The boy's own book of indoor games and recreations : a popular encyclopædia for boys (1890)
Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910, Hutchison, George Andrew, 1841-1913 · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 270
CHAPTER XXIII.~THE BUILDING OF THE SWALLOW; OR, HOW TO MAKE A BOAT. By E. Henry Davies, C.E. Until recently I was among the number of those who, though fond of boating, arenot able to gratify their taste on account of not possessing a boat, or finding itconvenient or possible to hire one. Well,… … Fig. I.—The Swallow. sufficient spare money to buy, I there and then determined to build, and I nowpurpose telling how I did so, and giving all particulars as to time and cost. The engraving (Fig. i) is a reproduction from a photograph of the Swallow, as sheappeared when on her first trial-trip.…
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