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Leave the water always and dress with promptness, and dress at once. 

 Do it immedately on suffering from chilliness, especially if there he 

 numbness of hands and feet. 



The best time for bathing for strong persons is before breakfast. 



For the young or weakly the best time is two or three hours after break- 

 fast. 



Bathing should be entirely avoided by those in whom it habitually 

 causes faintness, giddiness, or disagreeable palpitation of the heart. 



Exposures of the head to the sun during bathing is attended with 

 special danger of sun-stroke. 



The proper method of bringing a drowning man to shore is to approach the 

 drowning man from behind. Seize him with your left hand by the hair, 

 coat-collar, or shoulder. Turn him upon his back, and then place his 

 head upon your chest, and, with your right arm free, swim upon your 

 back to the lasd. (If by the left hand alone it be too difficult to turn' him 

 upon his back, apply, in addition, the right hand to his right shoulder, and 

 the turning will be easily accomplished). If he be conscious, encourage 

 him and direct him to straighten out his legs. 



If the drowning man be out of sight under the water, watch carefully 

 for the rising of a bubble upon the surface; he will usually be found 

 directly below it. 



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HIGH WATER, FOR THE WEEK. 



DATE. 



BOSTON. 



NEW YORK 



CHARLESTON 





h. m. 



h. m. 



h. m. 



August 21, 



10 55 



7 39 



6 55 



22, 



11 34 



8 15 



7 34 



23, 



morn. 



8 54 



8 09 



24, 



09 



9 30 



8 44 



25, 



44 



10 04 



9 18 



26, 



1 18 



10 36 



9 52 



27, 



1 52 



11 12 



10 29 



The storm of last week interfered sadly with the pro- 

 gramme of the New York Yacht Club, now on its annual 

 cruise. It kicked up an ugly sea on Long Island Sound, 

 and compelled the yachts to run into the several harbors 

 for shelter, where they remained for two days weather- 

 bound. None of the skippers felt inclined to improve the 

 opportunity thus afforded to test the sea-going qualities of 

 their jaunty craft, but preferred to lay snugly at their 

 chains under the lee of the land. The daily press have 

 very unjustly, we think, joined in chaffing these amateur 

 tars and jolly yachtsmen for their lack of pluck in declin- 

 ing to weather out the storm. We much doubt if these 

 writers have any idea of the nasty chop which can be 

 kicked up on the Sound, and we fancy if they had been in 

 the places of those they so glibly ridicule they would have 

 done precisely as they did, and put for harbor. If they 

 didn't they ought to. It is better to do this than to start 

 your seams and lose your top hamper. As the pursuit of 

 the squadron is pleasure, and not a cruise in the high lati- 

 tudes or across the Atlantic, it seems reasonable that the 

 sailing masters and owners should choose a clear sky and a 

 smooth sea, even at the risk of being called "fair weather 

 sailors." We are free to affirm that it was by no means a 

 lack of courage or seamanship that made them seek secu- 

 rity, as the sailing masters and crews are picked men from 

 the mercantile marine of the world, and no one will 

 gainsay but that the owners are at times recklessly daring. 

 We must all recollect that even in these prosperous times 

 the richest of us dislikes to have a brand new set of racing 

 sails split to ribbons just on the eve of the greatest regatta, 

 as regards cups, purses, &c, ever held at Newport. Most 

 all of the yachts carried two sets of sails, one for cruising 

 and the other for racing, and the majority of the yachts 

 that sought good anchorage were in good racing trim. 



What would some of our roadsters think of trotting out 

 their light wagons over ston}*- roads, or through deep mud, 

 to test the strength of their wheels and axles, the wind and 

 bottom of their fast steppers, and their own pluck to en- 

 dure a cold and pelting rain-storm V "How high is dat ?" 



The New York Yacht Squadron started again, August 18, 

 from Newport on a cruise. It was the intention to anchor 

 overnight at Oak Bluffs, one of the worst anchorages on the 

 coast with the prevailing wind. The weather again was 

 very dirty and stormy, and after cruising for an hour or 

 so, several of the yachts coming to grief, the commodore 

 very properly signalled from the flag-ship the order to re. 

 turn to Newport. The stragglers came in one by one, 

 and reported on board the .flag-ship for consultation. The 

 schooners Alarm, Resolute, Madeleine, Tarolinta, Rambler, 

 Columbia, Tidal Wave, Josephine, Idler, Foam, Eva, and 

 Clio, and the sloops Vision and Vindex were represented. 

