1 FIG. 14. half through the dotted lines; bend over to the square, and fix by pasting lower extremity on the inside. To give finish, and make an imitation stone coping round the top, cut four pieces of wood the size, and fix round. Secure the chimney by pasting it to the end wall inside, before placing on the roof, which will not require fixing; but before the chim ney is secured, it ought to be painted in imitation of bricks, with the stone coping at the top. Railings in front of Cottage. These can be made in the same way as the wood-work of the house, by splitting pieces of wood, and glueing them on to two other pieces, the length you require for the front and sides, the end ones being a little thicker; they must be fixed with slips of card behind the supports. The gate in front can be cut out of cardboard. The garden may be composed of moss; and the walks of sand, small shells, &c. BOATS. REVISED BY JAMES E. WALTON. In the following pages an attempt is made to show how to construct and rig model boats of various kinds; if the reader wishes to learn how to build, rig, and sail a self-acting model yacht, he is recommended to procure "Model Yachts and Model Yacht Sailing," by Mr. James E. Walton, V.M.Y.C. FIG.I. Before commencing to build or cut out a boat, it will be as well to become acquainted with its com *Griffith and Farran, St. Paul's Churchyard. Price 2s. 6d. 9 ponent parts, but it must first be observed that ships' boats, or those used on the sea, are much higher and stronger than those used on rivers only. have a ship's long boat. Here we In wager boats there is a board fixed across the boat, for the feet of the rower, called a Stretcher. Boats with two rowlocks opposite each other are called sculling boats, and are propelled by a pair of light oars called sculls; when the rowlocks are not opposite each other it is called a pair-oared boat; if with two in the middle, opposite each other, it is called a randan; when there are four rowlocks, none of which are opposite each other, it is called a four-oared boat; and so on, up to ten. A scull is a small oar used with one hand, and requiring a pair, as is the case with oars-one being placed in the rowlocks on each side. Oars are used with both hands, and a pair-oared boat of course requires two oarsmen, and so on. The strokesman is the rower nearest the stern; the bowman the one nearest the bow; and the coxswain the one who steers the boat. The painter is a rope fixed to the inside of the bow to fasten the boat to the shore. Having become acquainted with the various parts of a boat, we shall now give directions how to make one or two, and afterwards illustrate the different kinds of boats, and their style of rigging, &c. TO MAKE A SMALL PLEASURE BOAT. FIG. 4. Having procured a small piece of soft deal, perfectly free from knots, say seven inches long, by two inches wide and one and a half inch deep; mark out with a pencil the keel, stem, FIC 5 and stern, and with a knife cut along each side and FIG.6. down the stern; gradu ally cut away the corners to make the shape of upper portion, and then cut away the sides, making fig. 7 the bottom of the boat, and afterwards finish off the stern (fig. 8). Having completed the outside work, you next scoop out the inside with a small gouge (fig. 9), leaving a of wood about the breadth of fig. 11, and fix one in the centre and the two others at each end; the one at the bow filling up the corner. hole through the middle of the second seat for the mast, and opposite Drill or bore a small FIG.II it a corresponding hole in the bottom of the boat, and with a little sand-paper polish up the whole. A little strip of lead, the length and breadth of the |