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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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it IPS. rUACTICAL SUGGESTIONS. 1 ought jjcrluips to .say, i)y way of aclvi(;e to auy onewho has a desire to take a boating trip, that ahiiost any boat is siiitabh Jor tlu^ purpose, provided it is liglit and portable. Ill tlie absence of any clioice, lioAvcver, I woidd recom-mend, especially for two… … Three oars should be taken in }n-eference to a pairalone. A painter of extra length shoidd be provided, and ah)ng stern rope may be very useful at tinuS in ra})ids. A tent, such as the one I have tised, which has provedvery serviceable, may easily be made as follows. Themain canvas is about sixteen…

Boats and boating · Rivers -- New England · Middlesex County (Mass.) -- Description and travel · Berkshire County (Mass.) -- Description and travel

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