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Boat-Building and Boating

by Daniel Carter Beard

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  1. 1Note
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Chapter I — How to Cross a Stream on a Log
  4. 4Chapter II — Home-Made Boats
  5. 5Chapter III — A Raft That Will Sail
  6. 6Chapter IV — Canoes
  7. 7Chapter V — Canoes and Boating Stunts
  8. 8Chapter VI — The Birch-Bark
  9. 9Chapter VII — How to Build a Paddling Dory
  10. 10Chapter VIII — The Landlubber’s Chapter
  11. 11Chapter IX — How to Rig and Sail Small Boats
  12. 12Chapter X — More Rigs of All Kinds for Small Boats
  13. 13Chapter XI — Knots, Bends, and Hitches
  14. 14Chapter XII — How to Build a Cheap Boat
  15. 15Chapter XIII — A “Rough-and-Ready” Boat
  16. 16Chapter XIV — How to Build Cheap and Substantial House-Boats
  17. 17Chapter XV — A Cheap and Speedy Motor-Boat

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