 Talking over the morning sail the damage was found to be 

 considerable. The Columbia had snapped her main gaff, 

 the Vindex sprung her mainmast, the Vixen sprung aleak 

 in her sternport, and the Eva parted her starboard shroud. 

 After some little discussion, it w T as decided for the present 

 to give up the visit to Martha's Vineyard, and a telegram to 

 that effect was immediately despatched to the proprietor of 

 the Sea View House. 



The Bennett and Douglass cups will be sailed for to-day. 

 If the races are all concluded by Friday night the fleet will 

 leave on Saturday morning for the Vineyard, and return to 

 Newport on Tuesday. 



The following yachts have entered for the Bennett cup : — 

 Tarolinta, Madeleine, Tidal Wave, Idler, Foam, Alarm, Eva, 

 Clio, and perhaps the Madgie. The boats will start from an 

 imaginary line between Fort Adams and the Dumplings, 

 and sail around Block Island buoy and return. 



The New Rochelle Yacht Club have become an incor- 

 porated body, and leased Huckleberry Island in the Sound, 

 near the shore. They are about to build a handsome club- 

 house and dock, to cost about $6,000. The club comprises 

 about twenty yachts, and doubtless will meet with the suc- 

 cess it deserves. 



The fourth annual regatta of the Charlestown Yacht 

 Club took place August 18, off Long Island. Twelve boats 

 entered. The course for first-class yachts was fifteen miles 

 and for second-class twelve miles. Mystery took the first 

 prize, an elegant silver pitcher, and Daion the second prize. 

 In the second-class Bullbow took the first prize and Odd 

 Fellow the second. Center-board boats, Lilley took the 

 first prize, and Napoleon the second. 



The Atalanta boat club held their twenty-fifth annual 

 regatta, and the first regatta on the Harlem river, on Satur- 

 day, August 16th. The weather looked ominous in. the 

 morning, and deterred many friends of the Atalanta's from 

 participating in the favorite pastime. At twelve o'clock 

 the sun poured down with a vengeance. Many members 

 going down by rail swelled the number on board the steamer 

 (N. Seymour) and barge to almost 600. Take the regatta as 

 a whole it was a great success ; take it as an exhibition of 

 rowing, it was scarcely satisfactory; the course should al- 

 ways be kept as clear as possible, the starting point dis- 

 tinctly seen, and the starter heard by pistol shot other- 

 wise. 



The first race senior sculls; entries: J. C. O'Neil, ma- 

 jenta and lavender; E. Blake, red and crimson; Eben 

 Losee, purple and red. Distance two miles. Losee 

 took the start, and was fouled by Blake, who upset; 

 O'Neil gave up rowing, and Losee won at good pace, 

 making the distance in fourteen minutes fifty seconds. The 

 second race junior sculls ; entries, James Goodrich, George 

 Young, W. A. Penny, and E. Mills. George Young 

 took the first prize, and W. A. Penny the second prize, 

 the °;old cross. 



The third race, two eight-oared barges entered; the fol- 

 lowing crews came to starting point. Columbia — W. Knight, 

 E. Mills, Jr., W. C. Mainland, W. A. Penny, P. C. Benja- 

 min, E. Losee, C. D. Zachman, W. H. Shear, stroke, J. B. 

 Burrell, coxswain. 



Atalanta— W. T. Mook, J. Withey, A. R. Haddock, H. 

 R. Goodrich, M. B. Cox, George Young, W. E. Silken, C 

 Earwicher, stroke, A. S. Swain, coxswain. 



The Columbia crew took the lead and maintained it 

 throughout, wining easily by three lengths. 



The fourth race ; married vs. single. The married men 

 had previously won twenty years in succession, but failed 

 to obtain their majority. Married — A. S. Swain, Van 

 Zandt, A. Handy, T. Van Radin, stroke. 



Single— E. Blake, H. B. Leroy, C. S. Osborn, J. C. 

 O'Neill, stroke. 



This race was for the champion flag of the club. 

 O'Neill's crew had their oars first in the water, and gained 

 a decided start, wiiich they kept up until finish, coming in 

 some four lengths ahead. 



Between the races of the Atalanta's the Gulick entered 

 four single sculls, John Bryson, W. H. Sear, Thomas 

 Moore, and J. A. Kobbe, who rowed for the chain pion 

 badge of the club, valued at $150, to become the final 

 property of the winner, as the "old Gulicks" are about to 

 disband. The younger members propose organizing a new 

 club in the spring. This race was won with perfect ease 

 by John Bryson, who becomes the happy possessor of the 

 champion badge. 



