Oct. ll, 1888.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



217 



win Mr. Claphora give us his views on tl 



lor his selecling these two peculiarities i 

 mi ninny objections and apparently so fe. 



mailer, at itli 



oonslrui lov which have 

 advantages) i intend ta 

 lei a lie: I '"-■■ a n give mo 

 •.-.I, hi reanoiiij to the contrai r. \s an old sailor craphically expressed 



ti lots ■' boats without , -i. _■ ■ i'-i, ' it would gi n 



,i 'i ,'■ - ■ ■ corneal iu1 and with the aid 



ai a liti.i" boar I. .' !"■• . if 16 If aloni rti ■ no good as I nave t ully 

 orovcd. ougbl I.. steady her in rdmi; ti ■". 



KOBERT B. Rocs ii 



IJfi i:.nv-< '.ell ; , experiences eoDfirm all v>e have urged against 

 light draft and ligni displacement.] 



KEELS BEFORE THE WIND. 

 mUoi Fm-mi and Stream: 



yacht is a union safer and more agr.-,-:,.- i... 

 ii.'.i.', ..-atiiun the skoal ccnferboarc] 

 yawing, and I well remember a fearful mghl 

 vessel trying til keen her hefon- the pale f ,n, 



i ■■ ■ heavy roller lifle.l her under the n 



eleaT round into tne trough of the, sea in :i mw 

 rudder head twisted off. But for our drifting i 

 spit and Ictiiiig go both anchors, it is doubtful 

 her crew would have survived Nexl time 

 pleasure ir Mill he In • deep di t keel hi 



\\\ roferetl lo the well known danger of e, 



Me- wind, iii the following words: ■■!•■■. ' ■. : , 



LIGHT DRAFT IN ROUGH WEATHER. 

 n So» -' and Stream: 



: turned a few .la..- aen from a ten days' eiuise in the lower De 



i-'i ' ' ' iiher for eight days. The run down broad i 



was well enough, notwithstanding the storm. The heat hoi 



R.G.Wij 



THE CAPRICE. 



.Editor Fori 



T I'.- Bguw 



in hull and 



eruise in tin 



'■■ ' h '.in 

 without ton 



light W enoog 



THE CARMITA. 



is just lie- l„.ai v. i,:i,,s no your In j a rgt i n i eni s .. iih. K.-vi 



a man villi iiso.nn nteas. and has mad.- a hit in the Carraita 

 Bosto.t. Kmall'Moat. 



THE BRITISH CRACKS. 

 Editor Forest "»"' Siroom,- 



During a recent visit lo England 1 had the good fortune to see all 



Utecmcks and raced ..a IVm. an lees, and r.vda. ','i 1 1 ,n, -J !'.,.- I,, i: ., 



Win i 





THE ERIE CANAL. 



I7tt. 10)0-, so that 

 Sin. through. 



a big aqiio 



WITH THE GREATEST OF PLEASURE. 

 Editor Forest am Stream: 



Ring the death knell of light displacement, and put him in the 

 ground with proper honors. X EW XoKKEn. 



. KSOKAH.— This cutter is 60ft. loadline. We Challenge a 



t,i produce a sloop ,,f same length with anything like the 



nd even mare width, than 

 as much or more than a 

 an architect in a luxnri- 



iieeany competent judge 



deuce and common sense to indulge in Ihe ipinol 

 and hermaphrodites any longer. 



.'I'l'i.iiilllliATin.NS OF RAC1.MI fUTTEKS 

 (he new Ileen has far more room, light and air belo 

 tirade, it is evident the writer ot the follow o, : 



iii"li second-hand. f..,r an iuspeenouof 



I ■ I '. i" ihe cor.ti-.in-: "Botl I -i acii . id Fan 



tiful, aurt almost faultless sailing mac) Inec on btc 



I, ,-,-,, -i "'" I lopspecd. Thcv are leiil,l«o.,ie 



airoodations for large j 



in the -English racing crafl . .vide 

 HELL Y.C'.-A committee of 



" lie and th 



Considering thai 



'allies el guests, ,.,.i ,,-i.hi v , nl. , ... „ 



a are unfit for anything bur racing." 



mill •- 



e others, v 



got the 



. ,,..s appointed to confer 

 with other el nl.,; or, the subject of forming a national juc-hiiu, 

 eiution fol ihe purpose of establishing a uniform system of sailing 



el,- ,.f signals. 



