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[Jan. 18 , 1908 . 
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Houseboats and Houseboating 
BY ALBERT BRAD LEE HUNT 
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A volume devoted to a new outdoor field, which has for its purpose 
three objects: 
FIRST— To make known the opportunities American waters afford for enjoyment of 
houseboating life. 
SECOND —To properly present the development which houseboating has attained in 
this country. 
THIRD —To set forth the advantages and pleasures of houseboating in so truthful a 
manner that others may become interested in the pastime. 
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The book contains forty specially prepared articles by owners and designers of well- 
known houseboats, and is beautifully illustrated with nearly 200 line and half-tone 
reproductions of plans and exteriors and interiors. A most interesting chapter is devoted 
to houseboating in England. 
Outdoor people, and, above all,, city people, will be greatly interested in this volume. 
The people of the United States are turning more and more toward an open-air life in 
■summer, yet the lands accessible to centers of civilization are being taken up and utilized 
so rapidly that they are each year growing more and more expensive. 
The work is printed on extra heavy paper, and is bound in olive green buckram. The 
price is $3.00 net. Postage 34 cents. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY 
346 Broadway, New York 
WOODCRAFT. 
By Nessmuk. Cloth, 160 pages. Illustrated. Price, $i.oo. 
A book written for the instruction and guidance of those who go for 
pleasure to the woods. 
Its author, having had a great deal of experience 
in camp life, has succeeded admirably in putting the wisdom so acquired 
into plain and intelligible English. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW’ YORK. 
SHRINKAGE OF WOOD WHEN DRIED. 
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Interesting experiments on the shrinkage of 
wood due to the loss of moisture have recently 
been completed by the Forest Service at its 
timber testing station at Yale University. 
These- experiments show that green wood does 
not shrink at all in drying until the amount of 
moisture in it has been reduced to about one- 
third of the dry weight of the wood. From this, 
point on to the absolutely dry condition, the 
shrinkage in the area of cross-section of the 
wood is directly proportional to the amount of 
moisture removed. ' 
The shrinkage of wood in a direction parallel 
to the grain is very small; so small in compari¬ 
son with the shrinkage at right angles to the 
grain, that in computing the total shrinkage in 
volume, the longitudinal shrinkage may be 
neglected entirely. . ' 
The volumetric shrinkage varies with differeni 
woods, being about 26 per cent, of the dr> 
volume for the species of eucalyptus known a; 
blue gum. and only about 7 per cent, for req 
cedar! For hickory, the shrinkage is about 2cj 
per cent, of the dry volume, and for longlea 
pine about 15 per cent. 
In the usual air dry condition, from 12 to 1; 
per cent of moisture still remain in the wood 
so that the shrinkage from the green conditior 
to the air dry condition is only a trifle oveif 
half of that from the green to the absolutelj 
dry state. 
LOG CABINS AND COTTAGES 
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This work covers the field of building for the woods from the simplest shelters to the most elaborate cottage, 
cabins and houses. The details and directions are very specific and easily comprehended, and the illustrations 
are so numerous and so taking that one will be sure to find in them something to his taste. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY 
DEER IN NEW JERSEY. 
A large deer which had probably escaper 
from a private preserve was driven by the stonr 
last night to seek shelter in a wagon house ot 
the farm of William Knowlton on Passaii. 
Valley road, near Two Bridges, N. J., say 
a correspondent of the Times. When Mr 
Knowlton and his 15-year-old son Edward wen 
out last night to bed down the cattle, they cam: 
upon the deer. 
In its efforts to escape it bowled Fame' 
Knowlton and his son over like tenpins. Th. 
boy, who was carrying a lantern, escaped wit 
a wetting in the slushy yard, but his father waj 
not so fortunate. His left arm and thigh wer 
considerably bruised when he fell against a piec 
of scantling. 
Notwithstanding his injuries, the fame 
placed a quantity of hay in the wagon shed fa 
the animal in case it should' return during thf 
night. 
This morning the hay was pretty well gorn 
showing that the deer had returned and prot 
ably staved in the shed until daylight. 
Last spring two deer frequented this neigl 
borhood, and stopped in the Knowlton wago[. 
house several nights, their tracks having bee, 
noticed three successive mornings. When tl 1 
warm weather set in the animals left, and nor 
was seen again until this one appeared last nigh 
A NO ACCOUNT DOG. 
A man in Missouri recently sued a railwa 
company for damages for the death of a hour, 
killed on the track. The company defendt 
itself upon the following points: 
Said dog was chasing a rabbit up defendant 
track in violation of the game laws. 
Said rabbit lived on defendant’s right of wa 
and was therefore the property of the defendar 
Plaintiff’s dog was a trespasser, and was hurt, 
ing defendant’s property without permission. J 
Said deceased was not much of a dog, an 
how, or it could easily have kept out of the w. 
of defendant’s trains. 
And having fully answered, defendant pra 
to be discharged.—Youth’s Companion. 
HOW TO BOILD AND FURNISH THEM. 
By William S. Wicks. Price, $1.50. 
WOODCRAFT. 
By Nessmuk. Cloth, 160 pages. Illustrated. Price, 
A book written for the instruction and guidance I 
those who go for pleasure to the woods. Its autb. 
having had a great deal of experience in camp life, 1 
succeeded admirably in putting the wisdom so acqui* 
into plain and intelligible English. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
