Ice-boats, 249-260; a sloop-rigged ice-yacht, 249-253; a twin-mast ice-yacht, 253, 254; scoots and scooters, 255-259; a wind-runner, 259, 260.
Ice-yacht, a sloop-rigged, how to make, 249-253; a twin-mast, 253, 254.
“Invisible,” or “whip-finish,” knot, the, 158, 160.
Kites: the ship, 120-122; the Chinese-junk, 122-124; the schooner, 124, 125; a balloon, 125, 126; an air-ship, 126, 127; bat-wing, 128; crown-top, _ibid._; Sandwich Island bird, 129-131; box, 132, 133; the “paralleloplane,” 134, 135; the flying-wedge, 135-138; the double-plane, _ibid._; reels, 138-143.
Knots: the “invisible,” or “whip-finish,” 158, 160; the reef, 282, 283, 285; the bowline, 283, 285; the bowline on a bight, 283, 284, 285; the running bowline, 284, 285; the wall, _ibid._; the crown wall, 284, 285, 286; diagrams showing, 285; the double wall and double crown, 285, 286; a stopper, _ibid._; a man rope, _ibid._; the Matthew Walker, _ibid._; the diamond, _ibid._; the Turk’s head, 285, 287; the rope yarn, _ibid._; the lark’s head, _ibid._ _See also_ Bends and Hitches.
Lock-boxes for camping outfit, 316, 317, 318.
Merry-go-round, a, construction of, 24-28; vane, 69, 70.
Mink, curing the skin of, 347, 348, 349; stretcher, 349.
Minnows for fish bait, 151, 161, 166, 167, 168.
Nest of pockets, a, for camping outfit, 317, 318.
Paddle-wheels: different kinds, 201; the modern turbine, 202; a simple paddle-wheel, 202, 203; a wagon wheel, 203, 204; a barrel-wheel, 204, 205; an undershot-wheel, 206; a power-wheel, 206, 207, 208.
Pet shelters, 29-51; for martins, 30-32; for birds, 32-34; for pigeons, 34-36; for dogs, 36-39; for guinea-pigs, 39-41; for chickens, 41-43; for rabbits, 43-45; for squirrels, 45-47; for chipmunks, _ibid._; for white rats, _ibid._; for reptiles, 47-51.
Pergola, a back-yard, 53, 54; a rustic, 55, 56, 57; a circular, 57, 58.
Pinion-wheel, weather-vane, a, 60-62; a barrel-hoop, 72.
Pockets, a nest of, for camping outfit, 317, 318.
Punt, a, how to make, 212-214; a house, 261.
Putting the hook to gut, 157, 158, 159, 160.
Rabbit, hutches, 43-45; snares, 335, 336, 337, 338; traps, 338, 339.
Reel, a chest, 139, 140; a box, 141, 142, 143.
Rods, fishing, elasticity of, 148; bait, 148, 151; fly, 148, 149, 153-156; split-bamboo, 149; handling of, 151, 152, 153; repairing, 157, 158, 159.
