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FOREST AND STREAM. 



Fred. Lewis, No. 2; H. Painter, No. 3; John N. Stowe, stroke; L. M. 

 Waters, coxswain. 



Ortiw— Jennie, four-oared boat, colore blue, James Hickey, bow; Geo. 

 H. DirmcTtr, So. 2: E. T. Matthews. >'o. 3; Jos. Labadie, stroke: A. 

 H. Perry, coxswain . 



Cititi.— Gypsey, font-uared boat, colors white. W. K. Hall, bow; II. 

 Levine, So. 8; O. W_ .Manning, No. 3; Alex. Nichols, stroke; C. J. 

 McEae, coxswain. Tours truly. j.L. 



TWO DAYS IN A BIRCH CANOE. 



ElJlTOB r'llBKST A! 



In your entertain 



with par. i 



limited toll i 



1 6TIUSAM - — 



- -in. h'.-.-riirti','.- i-^TdVS on Ciiuoeiui*, I perceive, 

 that your descriptions of tout Eaisoltmting sport are 



. Cftooe, so caHod, I i ton unmerited neglect of the 



i .', .-i ; : , ..1 ii iii 1... i Lie "birchen bark" of poesy unci fact. If 

 (bli „-,. ■-,., ignition itouronjj national craft is intentional, I must, for 

 .ii,. in..' ..-i against the exaltation of an urritictul, unsociable, one- 

 mas-power boat, OVerlbc fairy-like, graceful and every way convenient 

 and {rictmeeque bark of i •■ > i -sensible predecessors. For rryet or lukt- 

 nayigation nothing of i . •: ■ miou Equals the Indian bark in. 

 iiiomlness and beauty- and as to safety, in the 



i,,i,,,i-- of skilled p iddleri ii i only C| dbj i Yankee wiialelioat. 



Is there any thing else! Yes, chtsapl --. and m Uiispoi 

 icky times, the birc!i.-:i .". 0e i- omothin: thai iippciil to the noblesi 

 , , , . Thirty or forty dollars, will boyyouainrstoake 

 oue. midif you have, any kind of avarane luck it Will UlSI yoi I Hi ' 

 and that of your heirs— if they inherit your cauoebial ru-le. 



And now to relate the experience of Three Wise Men of Boston, who 

 v.f-m to Baa :..- • k in I i •alii - bari "Mlllicite," a dainty little 

 i. , 21 feet in length ai.du reel in '.vidtb, ami ... lean 



broken piece of bark, as is the custom of "ye salvages." Motive power. 

 i.,vm [Mii'ii* . - -" i pole; and a tiny -nil Ave feet by nil', b '. .- Bailed 

 from South Boston Point on Fii-liu eu-uiu;.'. July 3d, partly with intent 

 to escape tlld incursion of rural Goths and Vandals attending the glori- 

 ..:_.. as u laudable voyage of exploration, to determine 



. -, igri pbyOt u mysterious stream called Mother Brook, which has 

 the apparent faculty, on maps, of running into two rivers— the Neponset 

 and Charles— and ruumug, aa it seemed, in . . i opposite dlrecliona, con- 

 trary to the law of nature aval the peace and dignity ol be I lornmor.- 

 ffealth. 



So wesatled up tne Nepon-ct. paddle and pole doing gmal duly on the 

 shallows of Dorchester Bay, A.bove the railroad bridge. Wc paused to 

 ad tuir 



erly des 

 fill phei 



bed o 



paper, 1 r 

 with its 



inch long, which a native boy -aid was a "kive 

 Qonsly ascp.mmend the layer aa an article of 

 >ugh for the price." After supper we found a 



We turned up our cat 



oe in the approved Indian fash 



un and prepared 



The way 



ii camp under a canoe is by maki 



.•_• II a Bheltet tor 



the treads of the part 

 tops strewed on the 



y. under which the pillows urc 

 •.'round make a good base for 



improvised; pine 

 rubber blankets, 



Which are then cover 

 blanket covers ibe b 

 built our nest, if we 1 



.1 with woollen ones, and a final t 



ontainerof army 

 we should have 

 ];■.■:-. &c. In the 



absence of which we 

 coats, quarrelled for 

 god. Wcdid ut sled] 



uell. 1'lease to recollect wc wc 



, put on our over- 

 ■ooed the drowsy 

 re city made pio- 



■.- and not mosqnito proof Then the gentle dew of heaven (several 

 ans of H) began dripping on our bodies, and we sal up and smoked, 



tag infill. 



