454 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



(Jult S, 1883. 



former .-ase speed is the sole ol 

 work, ,1i=.o,.n)C..ii mid n possible on 



'i'". be can iod safely for a short t 



slant care ami watchfulness as woi 



' sail that i,- provided with a 



nn reefs, and in. -an- ... ■.. 



much larger than one in which 

 phoity," mi instance of tin 

 cannot, lie reefed, and if in-,- ,-ahii, 

 is to lie sparred for racing the -ails 

 nl any e,,sl "f extra labor or risk. I 



a very large sail l 

 ntnl v.l ha-. - 



i .i -..ii lesirnhle. as n in... ■■■ 

 -ail than can he handled to .In ■•■ 



nn.l it mo- - 1 



....... ted that IIipsiih.- sail will nnswi foi . g 



ami end-,- 





It is l.v no me: 



as true that the larger the sail, the greater the 



S|ioe,l. as a boat n 



ay not capsize and yet may have more sail than 



can be. lianille.l to 



i i .lw, ni at."'- For cruising the effort should 



be mnile ii . u. . 





sailing winds, will 

 and if 1 1 - • 



' '" ' "' i: -' '. '"' 



wards ami si iring 



storm mi/.zr-n for beavi.-i-.ieatb.-i-. For ••kite.,' 



'i p i, .,! IE 



. :-i-.ii- i.'i iails, ringtails. 





i. .. ,,,,.! .,.- fo lowed o 





sail for liirht winds »nd reefing n m fair sailing 





-n .t.iesiral ■ •■ . '1 ■. : . ■, 1, 





i- .i v. b.-lr sail, ami the eanoe will be sailing most 



toehoieeof rig, canoeists bare, arte* trying every known sail, nar- 

 rowed their choice to two kinds, the Lit. en and the lug, in one of two 

 forms. The style of sail and the area being determined on, the i-ails 



she ii 1.1 I ri i .. . i - to make tle.'in as long am! lofl --- . ssjble 



giving 1 lie least heeling n itb greatest propelling power, bearing in 

 mind, however, that a long main boon is both troublesome and dan- 

 gerous, and if once allowed to drag in the water, will probabiy cause 



a capsize. 



The increase in sail spread in this country ha* bi -u vh-v rapid, 

 boats carrying 90ft now thai irere sails i far yeans with half that 

 nne.imt hut. the limit must be reached at that for the I4i'i..\8"in. 

 boats, unless of much creator di-plaeenient than is now customary. 



having a suit of 

 ant of the size c 



go 



the .-[ 



order'from -'- ill id ..."-... - , '''-'• ,-■■' ... 



it will tit his boat, fauoeisis areof-.i ._ i r 



nl-. but the measuring i- so simple a matter 



- ■ ■■ ." . ■' - It All triaiiKiil.ir sail ... 



■ multiplying o n ,. side by one-half the perpendicular bis- 



'- .... .-it. angle-, and I'oiirsid,-.! sai I . 



nlotiiangles and each measured separately-, or' by ail 



..I, which Is practically i t,.the distance from 



multiplied by half the distance from clew to throat will 

 a of the sail, 



THE TWIN CANOES. 



Kv Clayton Von Cit.is. 



FIRST PAPER. 



^/"lAN'Tdo it"— "no fool job to build a canoe" "plenty conceit. 

 V ijtc, etc," were some ..t the numerous er tmtging remarks 



made by the know big ones when they heard we had in:.:, rt a .,-.-, ... 



model and build a pair Of. '■ m i ■- 1 1 . • . i . . 



... I In ir words veritled, we worked carefully and p.n . . n , 



and In the course of time wore inni,,-:,-- ,-. i . . i . . i ■- .. o..n - 



. . Itlssed tb.- dew of Delaware 'hue.- ihe padiUe and 

 of the red man stirred the water and air of tie ,, , , 

 " II ali-um-I should sni-1 • g .... 

 i further remark- of some of our 



hunting grounds. Proudr 

 don! I shall not dwell upo 



friends, 



,,.,ii „■_■ 

 and a he 

 decked - 



,-' . ■ . 

 neh plank 



nterboard. 



-hr J tool 



: .i . 



