Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 301
scarcely equaled by any otheraccessible river of the United States. To build the hull of the flat-boat, use good pinelumber. For the sides, select two good, straighttwo-inch planks, fourteen feet long and about six-teen inches wide. Take one of the planks (FigureNo. i), measure six inches from the… … there will be a space inside the boat of five feeteight inches. Take three pieces of scantling,about three inches square and rive feet eight incheslong; place one near each end, flush with the bot-tom of the boat, just where the sheer of bow andstern begins. (See Figure No. 2, A and B.)…
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