e of civili- 



a. e, liupiired into our several biographies, and 

 ..■! rketc.i of his ii ivn life and crimes. One only of our party 

 slumbered calmly as the paregoric-saturaied infant of the period. But 

 he must not be taken a- a .-penmen of the rude backwoodsmen of Ibis 

 section, because h- is constitutionally somuoient and unregeuerate; 

 the kind of man to go to sleep before you have reached the eleventh 

 canto of;.".. woke up next day, or the day after, and 



The "teat advantage of camping out is, that you rise early, an advan- 

 tage attain.. I .: on a sidewalk. Wa arose early— at ft A. 

 Si'.— and walked about the shore and village for a collide of hours. Then 

 wc cooked oar breakfast and paddled across the river to the foot of the 

 fulls where we mad- ■-;■ ur-l Carry, It WSS aooul I'lO yards long, and 



with our lighl burden pre 

 especially whore i tie pois, 

 more difficult, and the cai 

 scenery repaid all our t 

 calm as a mummy, and tl 

 see their beamy in the pa 

 held I lie rival charms of 



riflii 



f decked ihe umbrageous haul;, we found 



L-"aii to weigh liloie each lime. Well, the 



tiwasa still, shady day. Tne river was 



. .leas, which stooped down to 



. ; like envious iieiles, only be- 



...... agraut water lilies below, made a picture 



of beauty, simple enough no doubt, bnt as rresh and pure .,- a poem of 

 Whitucr. And so we paddled along until we came to a secluded mill 

 pond, u bete we bathed uud swam, ami told lying reminiscences of uar- 

 r.,, m drowning, and were simply aud naturally virtuous 

 ■niri n.'.r.-iv " Dinner a' .iflieiid's house in Mdton had the disadvantage, 

 served on a cultured 







it 



x>d dn 



eidedly, 

 ud dirty 



groccd our syivai, feast in the morning. At lijtlelar 



hollas of overgrown children, celebrating the day in Ui 



and Chinese manner of our fellow citizens, by tiring 



trusting in Providence to furnish a human target. So 



poor or too precocious for lire-arms, contented tneaiee 



rocks .,i t>oi craft, #hich is me natural Anglo 



est in auoveliy: and then we came to (be entrance < 



the ri vur o.' m;. .stery. We found o 



and that 



stream, infested by mills of most inconvenient ucv.s.-, autt iences 



you have to cros, over or swim under, and which seem built or no other 



object than to obstruct navigation. There were live mill dams and as 



many fences, but we got around , or over, or under them, and we dodged 



an unpleasantly cUriona pic mc party and reached the other end or 



Mother Brook tl wonder whose mother of unhallowed memory gave 



h t name to it- obs,"nat.e tide?) at 5 P. M-, at which time, July 4lh, ISM, 



ofth(; , nd ,. ; ■ ,,,.d .States the ninety -sometbingth we 



discovered the source of Mother Brook to be in luc L lures riu.i, 



which a is an errSht branch thai leaves the parent river a lime io I 



Dedham, and ■ ntnres and windings, is ^ los. ^"^^j 



'" 'rld'dured at'twftomlhe bank.'and after taking in the full' 

 extent or our folly and mentally cogitating on our forlorn appearance 

 for some winni,'-' propounded il,e extraordinary o,aestu)in "Hain't 

 you got no rathcus or mothers*'' Such a buy, with such a fTapplonic 

 conception of a case, could live only on the banks of that wondrous 

 stream. 



