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ing-float, provided, of course, the sportsman 

 thoroughly understands the methods of operating 

 it. This, however, requires a much greater expe- 

 rience than many of my readers may suppose, 

 and even the operation of sculling whilst lying 

 upon the back will be found exceedingly laborious 

 and awkward to the beginner. The operation of 

 building the sculling-float is so similar to that 

 already described for other boats, that I will not 

 weary my readers with a repetition of details. 

 Its dimensions are as follows : 



Length over all, eleven feet six inches. 



Length on bottom, ten feet seven inches. 



Width, five feet from stern, on top, three feet 

 two inches. 



Width, five feet from stern, on bottom, two feet 

 three inches. 



Width, at stern, top, two feet three inches. 



Width, at stern, bottom, one foot nine inches. 



Depth, one foot one inch, or thirteen inches. 



Slant of stern, three inches. 



At eighteen inches from stern-end the bottom 

 rises quickly toward the stern to the height of 

 one and a half inches, and a scag of inch oak is 

 put on along the centre of this slant, running on 

 its under edge in line to meet the bottom where 



