"And our next will be entitled 'The Duel'," said Ralph.
"Not a very good historical show," said Harry. "We ought to have the 'Landing of the Mayflower'."
"Not a bad idea, either," said Ralph. "I think we could rig up a ship in a storm. Let's try that next."
[VI]
MOVING TOYS
The problem of making a ship roll proved somewhat of a strain on the engineering corner of Ralph's brain, and after awhile Harry grew restless.
"Can't you give me something to do while you are designing that ocean?" he said.
Ralph, pausing a moment, replied, "Yes, try two men sawing a log."
Harry began to draw, but found that he knew very little about saws, so had to go out and look at one, measured it, and after awhile produced the sketch shown in [Fig. 41]. Ralph criticised it rather severely, suggesting the addition of a log and saw buck, and advised that the arms of the men and saw be cut out of one piece. The drawing shows the separated pieces, two bodies, four legs, a saw and arms in one piece, two straight pieces for the saw buck, the log, and a little triangular piece to go between log and saw buck. The object of this triangle is to leave a space between the log and saw buck for the passage of the saw back and forth, as shown in the sectional view.