.,„.rt ,i,.. chnri^s rlv.-r and bo liecun our i liiiulations; tor, 



rain that drenched us rtdlynnd almost drowned our enthusiasm fo, a 

 life of primeval simplicity. On either side stretched a marshy expaii.e 

 balf a mile wide, which I BectuaUy closed out the idea of landing, while 

 to/miles ahead the river wound its sinuous course. The ruin came 

 down, and the night and darkness restod upon the face of the waters, 

 when the look-out on the fore-to-sallant thwart-piece signalled alight 

 on the weather bow. (S. B. If Forest ash Stkeim want.- a nautical 



writer of vigor and originality, I know an eligible party "as is open to 

 offers.") It was a house. We lauded. We culled for shelter in a barn, 

 a etable, a kennel— anywhere out of the rain aud liver. The inhabitant 

 refused, and came near achieving immortality iu this log. but as we 

 turned away disconsolate he repented. He followed its. and showed us 

 where to find a resting-place, explaining that he didn't ow n the premises 

 he inhabited, and didn't feel authorized to give us shelter in the barn al- 

 luded lo. So we beached our birch, and packed our knapsacks Tor a 

 long march. Half-way to the house of refuge pointed out, we found a 

 farmer's cottage, and It had a barn. Politeness told u- we should ask 

 for the use. of the latter. The tame instinct told the hospitable rarmer 

 to offer us his house, which he did; but being bound to 'itonah n * .. 

 declined in favor of the hat ii. I'm not so certain but that we repented 

 the heroic decision En the grill watches of the night, when we awakened 

 on our bedsof hay to pick tie: bay seed out of our hair and ears and 

 wipe off the raiu which wonld fall through the roof, while the burn 

 Swallows kept ieerincly commenting on our misery to each other all 

 uigbf. 



Breakfast at 8 A. M. We didn't yearn for rising with the lurk auy lou- 

 ver, and it Mill reined dismally. But we were glad of the shelter of Mi)r- 

 kvn'H nam, and A3 we pushed off below the little bridge at Newton, wo 

 wiped tears of gratitude, mingled with hay seed, from our overflowing 



Oh: nie Ohawla, the ainnons Chawls, Kith it- Choppy waves and uasty 

 squiillsl With its wirious dams and its numerous shoals, and Its swamps 

 and rocks, and rapids and holes-it is au ugly piece of navigation; and 



I should lie tempted to say that we did'nt enjoy the rain, and the carries,' 

 and the pebbles in oor boots, and the clamminess of our shirts, as much 

 as we might. 



At night we went, ashore, built a lire, and had an hour of clear weather 

 aud solid digestion. It was Sunday, and wc knew wo were not only 

 taking big percentages against as of being drowned or struck by light- 

 ning, but that we were liable to be arrested and brought before some 

 rural Shallow for our desecration of the day; but long impunity had 

 made us reckless, aud we sailed along defiant of themoi.-l atmosphere 

 surrounding ns. Wc now began Counting the portuee-. and we -omi 

 counted the eighteenth and last. Then a rough, but nnhroKcn, course 

 of five or six miles brought t" our gladdened eyes the familiar .-p.res and 

 chimneys of Boston, and we said we were content. 



Perhaps i" have not made out much of a case f ir my Favorite er. • fr by 

 Ibis narrative, bnt it was not her fault that the navigation was uncertain 

 and the weather disagreeable. And when we canvassed the Opinions of 

 the party arterwards.wbeu the rheumatism and the catarrh began to fade 

 out of our systems, we allowed that the ' 'Millidta" was a "bully boat," 

 and we bad had a good time. And the same was entered upon our ar- 

 chives, or log, as the deliberate result of our first canoe cruise. 



Jlu-itw, .My llfA, 1874. J- J- Kotiii;, 



1iors$ nt\d (&omis$. 