On coming home the sight down the river was very pic. 

 turesque; the shores lined with people, and the several 

 boating clubs sent their single sculls, pair-oars, gigs, eight 

 and ten oared barges to enliven the beautiful scene. On 

 passing Randall's Island, Wallace's full band struck up 

 "Hail Columbia," boys and children lining the shores, 

 and with their shrill voices giving us a parting salute. 



The Saratoga Rowing Association hold a grand national 

 regatta on September 11th and 12th. It is open to all recog- 

 nized amateur boating associations in the United States and 

 Dominion of Canada. Entries must be made on or before 

 September 1st. Saratoga lake, as everybody knows, is a 

 lovely sheet of water, and has an unobstructed course of 

 five miles straight away. As an evidence of good faith on 

 the part of clubs entering their boats an entrance fee of $20 

 will be required, to be returned if the boat entered draws 

 into line. The distance in the single, double, and paired 

 oared races will be two miles. In the four-oared shell race 

 the distance will be three miles — one and a half miles and 

 return. The total value of the prizes is $3,000. Amateurs 

 only will be allowed to row. 



John Kyle, foot of 133rd street, East river, is finishing a 

 new boat for the Harlem River Rowing club ; the boat is 

 built of white cedar, Spanish cedar upper streak, forty 

 feet long, three feet seven inches beam, sliding seats. 

 Weight 180 pounds. 



George Brown of Halifax, and John A. Biglin of New 

 York, will row an " Internationsl Scullers' race," two and 

 a half miles and return in Halifax harbor, Thursday, August 

 28th, for $1,000 a side. It is the intention of Biglin if he 

 wins, to challenge the champions of the Tyne and the 

 Thames, in England. 



The following are the rules adopted by the Stewards for 

 the government of the International regatta, to take place 

 next month near St. John, New Brunswick. We print 

 them, more particularly to serve the future use of those who 

 may like to defer to the judgment of professionals and hon- 

 orable experts in regatta rules to be adopted : 



1. The races shall take place on the Kennebecasis River, on the usual 

 regatta course, on the 17th day of September; or should the weati^r 

 on that day prove unfavorable, on the first suitable day, thereafter. 



2. All races shall be started in the following maimer ; The starter on 

 being satisfied that the competitors are ready, shall give the signal to 

 start. 



3. If the starter considers the start' false, he shall at once recall the 

 boats to their first staions, and any boat refusing to start again shall be 

 distanced. 



4. No fouling, whatever, shall be allowed. 



5. It is in the province of the umpire, when appealed to, but not before, 

 to decide a foul. The boat decided by him to have fouled shall be dis- 

 tanced. 



6. It shall be considered a foul when, after the race has commenced, any 

 competitor by his boat, oar, or person, comes in contact with the oar, 

 boat or person of another competitor, and nothing else shall be consid- 

 ered a foul. 



7. Any boat taking another's (boats) water does so at his own peril, 

 and it shall be held that a boat's own water is the straight course from 

 its starting point to its turning point. 



8. Each boat shall turn its own buoy, the turn to be made in shore 

 toward Rothesay. 



9. If in any race in which more than two boats start a foul takes place, 

 and the boat adjudged by the umpire to have been fouled reaches the 

 turning point first, the race shall be decided as the boats come in; but if 

 the boat fouled does not come in first, or if the umpire is unable to de- 

 cide which boat has committed the foul, the race shall be rowed over 

 again, unless the umpire shall decide that the boat which came in first 

 had sufficient lead at the moment of the foul to warrant it having the 

 race assigned to it. 



10. Whenever the umpire shall direct a race to be rowed over again, 

 any boat refusing to row again shall be distanced. 



11. Every boat shall stand by its own accidents. 



12. The decisions given by the umpire shall be final, and there shall be 

 no appeal therefrom. 



When the affair comes off, another batch of regulations 



will be issued by which the affairs of the regatta shall 



be governed . 



\hot §>un mid M¥ e * 



GAME IN SEASON FOR AUGUST. 



Prim 



Woodcock, Scolopax Rmlicola; Esquimaux Curlew, Niimenius Borealis; 



rimated Grouse, Tetrao Cvpiclo, .Blue Grouse of Washington Territory, 



'Tetrao Ccesiua, and all kinds of Bay birds, including the Godwit, Livio- 



since, Curlew, Numenius Arquata, Plover, Cliaradraius, and Sandpipers, 



Trinr/iim. Also such kind of wild fowl as are strong of wing. 