ETSTJ8T0N V. C.-A.ne. 



,i ■ 1. 1, -ing port si cured : 

 ' : , , Beers ■iv 



i A.\.\ Y l.'HACTE.— These 



I Oft. loadline, drt 



■''..ft ..tine of thecal 



s sailed a match lusl 

 i from Sandy Hook, in 

 ic, but 



As 



I honi 



n Hh. 



iMte term u fortnight ago. It is 



The boot is on the other leg. 



■in- waters. They arc a little too 



not quite so fashionable any runt- 

 Yes, cutters are incompatible with 



7-;ew c UTTEr: -.Smith, of City Point, is to build a rott. cutter for 



i 'i 13 He is putting up a abed to build the cutter under 



this winter. 



HUHON.— This culler will winter :il Dorchester. She is to have 

 more 1,-ad nri her keel. 



^mwer§ to <^orrespondmt$. 



J3g»~ No Notice Taken of Anonymous Coi respondents. 



•I. \. L., Yorkville, S. L'.— Us.- the b.-sl grades of black powder. 



,1. M, P.. i tldo.— Thanks for the card. We shall soon publish repott. 



W, R. S., Brooklyn.— See our (Tamo Bag and Gun columns in next 

 issue. 



Is X. h . North Oarolhuv.— Mfe. Tallman's address is No. 5 Emit 

 Street. Worcester,, Mass. 



H. W., Sew York.— We know nothing of the ouestievris; if von will 

 repeat them we will I; 



11. A. a, Cleveland. 1 1 -The Ohio game lav, . as printed in our issue 



ritory. -Where 

 'ountry t 

 - paper. 



i I get a cork mat- 



it. K.. St.. Balti 



I —Can you give any record of a Waltei 



nJerslaud he is the champion wing-shot of 



7 pigeons oul of 100, which I believe lo he 



fir, Baldwin's record. 



-idges. unle. 



of a 



i'. mi. Is the black bass in (1)0 painting entitled, -Broke 

 i"i' i"i, I i'iieili.1.1. ue ■ deu i, j i ,■[ ,e- -, -;:t ,i lure- nra small 

 :, copy oi it on page 377 of the Centum Mann- 

 lly. Ans. It is probably intended for a small-mouth, but 

 ;,vn in the realistic manner that a naturalist employs. 

 .ally "spiritualize" a fish so much that specitie characters 



.Tlover. V. Tf.-E,.r instruct ions in "partridge" irtlffed 



noting see the back u.ii,d..rs , ,f tl.i- paper, which contain 



i.l -■. I--, i looks tf- a::ugoi, ihis.ir.'-: Bogardus" - s~-F-ie1d, 

 Trap Shooting: ' Dhipmunk's "Wing Shoofing;" Hallock's 

 u's Gazetteer.*' For prices, etc.. see our advertising 



rk, N. J.— The :|iiii. 1 



■el may shoot better tha 



town, N C-l. You should use shell that in length 

 the gun: a short shell will riot give such good 

 si determine proper load for \our gun by e.\iieri- 

 u and penetration. A light charge will prove more 

 •aw one. and will do equal]., c„„i execution For 



,,,1-,'e H die. v.i:„, (ryiidra. powder, 1"/. NO-H sliel 

 nil lougel.il, just rigid. 



onn. I Can the helgramil.es be found in Northern 

 small and what kind of streams. /. ,-,, uuiddv or 

 ...., tO CatCh ll.em? 4. What is the 1,,-M 

 item to use on thread lo wind sn-lls on hooks and 

 I. P.-rhaps so. We cannot say. look under stones 



Never in mud. ;s. Lifi up stones in swift streams 

 ; net below to catch He- larva. I. Windasuell 

 vax and use glue '■ Is, Coyer the tatter with 



1 amateur sportsman the 



Mrs. tolis.-3>,,drs. to ljii 

 1 proportions. Ans. We 

 ie assurance that it would 



. lu„- load maybe just 



Brans, East Union, aliun.— Books on birds are: Baird, Brewer and 



. ',,,v- 11. mellt 



. part l.Wash- 



.rn.itiologl of 



led; steams: 



i 1 get chart of Floi 



STALKING BUCKS BY SQUASH LIGHT. 



