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fill the seam completely, as there must be 
room left to take the putty which finishes 
the job. 
W HEN the seams are all calked they 
must be painted so they will hold 
the putty. Work the paint well in. A 
regular “seam” brush is the best to use. 
It looks like an overgrown toothbrush, 
which offers a suggestion if you cannot 
get the seam brush. Then give her a 
thin coat of paint all over and putty all 
seams and nail-holes after the paint is 
dry. The best putty for this kind of 
work is not the store variety, but a mix- 
ture of white lead and whiting in ^he 
usual putty consistency. After the putty 
has dried somewhat put two more coats 
of thin paint on and she will last a couple 
of seasons before you need the brush 
again. 
Put a ring in the bow for a rope, or it 
may be run through a hole in the tran- 
som and knotted on the inside. A fig- 
ure-eight knot is the kind to use. Fit 
two pairs of rowlocks as explained above, 
and they should be of the side-plate pat- 
tern, fastened through guard and plank 
with stove bolts or rivets. 
Oars should be long enough so that the 
grips for the hands lap in the middle of 
the boat and one-fourth their length be 
inside the boat. This means about seven 
feet for this boat. By all means get a 
lock that is loose on the oar and learn 
vO feather on the recover, or back stroke. 
The pin going through the oar that is so 
popular in the Adirondacks, on the St. 
Lawrence and a few other places is an 
abomination. It keeps the blade always 
in a vertical position and in a strong 
head wind they are as hard to push for- 
ward in the air as they are to pull back 
in the water. Of course, a pin can’t fall 
overboard, but if the loose lock is tied to 
the seat, you have the same result. 
Judging by the usual equipment, few 
people realize that the size of the lock 
has a definite relation to the oar it is used 
with. They should fit just loose enough 
in the bow to give the oar good play 
and be close enough in the horns so that 
the oar will slide down nearly to the 
blade before it will lift out. 
The oar itself should be protected by 
leather where it rests in the lock, say for 
six inches of its length, and further fitted 
with a leather collar firmly nailed on 
and big enough to prevent it from slid- 
ing through the lock. With this equip- 
ment you have all the advantages of the 
pin lock and none of its disadvantages. 
Two other pieces of equipment make 
the outfit complete. First, the bailing 
scoop which costs little and is way ahead 
of any can. It is made of wood and very 
similar to the kind you find in the old 
sugar barrel, but flatter. Wh.en there is 
much w’ater in the boat you .can shovel 
it out by the pail full and almost the last 
drop can be reached with far less labor 
than required by the can. 
Oars should be used for rowing and 
nothing else. They are very prone to 
break when used as a push pole, so some 
sort of a pole, six to eight feet long, 
should be aboard the craft. If you are 
in a sand and rock country, this pole 
should be shod with iron; if in muddy 
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