13 inches; number stools, three; depth at ends, 17 

 inches ; 6^-foot oars ; weight, 50 pounds. 



"15-foot boat, price $35 ; width at bottom, 28 inches ; capacity, 800 

 pounds ; width at top, 40 inches ; oars, two pairs ; depth at 

 center, 14 inches ; number stools, four ; depth at ends, 18 

 inches ; 6J-foot oars ; weight, 65 pounds. 



"For boats in three sections add $3 to price." — (Holmes.) 



Chagrin Falls, Ohio, 1883. 37,630. Exhibited by Frank Holmes. 

 Used for hunting and fishing. 



11. Sportsmen's boats. 

 Shooting box. 



Model. A rectangular, box-shaped punt, with a projecting platform 

 on all sides. Connected with this platform, by hinges, are double 

 folding platforms, or what may be termed wings. These may 

 be closed over the platform next the boat, or spread out to their 

 fullest extent on the water's surface by the occupant of the 

 shooting-box. Dimensions of original: Length of box, 7 feet; 

 width, 2i feet; width of platform next to box, 2 feet; extreme 

 length with wiugs extended, 20 feet; extreme width, 14 feet. 

 New Jersey, 1880. U. S. Fish Commission. Shooting-boxes of 

 2444— Bull. 27 45 