[Correspondence of Ihe Evening Post. I 



LAKE UTOTYANA, Adirondack's:. Oct, I.-"\YoYh uhont. 

 hali' way," said the pude, ualonding lit -, :i ,n. , , .1,,,, , 

 n ritle. a. [.areid,-ap|ilk'd-t'nt- jaehlight, <-,-' - : - : ' -t|imsli 



ltiiss of to ■■ •. , r ':,'.\',i carry, '* Ant 'hi continued, "1 want 

 I ve about the last time I trod this 

 it!" he added, looking around and 

 ! trees as if lli-v know him. "The 

 liomero inc. D'ye know sir," i.c 



•ssing for a man to be able to have 



like steal over ve, aud have it nst' 



7 time re tool ai the trees-and the 



n: might Bay T ain - t, worth u dollar 

 di in appreciatin' thai, 1 1i:h: 

 d the privilege of enjoying life. 



do' bustin' teeiiii' ovi, m ■■ - ., . : .,- , 



woiidert'rd sight way oil' in the city, which I've, only heard tell 

 onf— never was 1 here. Well, I feel sort, of so when I get out 

 in the woods. In short, to come to the p'inf. I'm one of the 

 thankful kind. 



"I had a chap onct, or leastwise he had me. I was guiding 

 for him. He was what they call an infidel, I reckon f did in- 



to let i 



hills' No^ 



in the wo 



health, ea: 



-DYeev 



believe nuthing ; didn't see anything tin anything 

 poor cuss— and I'm not speaking Itrggerath-eiv whet 

 lor he lived on Ins money— he talked to meal] 

 argying how religion was'all stuff. 

 "this chap had "the greatest hi 



he 





$400j so he. s; 

 ifraid to set 



id I had a i 

 eh of sitthin 



"Well, that, 



Isnv poor, 

 one "night. 



He had a 

 id, and his 

 anywhere. 

 ng fin 



■ old guide laughed loud ai 

 linking of my gal and old 

 •d the awf idlest yell 



rushing through tin 



d smothering in tb 

 mad and was 



inking a munch of stttaing. At last 



iout and look up a pail- 



All right.' knowing he 



• within six miles that 1 



ter on Ins arm. WefL" 



1 heartily. "I was pull"- 



voman up at Saranae, 



St heard, and suthing 



i-ush, over logs, a-goin' d.own, then 



noss. At first 1 thought a buck 



nshilr dowu on its, but the next 



T chap come in head on and 



cart: Well, if lie hadn't been 



his hair'd been white. 'What's 



minute he couldn' 



.' left, dropping 

 ,i,i as I said. I 

 f. and about a 

 n blessed if it 

 hand. It. was 

 t. dancing this 

 before. 



when I h 

 com 

 up, I 



had 



minute 



fell all of i 



a tow-head. 



after ye? s _ 



a word ; then he gasped out, 'Ghosts!' Well he swore he'd 



seen one ten foot high, and when he saw it first it was waving: 



back and forth, and it started after him, and I 



gun, hat, and one moccasin, and reached ca 



couldn't get him to go back, so 1 started myst 



thousand yards off lkem to a clearin', and I 



wasn't, there, and kind o' skeery for a green 



a piller of light some six foot high, wa vin' alio 



way and that, and rising and falling. But I'd 



Ghost' Sartin, the ghost of a dead cow- that had wandered 



into the wood, got stUCfc and di, d. and the light was this ere 



rignus fains, or whatever they call it. The next day we 



went over Ids trail and picked up his property, 'and when 1 



Showed him the cow he was that took down you.dalaughcd." 



And the old mau slung Ms canoe on his shoulder and we 



pushed on through the carry to the pond, just back of which 



we found the rest of the party in camp, a rousing hre, and a 



spread of spruce and dr limbs— ft right royal couch. 



■"Got that jack patented. Amoef" asked a guide, as that 

 person was fixing a candle within the squash that, hollowed 

 out, showed comical eyes, nose, andmoutl 

 "You boys make fun o 1 this jack,' was 

 bothered more deer than any of yer taSC/J 

 he added, as the ludicrous object, was plac 

 the lake, ''I'm ready to test her.'' 



Later the writer and Amos shoved off into the dark water. 