—the Saratoga Racing Association held the: thinl day 01 

 the summer meeting ou August 13th. The first, raee was 

 a sweepstakes for two year olds, $100 entrance, with *rt>0 

 added. Distance, three quarters of a mile. King lioH 

 won ; time, 1 :17. The second race was for a purse of $o(>0, 

 for three yetu- olds. Distance, one mile and an eighth. 

 I). McDaniel's Madge won easily by three lengths: time, 

 1:57k The third race was for a purse of $800. Distance, 

 two miles and a quarter, Wanderer winnini: by live lengths; 

 time, 4:0^. The fourth day of the second summer meet- 

 ing was held ou August 156b. The weather was clianii- 

 ing, the track in excellent condition, and the grand stand 

 presented a beautiful appearance. The first race \v;is a 

 dasii of a mile and an eighth, nine horses starting, and was 

 run from end to end at great speed. Mr. Bowie's Picolo 

 won l he race by half a length, Lizzie Lucas second, aud 

 Fadladeen third; time, 1 :5b\ The second race was a free 

 handicap for all ages, one mile and three quarters. Three 

 horses started for this event. Mr. Bowie's Cateshy won an 

 easy race in the quick lime of 3:07$, Gal way second, and 

 B. F. Carver third. The third event of the day was a hur- 

 dle race with eight leaps, a free handicap for all ages, dis- 

 tance, two miles. There were four starters. George West 

 was the favorite, and won a capital race; Daylight second, 

 Mary Clark third. 



—Mr. Belmont matched his horse Gray Plane!, live years 

 old, and to carry 110 pounds, that he would run a mile in- 

 side of l:43i- After several postponements, owing 10 a 

 heavy track, the race came off last Friday at Saratoga in 

 the presence of a number of spectators, admission lo ihe. 

 course being free. Gray Planet won easily, making the 

 time in 1:424. 



—On Tuesday, August 18th, the fifth day's attendance at 

 Saratoga was large, and the track in excellent order. The 

 first nice was a sweepstakes for three year olds, $100 en- 

 trance, h. f., with $700 added. Distance, two miles. Pi- 

 colu was wiilu'rawn, aud Grinstcad was put in the race. 

 The horses got off well together. On the last mile Planter 

 and Griustead ran side by side, two lengths ahead of Van- 

 ilalitc and Culpepper, who were running neck aud neck. 

 The race was won by Culpepper by half a length, Planter 

 second, four lengths ahead of Grinstead, and Vandalite 

 last. A complaint of foul riding was entered by Planter's 

 rider against Culpepper's jockey, Gaffuey, but the judges 

 decided in favor of Culpepper; time, 3:04i. The second 

 race was a dash of one mile— Aristides was first, Amelia 

 second, and Hoi brook third; time, 1:46^. The third race 

 was a dash of one mile and a half — Carver came in first, 

 and London second; time, 2:40. 



—The Rochester Democrat thus describes the unparalleled 

 performance of Goldsmith Maid's second heat at her race 

 against lime, and open to all, which took place at Roches- 

 ter on August 121 Ii:— 



Second Ileal.— The Maid being barred from the pools, 

 Fullerton slill sold as favorite S10U to $75 for the field or 

 American Girl. They got the word without any delay, 

 anil in ihe first dozen strides she secured a decided lead. 

 The wind, which had been blowing quite fresh, went down, 

 and it was evident that this was the heat iu which the Maid 

 was to beat her record, if she did it at all. At the quarter, 

 passed in 33i, the Maid was first by four lengths, and Ful- 

 lerlon second by as wide a gap. The positions did uot 

 change save Iba't the Maid, going like a ghost, left the 

 others further and further in spile of their best, efforts. 

 The balf was made in 1.-06J, and the third quarter in 

 1 :40f. The little Maid never left her feet even for an in- 

 stant, and. going at apace never before seen in any race, 

 u wiieT in2:14f— the fastest on record, beating 

 her Buffalo timo by three fourths of a second. Doble used 

 the whip on the backstretch, and again on the last quarter, 

 but the Maid never skipped. Fullerton beat the Girl by 

 two lengths. The moment the heat was ended the crowd 

 began to cheer Many in that vast crowd bad stopwatches, 



and were already aware that the heat was the fastest on 

 record. Cheer after cheer went up as the Maid was brought 

 up to the stand aud taken from her sulky, and when the 

 time was announced from the stand the shout of approval 

 and cheer of delitrht were the wildest Bver heard on a 

 racetrack. Budd" Doble was called upon the staud and 

 congratulated by the judges, while the throng : I] 

 little favorite with their eyes till she disappeared from 

 view. 