&. then with a 



i' turned 



ntll sunrise, if 

 iek at 3:80, and 

 of water, idled 

 be "deep cut" 



natives in thai pa : - I "n.vl-ii,,] where loca. 

 .la "kera. canned beet, -arditi.- 



lee, -ll.-.-ir, .....l-l.lr-O--- | . 1 I " i - ll Ul ph P i ' 



tershirc sauee, pickles, onions, pot ..:•,•■-. ,-. 

 cans and bottles ,o x ,-epi potatoesi sealed wit! 



, I. 1 ol i . is. eh .[,!;-. .- be ta keep oil c 



lible). 



Stowing our provisions and equipments on 



w,-r,.i -ea.lv for an early Stan on M !: : 



lighted aft. pipes in cockpit, pad t|. - 

 and bon ■■ a • . '■ .'■" I-.---- rett, v.-n. cam 



Koioliwesterlv course through the file- .01.' 1 

 A. M. 



'I be tiny crafts glided silently away throng] 

 rating man upon the bank stood watching on 



int.., microscopic spark- and vanished in til. 

 sigh mid a mutter: "I'll be will] you next sin 

 on bis heel and made a bee In,,, for bom.- and 

 Taking their time, for they knew they mus 

 not. longer, (or a lift c/.o. I hey rea.-ii-d M. 1 1. 



•-.--. b ' ,'.....,■ - .. ; 1 



the water kef; at a pump, and proce-.i.-.i, , ,-, 

 • • Block. 

 "What do you sav to Irving for a la's"-" said Y\ ill of the Apollo. 



., spoon," said Olayt of the Mabel. 



Each had a spoon and line, but L'lart was enjoying his pipe too 

 well I., bother with tro'liug, and the "out" being narrow, he shot 

 ahead in order to give Will room to paddle easily. 



A mtle, and nothing had distui bedtbesile '.hen a sudden jerk on 



Will's line cause,! liitu to drop his paddles and elos- his l.-elh. for Ihe 



line ..,,.-. held between them. 



"Here he is, old boy!" and he h. 1.1 up a four pounder. "That will 

 do tor break fa at," and he pot away the sp..on. 



and Clavt rantbe Mabel t< jhoi failing her np--ntk- - 



thloiigb \ 

 cedars, oak, hie 



... . me clear water, while 



-. .! 1, I,, 1- 111 ,- ■- ., Bowei end b 



men a red bird would 

 his mournful sound, and be wa- 1 

 peered Ihrougl ..,-.,- :- ■", 



.' I I 1 '. byl n.-id iij, a pi, 



breakfast: Fin huugi \ . in-tab 

 this canal." 



"All right.' and tliev got undei 

 133., miles from Delaware t'ity, a 



ware has a bf/B pa Oil s Bide 



lar bank, which is broKei -,t -lie 

 inle's. and the scenery is lov. Iv I 



• ab hing iwo 



pi epar d dinner. 



i . . - ,,, r.-d sonic blackber- 



,, ■ ,.....,',,, potatoes, ship 

 .1.1 ,, .,,'. ., liDiiet thai 



men. T -bouldn'r. 



1 , 



i . . , • 11 ..1 indto tith- rater, anil 



they pit, Id ; ; I , 







prcpaled I- , ,-, . .,,1 ,,,.-_-; :. 'I be teul 



'-'.'- P! ! -I' "■.' ■ .1 . ., . 1 |, I. .. .- 1 '■ ■ .... 



..",. -1 1 . . ... 1 1 i|i ..1, . ;,,,,,!, .,,,,! ,- ; 



'... . -i ' .1 .'il in 



'''' Uli1 M oi.i , i i .■ | long 



-■in to hi ■ i i ■ . . hum . ..... tf " . bad 



i. . 



i ■ ..pen 11 can 



'•' ii- ■ " ltd each to a Una 



with, nil )i,„ .I .,:•,•,. Lib- hint, and Ibey 



'■ .'..- ...,,,,■ ..,..,,,, I, ,,,! - 



excellent bail f, r w i . ■ .;. ■ , „,. 



then ,, i , 



, , aSlji i bi 



I ■-..... . . 



