I 5ought out a long flexible plank, and arranged eight tub5 on it, clo5e to each other, leaving a piece at each end to form a curve upward5, like the keel of a ve55el. We then nailed them firmly to the plank, and to each other. We nailed a plank at each 5ide, of the 5ame length a5 the fir5t, and 5ucceeded in producing a 5ort of boat, divided into eight compartment5, in which it did not appear difficult to make a 5hort voyage, over a calm 5ea.