—The Earl Park Association will hold their fifth annual 

 meeting on their grounds at Earlville, La Salle county, 

 Illinois, on August 35th and the three following day's. 

 Premiums to the amount of $5,000 will be run and trotted 

 for. 



— The Dtica Park Association last week held perhaps the 

 most successful meeting they ever had. President Wright's 

 reception was given on Ihe" 13l.ii at the L'tiea clubhouse. 

 The immense number of friends of the association were 

 cordially welcomed by the genial President, and Gilmore's 

 hand discoursed many charming pieces during the evening. 

 On Wednesday, August 12th, the puree i if $5,000 for horses 

 that had never beaten 2:29 was trotted. Flcetv Golddust 

 won the three hist heats in 2:27:. 2:2'.;, 2:27. In the purse 

 of £1,51)0, for horses of the 2:45 class, Magnolia won the 

 Hi m::: and WellesbyBoy the three last treats and race» 

 lime— 2:32, 3:29, 3:8% Ou August 14lh Kansas Chief 

 took the first money in the race for the 2:30 class. Stewart 

 Maloney second, Kittie Wells third; lime— 2:25, 2:24s}, 

 2:26. In the pacing race there were four entries and three 

 starters for an extra purse of $1,000. GORpel bottom won 

 in three straight heats— 2:28, 2:3k, 



—The Hampden Park races commenced at Springiield, 

 Mass., on August 18th, and will continue to the 31st. The 

 famous trotters Goldsmith Maid, Judge Fullerton, Ameri- 

 can Girl, Henrv, Lulu, Smuttgler, Fieely Golddu-i. ih-d 

 Cloud. Crown Prince, and others (in all about one hundred}, 

 are now ou the grounds. In former years the meetings 

 have been very successful, m> much so that the premiums 

 offered at this" meeting amount to $50,000. 



—Tin- August meeting al Beacon Park closed on August 

 17th. The 2:43 race, postponed from Saturday, was con- 

 cluded and won by Lady Wilcox in 2:37. In the 2;29 class 

 Lady Mac was the favorite and winner. In the rare free 

 for all Commonwealth was the favorite, but was beaten by 

 the bay gelding Comee. 



J|eu/ publications. 



■ 



-I -he paper, Kill receive tperi- ■■■ Ipt oral! 



',■■,:;■ ./.'!,-/■ i 'i< ,,..-i ;-'r. ',„j. i- /iV"«.< ifillue. iiriimii'lji a-kiMwlertyeit 

 in Ihe iie>:t i-.u.. P;',!t.<l<*rf will •:iwi~i.r .i '",;/■<»■ /„/ y.rompily advising 

 ii* of liny nrnwhrn w Has resfHCt. 1'nat of booh inserted when 

 desiredA 



Tin. Lobster Fiehtses ExtraoUs from the General He- 



uori (if Mr Whltctier, forwarded tn the Miniate? of Marino uud Fiah- 



akes. 1878. OUa 



v, • pattfcnUrlY recommend this most interesting pamphlet to the m 

 tcntion of our Eastern legislators. Compiled in Mr. Whltcher'B most 

 ivv.i ni.il i -un. is-.- stvii- it shows how necessary it isto pot hihiio rhuck 



of : 



e slant; 



were fnrty lobster factories, i 

 enormous amount of SO.OGO 

 turned out lii'Ue" tonaaj ea 

 waa 81. 214." W, and SI2O,0O0 

 or some timely nrecBuUon 

 Provincial (Government to 

 la-t . Tliis regulation prohil 

 females" iu apawn. or any of 

 February, 1874. certain petit: 