'-..Ii .'I. ,', i i - 



i 



i in 



,-,, i , I,,.-- 



■■ • ii ,■ . - 

 have I . .1 



di. t| 



-. . 1 1 . i 



... . . 



e ,' ..,.,- , , , I ' ',. ■ 



bis r, ,-i , i ..,-..,. i. 



..I . " .. .,._i;.... 



I Ill - II ■ il i- ■' 



-I I 

 Ii-". i I 



,-, i Inn 



i . . .1 



to his feet, hi ,.',', 

 I ! . .....,..,! 



..... ..... . I . ... , .,:,,. 



i ,, ' i I i ■ . . . ■ . 



.,,, I I , o n . h . . . i i . ■ , . 



". I ' ■ , .■ , , . o. report . ■ i bill a few 



- ■ i" 'i ic ill il 'en-- - ail . -.i . I ... . I, ... ' . :-: ndj 



I ... ....!.. -1.M.1 - ri 



", I T 1. . ' ■' . ' ;.,.;.. ,i ., 1 1,,. I,. . 



The win. 1 , ■■■ I to test tb, id of 



... ... and headed for Port 



Harmon, ab.„ ,, I 1 ,,,' p;|k foyer. 



With a. "laying l.v - ■ I 



.1. ' ■. 'I . 11, ■ - mil I, nl. They w 



... ■ I.I 1. .1 . ' 1 . - leh '... .; 1- 



i - y beached be ... Is, ite 1 



light supper , .. I .1, ... ■..■ ,,.,. - 



.1 ' . '' - tit 11 ' I 1. 1 ■ . . -1 . . the 



, - 1 11 . 1 ■ ... 



„ 



, - increasing, ' ill was 



-. 1. 1 1, Inn. Taking 

 el 9 frei.an,] ,i,..l ,1 1,, , 

 oiir.-d dry sand and cov- 



I .I,.,,,,, |] 

 ,, ,. , 



lop of bis fbice. 



-lanilv, not ihinl.ii. g of 

 ,,l p. 11 his '"s ,,. ■ I.- 1 

 is. iiial both puzzled 





ON THE TRENT. 



- ' ■■ I ........ on ,,, ... 1 li 



■ ..e -.1 ' , I . il- or loi.r preeeil 



Ihe ', ,\ 11 i.. - the Grand 



en 1 1 i- 1 ri .1 1 -lull consisting 



.... rCampi.11 1 ... 



. ..... r. ....-'1- .1...,, ,-i -1 the Trent. 



cial note, about 



. i-Lioice one mile. 



•1 we bad taken 



though ..... 



thtm live mile- inn ii. .-. „|ow,i, , .. , ring rami, bell- 



.... In, I with! , , In yl then thai 



1. ' . . .,!.;., . 1 1 ... , - i- ii. -ii- sn-gyv rapids 



,., ; - . 1 1 ■ . . 1 . 



friends, Willi t, sdiou o , , .,;., 



fie -pot Of Solid .eg ■ h- 



.,,: 1 ■ i i ■ fa ., 



advised ustoi i ike ..... ■ -'...,., 



uuu.-upaiiy-.- ;„- '• ,- n. -.;.-. ■ , ,, 



and our] Lh tl i In, I us. The men suj gesb 



lie, ,' !" ' - on our per- 



m ...... ,..,,,,. (his we did 



also. 



n ,. ,-s of the oc- 

 cupants 1..1 I . . . r g . ' Hying at the bows, 

 in...:..., ' ■;■'.. .1. . . ..: glided nut into foaming -and 



In . -in- 1 ■... ... In his blue serge suit 



- -1.. 1 1 of si ..... .1 .lib .... .. . . -I,-. .;i-,- g ,.,.!,<-, 



Ul ' 'i II ■ ..... ., |li .-,. - : .. is [Iv, lj 



1 . ' ' -.:-.- ■■l'.jnv further rle- 



rnrkisb fez. with 

 1 - I ;..- . . ...... around, a la 



Havelock. Ko. a canoe 1 arri, h a white llan- 



nel boating suit, and 6 b Hi iti I cap; while B k in the how 



v.' 1 1 1 ' . V w-, nr. his lower gar- 



10 1 . .1 n. ... 1 .. ., for Ids feet, had n 



' .1 ■■ . I 1 , -i , , , ..... ,. m ,i sbon-ing thai, he 



■ ■-. 1 ,1 ■ 1 ■ 1 .■ . 1 ,;,i ■ 1 



"golfing ol those rapids,' and 1.1 1 .. ; ,. 1 if lie got a dip. We 

 .■ ..; ; . 1 ' 1, ■ r,.i gott, n for a 



III... .'.'-. I -,.,... ,..,,.,,... .,.,,. 



