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AUXILIARY HOUSE-BOAT— DESIGNED BY MR. M. HUBBE FOR MR. PIERRE LORILLARD. 
Upon this floating foundation is erected a struc'ure about 
8ft. high at the eaves, and from 6in. to a foot higher in the 
center. There should be no ridge, but the roof should 
extend in an easy curve from side to side and be covered 
with painted canvas like a steamer's deck. This will shed 
water like a duck's back in the heaviest rain storms. The 
eaves may be carried out over the sides and ends for 
shelter if desired, and the deck should be so carried out 
SECTH::V-AUXTLIARY HOUSE-BOAT^-DESIGNED BY 
MESSRS. CLAY & TORBENSEN. 
to give a promenade and lounging place all the way round. 
From ihe roof at each end boat davits should extend to 
allow the tenders to be hoisted up for the night, which 
will prevent their getting alongside and making night 
hideous by bumping. Note— An ark is a sort of big bass 
drum and the slightest contact produces a sound in the 
stillness of the night "fit to wake the dead." 
Under the eaves there should be a tank to hold water 
tor the cuhnary department and another for the wash- 
stand, or one tank can easily be made to serve for both 
These are filled by bringing a barrel of water alongside 
and pump:ng the water up into the tanks. On rivers and 
lakes, of course, this would be unnecessary. It is only on 
salt water that the barrel is requisite as an intermediary 
The interior may be fitted up as elaborately or as plainly 
as fancy (or the purse) dictates. A good general plan is, a 
large living, dining and smoking room. From this a 
passage leads to the after gangway, having on one side the 
kitchen and pantry, and on the other a small room for a 
servant if one is kept. In some of our arks the "Jap" (all 
the ark servants are Japanese) goes ashore after the dishes 
are washed, and is seen no more until the nex: morning 
in time to get breakfast. While the "arkonauts" are away, 
swimming or boating, the Jap puts things to rights, ma- 
king beds, sweeping out, etc. These beds usually consist 
of a couple of bunks in each corner of the main room as 
wide as an ordinary double bed, with spring mattresses 
and all ihe modern improvements, curtained off and 
affording accommodations for eight sleepers if necessary. 
As to the cost of this affair, it, like the dimensions, is a 
matter to be regulated by the financial ability of the 
projector. I know one that cost, complete, considerably 
less than $200. and ano.her whose owner didn't get off 
much under $3,000. One of the best we have was built by 
the owner and his friends (clerks in stores) in their 
spare time. It took a good while to do it, and I'm not at 
all sure her owner ever will stop work on it, but he and 
his friends have been living in it all this season. An ark 
can be just as simple and plain, and just as elabora e and 
as orna;e as you please; so long as the "boat part" is well 
built, tight and strong all is well; that is the sine qua non, 
there must be no skimping of material there; the spikes, 
must be long enough to hold the planks, and Jte planks 
thick enough to hold the spikes and the caulking. 
Now as to the uses of the ark, they are d'verse, but 
governed, of course, largely by the environment; one' may 
be towed up some quiet stream where the fishing is good, 
or where milk and eggs are within call, and leftin charge 
of madam and the young ones, who can amuse .hemselves; 
rowing, swimming or doing nothing, while paterfamilias, 
hies him to the neighbor'ng railway station on his way to 
the city and slavery. As the headquarters of a hunting 
party the ark may be moored in some quiet bay or creek, 
or on some lake far enough from shore to avoid the blood-I 
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