  | NAUTICAL. | | CHAP. | | PAGE | | I. | The Raft | 1 | | II. | The Oar, the Paddle, and the Screw | 12 | | III. | Subsidiary Appliances.—Part I. | 23 | | IV. | Subsidiary Appliances.—Part II. | 34 | | V. | Subsidiary Appliances.—Part III.—The Boat-hook And Punt-pole.—The Life-buoy and Pontoon-raft | 44 | | WAR AND HUNTING. | | I. | The Pitfall, the Club, the Sword, the Spear and Dagger | 50 | | II. | Poison, Animal and Vegetable.—Principle of the Barb | 62 | | III. | Projectile Weapons and the Sheath | 74 | | IV. | The Net | 85 | | V. | Reverted Spikes | 102 | | VI. | The Hook.—Defensive Armour.—The Fort | 115 | | VII. | Scaling Instruments.—Defence of Fort.—Imitation.—The Fall-Trap | 132 | | VIII. | Concealment.—Disguise.—The Trench.—Power Of Gravity.—Miscellanea | 144 | | ARCHITECTURE. | | I. | The Hut, Tropic and Polar.—Pillars and Flooring.—Tunnel Entrance of the Igloo.—Doors and Hinges.—Self-closing Trap-doors | 159 | | II. | Walls, Double and Single.—Porches, Eaves, and Windows.—Thatch, Slates, and Tiles | 177 | | III. | The Window.—Girders, Ties, and Buttresses.—The Tunnel.—The Suspension-Bridge | 190 | | IV. | Lighthouses.—The Dovetail.—The Dam.—Subterranean Dwellings.—The Pyramids.—Mortar, Paint, and Varnish | 207 | | TOOLS | | I | The Digging-stick.—Spade.—Shears and Scissors.—Chisel and Adze.—The Plane and Spokeshave | 222 | |
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