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Boating trips on New England rivers (1884)

Fellows, Henry Parker · Boston, Cupples, Upham and company · leaf 57

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iOATINd TllIPS. PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS. I ought ])erhaps to say, by way of advice to any onewho has a desire to take a boating trip, that almost any boat is suitable for the i)iirpose, provided it is light and i)()rtal)le. In the absence of any choice, however, I wo\ild recom-mend,especially for two… … Three oars should be taken in preference to a pairalone. A painter of extra length should be provided, and along stern rope may be very useful at times in rapids. A tent, such as the one I have used, which has provedvery serviceable, may easily be made as follows. Themain canvas is about sixteen…

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