Harper's boating book for boys; a guide to motor boating, sailing, canoeing and rowing (1912)
Davis, Charles G. (Charles Gerard), 1870-1959, ed · New York, London, Harper & Brothers · leaf 331
o nickel fittings. In the Canadian rivers, lakes, and some parts of Maine,where a few Indians live, there will still appear the frail,graceful, birch-bark canoe. They are light and easy topaddle when not going against the wind. I have pur-chased an eighteen-foot canoe for $15 and sold it at $10when… … BOATING BOOK FOR BOYS Repairing a Canoe To mend a tear or rip in a canvas or bark canoe, ortighten up the seams, there is a gumlike substance thatcan be purchased at any outfitters which when heated formsa waxlike covering over the opening which is watertight.The Indians melt a little pitch and…
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