ei-ptiou to general rule lititifv. ; --i-.-i 1, ■ a: f mind." Our 



,, , 1 1 , ,. .., ' ,i, 1 , .. . . . .-..;■., rercing Iwoi kit g 



Older. SWOllei I''.- . . . -,-._!•..; 10 - - 1 1 si,:', 



I, ■, 1 , .'i nig . ■ - .'- rk witli a will as if 



i. . I 1 Ito 1 ...-. - r ;.. .a . .■ . men kn, iw their powi r 



and resp- 1 



It was n on - . ,,;,.,.., ,,,.,. surges, and 



skipped by ih" 1... .' I.. 1 Ifcfi a I 1 -h uouud a, point, only 



.. .. 1 a 'iti. foam wilh a i-.ii ■ bind -.',, direelly infr— ' 



'... . I I. .' '- I I! 



without an,, - ". of the] sol o-apsmis, aim 



the bowman's iviua 1 ,.-1 ., and the answer "to 



the right." or "to the 1,1 i . ,-- 



- i-.i.i.ii. ' and then b -. . , -.! e---- for about 



: . . I- -a- l!ir :-■-:". Coming 



round one of r.h.-se ,-li.n 1 seal I running dp a 



low, shelving ling -i-.i... and t, 111 1 ... -■ oiid eai 



-. 1 ■ - kepi .'■ ... ! 11 i...'. .a ■ ...li I,-.-. 1 ... . 



there, well 1 ■ ■, ■ in.- -,:,- an inn- 



lanch right on lo it. '-, h, • -u . e ; ,111 sidpped a 



gOOd deal, and slipping .11 l.ogil,.,: atl -. I i.e , ■ .1 and bad the 



-| I, ■ : ., ,1 he, n. .,.- ■ --.,; a half miles 



• i titan. . ■ 1 npunts r- .-ling more at 



...... ........ ■ 1 .01.1 uii.hoi.it further in 



-..■-. g .1 1 ' 1 i'.u ■ .. 1 a , ,-. Exactly five 



........ .... i. ... - 1. We .- 11 ji a a 



... - 1 p. Little did we know 

 ... 1 .-..'- . i ■ ,., .. were called 



lunatics, v. • . ..1 later on 



1 1 .., 1. a .:.- rapids, we 



- ..'.I ..' .■ ". . I ■ 'In and ,111st a few 



tbimblefiilsof "Ch, 1 1 - 1 nl 1 ,„■ col,:, though il is 



bill doe lo lie- II :,. ,1 e I. ,1, ti.nl feeling Ill's cold 



1 . ...... lie i - ted that 1 1 b, i - ■ liould take the 



-■ die id In 'i-l -1.. 1 1 - about an horn-, there 



bemga wind bh- in v -n ;l, w ill, a I ll KfOO I mg.,! 



Putting out again, w 

 press train. From 

 fore, behind and arc 

 rigid,. I be crack, env 

 roll and roar in. I In 

 nutshells tbiough I 

 scribed, but must he 

 Ion wet and hungry, 



il ..nr friend, f. a. 



shin and lower garment which fitted linn 1 

 bot.-l keepers anxious when th.-v saw what 

 till. We wore the clothes home on the train in- 

 ti.ki'ii in ...', ... ,. ,, ;, 1 o,,r burnt r-d nasal e 

 toiigh-lookiug citizens.— Droflai*:. in Peterboi'O 



edarsan.] tin- 

 on. However, 

 ■is. 1111. 1 We got 

 in." H .,.'.. a 

 «'i old pad- 

 muscles lo Ihe 



despair 



nipti.-d, 



'. tilled. 



