RECREATION. 



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Regarding the Strength 



and Weight of the 

 Canvas which we use. 



VERY few know the superior 

 quality of the special weave 

 canvas used on the KING BOAT, 



over the frame of galvanized steel 

 made to stand salt water. The 

 Test we have made many times at 

 the factory is to fasten a piece of 

 canvas firmly over the head of an 

 empty nail keg ; take an ordinary 

 pound and a quarter carpenter's 

 hammer with i}i inch face and 

 strike it full force. The great 



danger is not to the canvas but to the person striking, as the rebound of the 



hammer is very apt to throw it entirely out of their hand. 



1 l=foot Regular 



The special weave canvas which we use is 20-oz. weight, but woven 

 from a cord similar to sail twine, and made water-tight before water-proofing. 

 In one inch square of canvas there is no less than 80 strands of twine, so that 

 in striking the canvas with an \y% inch hammer face you are attempting to 

 break 100 strands of sail twine, which you can readily understand is impos- 

 sible, particularly so when this canvas is drawn over the elastic steel frame of 

 the King boat which has great 

 cushioning qualities, rebounding 

 from any obstruction, making a 

 very superior boat for swift 

 water containing dangerous ob- 

 structions, qualities possessed by 

 no other boat of any kind. 



King Folding 

 CscIwqls Boatt Co. 



KALAMAZOO.Mich., U.S.A. 



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