LITMIR.BIZ

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664650139

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       Boat-Building and Boating

       BOAT-BUILDING AND BOATING

       CHAPTER I HOW TO CROSS A STREAM ON A LOG

       How to Build a Logomaran

       A Logomaran

       If You Have an Auger and No Nails

       Fibrous Inner Bark

       How to Make a Fibre Rope

       A Dunnage Crib

       CHAPTER II HOME-MADE BOATS

       The Crusoe Raft

       The Chump's Raft

       A Chump's Raft of Logs

       CHAPTER III A RAFT THAT WILL SAIL

       The Deck

       The Sail

       The Keelig

       CHAPTER IV CANOES

       Slab Canoe

       The Dugout

       How to Build a Siwash Canoe

       How to Make a White Man's Dugout Canoe

       CHAPTER V CANOES AND BOATING STUNTS

       Old Shells

       Checks or Cracks

       The Cause of Upsets

       The Delights of a Shell

       Stand Upright In a Shell

       How to Land Where There Is No Float

       How to Embark Where There Is No Float

       Ozias Dodge's Umbrella Canoe

       How the Canoe Was Built

       Will Last for Years

       CHAPTER VI THE BIRCH-BARK

       The Tree

       Dimensions

       Bark

       Difference in the Bark

       Process of Peeling

       Toasting

       The Roll

       Effects of Heat

       The Woodwork

       Ribs

       Lining Strips

       Seasoning

       The Bed

       Building

       To Soften the Bark

       Bow-piece

       Patching and Pitching

       Leaks

       Bottom Protection

       A Canvas

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