♦ 



Under this head last week an unfortunate blunder was 

 made by inadvertently changing the captions of two 

 articles that had been prepared, the one for pinnated grouse, 

 aud the other for ruffed grouse. It now stands corrected. 



The weather during the early part of our current week was 

 decidedly bad for shooting, storms of more or less violence 

 prevailing from Maine to Minnesota, which drove the birds 

 to close cover. If there is anything a dainty bird dislikes it 

 is to get his plumage wet. By this time, however, they have 

 probably shaken out their feathers and are on the wing 

 again. 



An almost eridless variety of birds is found on the shores 

 and inlets of Long Island and New Jersey. The best 

 feeding grounds are Pelican bar, South bay; Egg Har- 

 bour, Montauk point, Forked rivers near Barnegat, several 

 promontories near Stonington, Conn., Currituck Inlet, N. 

 C, and Cobb's Island on the Eastern shore of Virgin- 

 ia. At the two latter named places, shooting commences 

 early in September. The Godwit commonly called "Max- 

 lin " are getting scarcer every year. It is a very noisy bird 

 and has an odd shrill cry that sounds like "grutto" rapidly 

 repeated; they are very strong on the wing, of a light grey 

 color, and feed in bogs and marshes near the sea shore, 

 have four eggs, and are very delicious as a table bird. 



Curlew are generally very abundant and breed in high, 

 hilly, and sandy grounds. The nest is very slight and 

 usually contains four eggs, placed with the small ends to- 

 gether. These birds have a singular way of just keeping 

 out of gun-shot, and rise with a mournful cry, alarming 

 every bird within hearing, thus spoiling the sport among 

 the Wiletts, as at certain seasons they frequently associate 

 with one another. The best decoy is to tie a dark band- 

 anna handkerchief on the top of a small stick, the gunner 

 lying concealed behind some dry drift wood, waiving the 

 decoy and imitating their cry from time to time. It is not 

 thought highly of as a table bird, but when properly cooked 

 with a little lemon, and good cayenne, it is not to be de- 

 spised. 



The plover (several species) have a singular habit when 

 alighting on the ground in the breeding time; they drop 

 their wings, stand with their legs half bent, and trembling 

 as if unable to support their bodies. In this absurd position 

 they will sometimes stand for several minutes, uttering a 

 curious sound, and then seem to balance themselves with 

 great difficulty. This singular maneuvre is no doubt in- 

 tended to induce a belief that they maybe easily caught and 

 so turn the attention of the egg-gatherer from the pursuit of 

 the eggs to themselves. Plovers' eggs are recognized all 

 over the world as a great delicacy. The Wiletts, yellow 

 legs and Sandpipers have so often been described that most of 

 our readers are familiar with their habits. The first flight of 

 these birds was seen August 7th, by Cornelius Bennett, from 

 his yacht " Mystic," B. Y. C, Freeport, South sideL. I. 

 The most successful way to shoot these birds is as follows : 

 If possible, go out early in the morning on a high flood tide 

 taking care to select a long narrow sand-bar that is not 

 covered at high water, and one that juts out from the main 

 land; gather some dry drift-wood and build a small blind 

 scooping out the sand. You can then put out a few stools 

 about twenty-five yards from the blinds on the edge of high 

 water, and commence to imitate their whistle; if the wind 

 should be blowing on shore and the tide likely to be very 

 high, the sand bars will be all covered and the birds, having 

 no place to alight, fly backwards and forwards across this 

 point waiting for the tide to recede. Never pick up the 

 wing-tipped ones, as they act as nature's decoys; they flutter 

 their wings, uttering shrill whistles, and bring down hun- 

 dreds of others to see " what is the matter." Now is the 

 time to let them have it, as you generally can kill several 

 dozens in the next half hour. Another plan is to sail leisurely 

 down on the birds as they are feeding on the bars; but if 

 there are any Curlew there, look oat, as it is necessary to re- 

 main perfectly still and hide yourself. The slightest over- 

 sight on the part of the sportsmen to observe these laws, 

 the Curlew will instantly give the alarm and your sport is 

 nil. With everything in your favor, tides, wind, slightly 

 foggy weather, the shooting at Curlew is generally at long- 

 range. Now and then you may get a crack at them as they 

 fly over at forty yards or so. Your clothes should be of a 

 marsh-grass, or sedge color. Always have the barrels of 

 your gun well " browned;" use a ten bore, four and a half 

 drams of powder, and one and a quarter ounces of No. 7 

 shot, a pair of rubber boots and a light rubber blanket. For 

 the smaller bay snipe you can use No. 10 shot and upwards, 