•s::\ 



;. - Editor Fvr 



e to Errol Dam, 1 



it's Camp just 



rather ai tl e 

 •sires, will give 



H.T w. 



a trip up the 

 ihie trip :-. take 



scenery. Can 

 inotadesirahle 

 as possible- in 



you ills-, give 

 .Idle. 



THE "DOT.— This canoe, illustrated in Four. 

 . I--",. :, as lately bad her straight keel rrpla 



,0.0. 1 r.i - : in h.-s deep amidships, the stern p 

 to a curve similar to the stem, and the rudde: 

 high as possible. This change makes her mm 

 staving, 1 hough the weather helm is c.-nsiib-ra 

 POSTPONED.— The regatta of the New Yo 

 poned to Saturday, July 7. Start from club h 



''•ii'!" 

 -id- il 



; ,imi Sinr.asi of May 

 ml by a rockercd one 

 st also beiugc.nl away 

 banging on braces as 

 quicker and sur-r 1.1 

 l.v mcreased thereby . 

 n post 



§Hchfing. 



Ta insure prompt attention, communications shouhl be uti- 

 dressed to the Fnrcst and Stream Publishing Co., and not to 

 iiulii-i duals, in whose absence from the office matters of im- 

 parlance arc liable to delay. 



FIXTURES. 



July 



July 

 .liny 

 July 



7— Uevcrly \. C Jiarbletieao, First championship. 



7 Hull V'. ('.. Fust Club Matches. 



o.'-Qnmev vc. Third Match u V. M.). 



12— Hull Y. ('., Ladies' fiay. 



I'J-Nriv Bedford V. C. Third Class Sloops. 



i-l— liay or Quinte Y. C, Clarke t'oiintbian Cup. 



14-Toronto Y. C. Seven Tons and Under, Challenge Cup. 



14— Eastern V C, ainrual Cruise, Murhlehead. 



II- l.archmont Y. C. Penliaiit Match, Classes I.e, a. 

 11. s-, !.-.,, l;.,v Y. ('.. s.-eoiid Champion Match. 

 an- Hunker Hill ^ I'.. Annual Mulches. 



21— Larohmon't Y.' c.. Pennant Match. f3aRses4, 6. 



,1 Cbainpioiisbip. 



I Cruise to Ohesapealte Bay. 



Neyv London. 



3 P. M.) 



:. 11— Hull Y.c. . Tbir. 

 i. 15 -Provincetown Y 

 ■ In— Bunker Hill. V. 





t them and said: "Will you venture 



dsh and bioihrii 

 without milk. 

 After an hour's rest they filled the keg with fresh spring water and 



h-- i. ■ - .... 



■-..; ; , . at putting the paddles Into 



the I . . -i ■ . I..' '!., .... in.., i- .,. - ■-:, mile<. and 



tl a. "... j...l a Ihe dam al 



tdiishoimV Kapi -, ban .- u i ■ I n 1 1 < tl ll --. h -n aftei 



..-..in -,nv, r, 



head wind Coi ix , ■ i.- T ; ■ , - . hen 



the clIlOW (tli-.i ■- '.'■ n '. H i .nr I I Ihe - Inne 



niiles." Afi.erour .-,.- . , -, . . a . ,- I - aai I al i . 



said wv « i . . ■-!. -i i .' . ■ i i i- b .-in --> bead wind 



any day. V' ha 1 il , .. ,i ■ ,, di. and one 



of the quartette pi baa. t In- lien ■ ... in id \ for o week— but 



I il. r ,,. 



I,. I, i , , i , ... no! reassuring, about 



i . .. ... i ■ . I oaring, with 



banks of sin - lied straight down 



from the i n 



.mpioiiship. 



tehatSwampscott, 



Dei 



ink. -i 



v Y 



HUSTON Y. C.-N. 

 transferred to Ihe vie-liK 

 sail C.iniiiodor, Plallga 

 Adricnne There was a i 

 ton Light, and borne by 

 I SO miles. Supper and mt 



ly I 



club laid Sntui-I i 

 tie gun at .4 P. M. fn 

 southwest wind to t 

 of Hull uud Ciuincy 

 at club house in the 



jortiull la.li"'-. were 

 -, l'ortbe ladies' day 



Ike ll.j'ileel lo Bos- 



