. The complete wildfowler. Game and game-birds; Hunting. GUNNING-PUNT ACCESSORIES 151 It must be remembered that the seat should be strongly made. Yellow pine will serve well. The legs may be better and stronger if made of oak. The hinges should, of course, be brass. Like all other things inboard the punt, paint seats with red lead. Turning seats are not suitable articles for true gunning-punts. They are found chiefly in light boats used for duck-shooting with shoulder guns. Foot-stretchers are useful to assist the rowing of a punt. SCALE 1 TOOT. ' I I I I'l I I -gro^ e —--.^ (ir>'^-^- p-^\
. The complete wildfowler. Game and game-birds; Hunting. GUNNING-PUNT ACCESSORIES 151 It must be remembered that the seat should be strongly made. Yellow pine will serve well. The legs may be better and stronger if made of oak. The hinges should, of course, be brass. Like all other things inboard the punt, paint seats with red lead. Turning seats are not suitable articles for true gunning-punts. They are found chiefly in light boats used for duck-shooting with shoulder guns. Foot-stretchers are useful to assist the rowing of a punt. SCALE 1 TOOT. ' I I I I'l I I -gro^ e —--.^ (ir>'^-^- p-^\^ V/./....i-ti- ...*-' •\v' FOOT STRETTIHERS I \-»"\ I ") FOTl PUNT z:. GUn HMIOtR TOR HO0Km» OVER coMime CUE T»ni WK IWH OUN HUD BOAXBS •> TATIQIS TOR WALKIN6 SOFT nOJ OR OOZE We figure a simple form, consisting of bar and end pieces. Into the end pieces are do welled two round oak pegs, f in» diameter. These pegs fit through holes in the ceiling boards, and thus mount the stretcher. By pushing with the feet against the bar in a downward direction, a better purchase on the water may be secured by the oars. If a punt is built strongly and will stand it, a simple form of foot-bar can be arranged by fitting a bar from side to side in a similar manner to the seat previously mentioned. The foot-bar and end pieces answer well in oak. Greenheart (Bebeera) is an improvement as a wood of which to make the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duncan, Stanley; Gull, Cyril Edward Ranger, 1876-1947. London, G. Richards, Ltd
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