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sportsmen's canteen and fishermen's bottle. 209 



SELF-FILLING BOTTLES. 



These are made oval-shaped, of elastic compound, of various 

 sizes, after the manner of hollow- ware, the mouth being made of 

 caoutchouc ivory. The improvement in these articles consists in 

 this, that after being collapsed by the pressure of the hand, they 

 will fill themselves without a tunnel, and will also take the 

 water quite pure from a spring or rivulet which is very shallow, 

 when it could not readily be obtained clear in any other way. 

 This bottle is especially valuable to sportsmen and farmers. 

 When it is collapsed, and the cork is inserted, it occupies but 

 little space. See plate xxii., fig. 5. 



SPORTSMEN'S FLASKS. 



This is a glass bottle, covered in the same way as the bottles 

 and demijohns described in another chapter, or they are made 

 of caoutchouc ivory without glass. They are made in a variety 

 of patterns, such as are commonly made of leather, in two parts ; 

 the cover or bottom which comes off, answering the purpose of 

 a drinking cup. See plate xxii., fig. 6. 



SPORTSMEN'S CANTEEN AND FISHERMEN'S BOTTLE. 



These articles are made with the improved caoutchouc ivory 

 hose-stopper, (represented, plate , fig. ,) through which one 

 can drink from them without drawing a cork, and by which 

 they may also be inflated and used as life-preservers, when 

 emptied of water; for these reasons, these canteens are believed 

 to be one of the most useful and important improvements in 

 gum-elastic. See plate xxii., fig. 7. 