 The silence was unbroken, the old guide's paddling being so 

 perfect that the paddle went into the Water and out with 

 hardly a perceptible sound; the gentle ripples as the canoe cut 

 the water or the faint splash of an overturned lily-pad alone 

 reached the ear. Slowly the canoe skirted the dim shore, f he 

 jack-light casting its curious glare, ahead. Suddenly catne a 

 hiss from the paddler, and ahead, looming out of the darkness, 

 appeared the ghostly form of an animal seemingly as large as 

 an ox. The writer, who had been initiated, escaned the 

 fever; a blinding flasti, followed bya ct 

 brought cries from the birds, a tiiund 

 strokes of the paddle brought us along! 

 "Dead as a door-nail— light through 

 you thought of," said Amos, in admin 

 who had aimed for the animal's hoi 

 night shooting, wisely kept silent, and 



ip— rigid "testimonv to the 



?h light. 



e Hash locomotive patent jacks is all right," said 

 poor dints what wants to paralyze a critter, and 



wn so you km git, yer muzzle in ids ear: but for 



e shooting-, give me my own fixin'. 1 jest want to 

 's notice till I kin make head from tail— it gives 



■eply. "but it's 

 ■laugles; and." 



patents 



"Thes 



Amos. ' 



hold hin 



Jong-dist 



hold the 



fin- null, 



"This 



1 rokw 



lade of echoes that 



splash, and a few 

 d'a dead buck. 



heart, just where 

 ; aud the expert, 

 i an experiment in 

 BUT later the buck 

 ues of the Amos 



ale 



Id feller," said one c 

 tens: "he's done some I 

 If I hed all the curious horns I've 

 be a show, and no mistake. Ye si 

 and sometimes they rush togeth 

 notltin' can part 'em; and so they s 

 after the heads is picked up." 



"I was cuttin' some timber one 

 continued, "and fouud a buck ski 

 the horns and part of the skull bqi 

 the buck had jammed into the ti 

 and the tree gradually glowed w i 

 covered it. Down to the mill at L: 

 saw stopped once, and they ionii. 

 in the wood. 



f the men. pointing to the 

 tattling in his day. 1 reckon, 

 teen in thirty years it would 

 •e. bucks are al\va\ s lightin'. 

 ;r; the horns snap in. and 

 taml hill they die, and years 



• up back of Merwui's.-he 

 11 slicking into a big tree, 

 iediutoit. I reckoned that 

 ee and got stuck and died, 

 a it and in time would have 

 ttle Pahs a man told me the 

 pletely buried 



jammed right through its brains. I s'pose they got hghlin' 

 and the buck warmed the cat and couldn't git clear, so carried 

 her about on its horns till she fell off all but the head— kind of 

 a waroiVr to the rest. I reckon." H. 



Ai.askax Exploration.— San Francisco. Cab, Oct. If.— 

 Lieut. Schwatka, of arctic fame, who. with his party, was 

 picked up by Lieut, Ray at St. Michaels, spr-.iktitg of liis trip 

 up the Yukon River. Alaska, says they started from Fort Van- 

 wJuver, Washington Territory, on May 21, being detailed bv 

 Sen. Miles, commanding the Deparfmenl of Columbia, to 



-1-1 v. ■• . ' m f the vaUev f tne Yukon. Ho I riiceled 



Sailing churls on use: 



ii i ., F ,' .,, 



. , v ■' imrbors; ge 



iviuglhesl 



. ,1 ■■ i v. VI Untie at 



," i Si-Win. to a 



t the 



and 



' '-i "- ' '"' I |C . '" -I - ''I "I ., ■ I , , I, 



.deal mile i, givinc overs' naiiiral and arti- 



flcial feature for i-vvctiil miles inland; and finally charts of harbors, 

 bays, rivers and sketches of local dangers, on various scales, 



ceeded down the gradually ii 

 of Fort Cbilcat, when rapids 

 the Indians refused to go, an 

 ashore. Schwatka, i ord i 

 fire on the Indians, killing tin 

 and the rapids w •_-,■- .., I 

 miles. From th.- niouth oi 'I 

 Michaels, where they hoardei 



A box turtle was captured in Collinsville, Conn., a few days 

 since, bearing on the shell tins mark- "D. Dyer. 1*4'.." 



log- to navi^a: ■ the :d icnio 

 crew of six Indian, arid pi'O 

 asing- stream wit uin350 miles 

 c encountered. Down them 

 tteinpf.cd to torce the raft 



aippi'ese the mutiny, opened 



when the otheis submitted, 

 iv age on the raft was !.S:;i 

 ukoo they proceeded to St. 



e Leo for tills port. 



