What to do and how to do it; the American boys handy book (1920)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 438
the wood that the buck andsquaw were enabled to draw out the sides and thus supply thenecessary breadth of beam. Thwarts and slats were then placedin the canoe, and the water and stones thrown out. When thesteamed wood began to cool and contract the thwarts held itback, and. the sides held the… … 4IO Summer, SOAP-BUBBLES. Since writing Chapter XIV., my little nephew has shownme an improvement on the cumbersome manner of blowing gasbubbles here described. Blow a bubble just large enough to retain its form ; putyour finger over the mouthpiece of your pipe to prevent the es-cape of air; then…
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