 Brunswick begging that the 

 be rescinded. Onepolirt at 

 their shores ami in the (tttor 

 catch did 



mil 

 ur, there 

 ntj-i.mr. The 

 canght, whicb 

 )f this, in 1873, 

 STf. Tlii-liwil 

 i:ry induced the 

 inbjeci in -Inly 

 ■c lobitera and 



■titions were sent in from Nova Scotia and New 

 be regnfattOM regarding lobster dishing sboold 

 : :■>■ ib,: lobster enmen was, ihat on 

 total nt the United States the averaged the 

 tweisb more than H poundd. To discover the truth of this 

 id it is wonderful to find how the size and weight of the lob- 

 ster Heeined to decrease in exact proportion with the number of Dunning 

 fKcWrleS. Where ibej were not caught lobstera Wonld » 

 pounds, and were the factories move In i|iianiity, the lobsters HfOUld di- 

 minish to even under the prescribed weieht. For instance: In New 

 Brunswick, at Westmoreland, Albert, andSt. John, where lobsters were 

 not canaht. for tanner.-, the lobsters neighed four pounds; but in Nova 

 Scotia, "at Ciriiysbiirnugli, where there were eight factories, lobsters 

 barely weighed.!* pound.-. A very Interesting letter from Profeaaor 

 Kaird. perliue.nl m ihe une'tlon, may be found in the report, in which 

 he advocutes, not only restriction as to size of lobsters, but that there 

 suonld be a close period during tin: spawning season. We are pleased 

 to notice Uiai the .Minister of Marine and Fisheries has made the follow- 

 ing regulations in regard to the lotBicr catch: TAat during July and An- 

 gnat no person In the Provinces shall raich, kill. buy. sull, or have in 

 his possession sort shell lobsters, or reiuak lobsters with eggs attached; 

 nor shall Tobstere of 1.— Bl»e than nine inches in length from bead to 

 iial. exclusive of fe-.iei-. be bought, sold, or caught: and that lobsters of 

 that sbje, or less in -ke when caught, s-lml! be liberated 



[We regret to state thai, m our o.vn in:,il;.-ts baby lobsters are con- 

 stantly on sale. Ir would be easy enough to Und where tlic-y come rrooi. 

 Will some of our Boston friends look into the matter:-Ki>.J 



Maritime Monthly. A Jltura/.ine of Literature, Science aud 



Art si. J dm. N. II. II . L. Spencer, editor: The Maritime .Monthly 



Clu'b, Publishers. 



The August number of this excellent magazine is on our table, with a 

 most. interesting table of contents, its leading articles comprise 'The 

 Polaris ExDoditiou" by Rev. M. Harvey; "The Valley and Biver Platte" 

 by Geo. J. Forbes; " What was Her Fate!" a romance; "A Ran through 

 Italy" by James Whitman; 'Mosiah Garth," continued; "Travels and 

 Adventures in the Smith. - ' by J Xeivtuu Wilson; "Scraplano," and sev- 

 eral poetical contributions. This periodical has strong claims on the 



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— Commodore J. C Bennett gave a beautiful gold-lined 

 cup, which was sll0t f,: " " l pig e()ns by members of Ihe New 

 Yorlc Vaeht Club and their guests on the grounds of the 

 Aarrairaiisetl Gun Club, about four miles from Newport, 

 R. 1., Aiii.'. 13. It was a handicap, shot iu the English 

 style— five traps, placed five yards apart, SO yards bound- 

 ary. There were twenty-seven competitors, and the win- 

 ner whs Sobuylei Orosby, who killed ten out, of eleven birds 

 shot at- J . 0. Van Buren won second money, and S. B. 

 Posr saved his stake. Referee, B. M. Xeal; scorer, R For- 

 sytb 



—Captain Bo.gaidus states in answer to "Ortolan" Bod 

 Others as regards to his challenge, that he will furnish the 

 trap, the other party to provide the pigeons afld 

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