For playground, field, and forest; the outdoor handy book (1900)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 247
boat was ready for use (Fig. 218). He quaintly says that it looked like a starved dog, with all its ribs showingthrough the skin, just as the ribs of an umbrella show ontop through the silk covering. But this does not in anyway impede the progress of the boat through the water. Where the moulds are… … Fig. 219.—Canoe Folded for Transportation. Canoe in Water in Distance. moulds is that the canvas is very apt to be damaged thereby contact with the. shore, float, or whatever object it rubsagainst. With ordinary care the umbrella canoe Will Last for Years, and is a good boat for paddling on inland…
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