Rowing; Punting (the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes) (1898)
Rowe, R. P. P., Squire, P. W., Duke of Beaufort (Ed.) · Longmans, Green and Co. (London) · leaf 301
240 PUNTING the jar of the pole on the bottom of the river in the succeeding stroke will very often effect this. Bothshapes have an equally’ good grip of the ground. The natural fir pole has almost dis- appeared from the pleasure-punt, having been superseded by the deal pole. A good-made pole… … may possess the two first qualities and yet lose them after one day’s punting. If the grain be not straight and the wood not of equally good quality throughout, it will go wrong very quickly ; even two poles carefully selected and apparently alike will wear very differently. After daily use for a…
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