. Complete wildfowler . nmud-banks or sand-bars, all their fowl being met with at certaintimes of the tide on the water ; whereas at other quarters thereverse takes place. Some spots afford both land and watershots, and so on. Of course, at all places, some times arebetter than others for negotiating wildfowl. In our sketch accompanying this chapter I give a punt forrough-water shooting—the open sea. When I make the state-ment rough water I mean such as any reasonable personmight expect a punt to live in. The drawing is to scale, andthe chief dimensions are hinted upon ; thus it will not be ne
. Complete wildfowler . nmud-banks or sand-bars, all their fowl being met with at certaintimes of the tide on the water ; whereas at other quarters thereverse takes place. Some spots afford both land and watershots, and so on. Of course, at all places, some times arebetter than others for negotiating wildfowl. In our sketch accompanying this chapter I give a punt forrough-water shooting—the open sea. When I make the state-ment rough water I mean such as any reasonable personmight expect a punt to live in. The drawing is to scale, andthe chief dimensions are hinted upon ; thus it will not be neces-sary to repeat them. The punt in question is designed fordeep-water shooting, and has a draught of about 7 in. aft whenloaded with 4 cwt. Although her beam is wide and draught deep,she will appear low on the water. This punt is to substituteopen boats for wildfowl shooting with swivel-guns. An openboat with swivel-gun in the bows will seldom get near fowlsufficiently close to come to terms with them. The usual run. iV 3$ XV 3^
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