.l.v.w a, 1884.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



468 



GIL BLA8.— This Ett - '■ '- nherofthe 



i .r V. 0. She Was built by Kfrhy.of Bye, in 1S81, from 



"all, '-IM.t.liili.; on leadline 

 keel. Mollis.: must, dock to 

 : bowsprit outboard, lift. 



-. -1...~ .'.,,... l,.„„+,- m „ t.^I- 



Sift/: bourn, s.rt ; J raft If 

 houu.ls.2rtf i.: boom. :..3t 2 ft.: gaff. 14 

 She baa boon out on die hard 

 former owner being absenl ifa Europe. 



THE FOURTH CCTTER Bi • BW cutters mention.:-! 



iu last issue, wo hoar Unit Mi 1 . Cranston, "t 'no -'liv.'.- io i .; .'.- i 

 outter similar to Oriva in proportions, nntl that she will probably in 

 built of iron. The prnspects are that mon ters 111 he bunt tuli 

 fear than ever before. The foregoiui onoftheDaisy 



...l by steamer In spring from F.ugland. makes a total o 

 Hve botoro the year has fairly begun. 



NEW BINGLEHANn VAWL.-W. P. Stephens lias got out the 

 drawings anil mould-- for a handsome little yaolit c.t" cutler propor- 

 tions for a gent leiiinn now in Florida. The keel will he strop 

 week, as the i.oat i- to he oil' enrlv iu sprint;. Length .ner all, 5211.: 

 ... nine, isft.; beam e.arenie. lit.; draft. 4it : l.;-j'.»o|i,=. uv.n on 

 the keel. She v. ill he rigged as a yawl for general knockabout sail- 

 ing, single handed. 



STEAM YAl'HI'S Mr. Bfc OlareJ. Byrne, known in An •■ - 

 ll ie ,-,,..,, ,. , .,i- the besl model and 



best planned steam yacht out of an American port, advises the public 

 of Ids professional address el«ewhcio. 



NEWARK V. i"'.— Tin- burgee of this club is a blue triangular field 

 Willi wide rod border, except along the luff. It Is plain, pretty , find 

 ensilr ramie out at a long distance. The club has issued cards for 

 New Year. 



SEW CtPTTEH, We learn of another new cutter of about twenty 

 I. .n- lor a New York -'.ml, -lean. The plans are now being perfected, 

 and details will be given later on. 



SCHOONERS.— For wanl of space our review of schooner racing 

 last year goes over till next week. 



1LEEN.— We last heard from this cutler in Sniittitown harbor, Deo. 

 29, on her cruise doV u the coast. 



to. the forme 

 "beavj olsplat 



■ being ci 



•n-.ent" ii.. 



are the length on 

 an loadline i I h 

 varies Ii.m 



the latter 



■nt" 



:aine.l a' desired by flrsi weighing the 

 entire block, and after cutting out the model weighing that also, the 

 ratio of one to the other being the eoeuicieni. of displacement men- 

 lioned above. 



hRAFT. 



la the first class of canoes referred to.it is important to have the 

 draft as light as is possible, as they aroused often iu very shoal 



•"&J 



Seeretan. 



Stream their ad. i ee i 



their chil,-. I 

 reports of the same. 

 requested to iri U 

 logs of cruises, Maps eu 

 drawings or description 

 to the sport. 



Imweing. 



FIXTURES. 



of hoats and fittings, and al items relating 



HARTFORD C. C. 



M.., £.. Q, IONKS: Secretaiy. A.W. liodd. Signal— Dark blue field 



pOM., L.Q, 

 V.; gold lett 



AMATEUR CANOE BUILDINC. 



istance from the water to the deck, and in most i 

 it should he. The -least freeboard,- or the distance 

 r to the lowest point of the deck, may he I. 5 and Bin. 

 >r each of the classes. 



The curve of the gunwale from the bow downward to the middle 



of the boat, and up again at the siern. is colled the sheer. I he height 

 ol the how above the point where the freeboard is least, is usually 

 Sin. in the first class of canoes, and tj to Tin. in the latter two. the 

 a being about °in. lower than the how in eaen. 



of the keel Upward from a straight line, aud should 

 i-tft. boat. 



.MIDSHIP SECTION. 



i across the boat at its greatest, beam, and on its 



oaiioil'a htdiVdivafi, aiid oni'' ' ' > ' 

 lesirable. The sides should be vertical or 

 nbie home" or rolling in of the upper sl.-eak 



ifofk-l of tl 



ballast, a Hal iioor i 

 slightly flaring, the " 

 detracting from stahiiuy. ami ooiug oi. u 



The round of deck may be yt^iii. in a I 

 88fn. boat, as a high crown adds greatly I 

 deck quickly of water, and no valid oblei 



Willi these leading points decided o 

 with the design, which we shall do next 1 



THE LOG BOOK. 



IV.-A CANOE CKTJISE IN THE APIBONDAOKS. 

 consisted of three: w.. i 



W.'s 

 Rushton trav 

 had sent out 



Leaving Si 

 road, we foul 

 in time to g 



eha 



wh1c 



that they had arrive 

 them, returned to t 

 Forge Souse, on tile 

 our firs! start. 



On inquiring fore.: 

 ferred to Frank Ban 

 ..f ii- an.l his boat 

 provisions that eveni 



uk Barrett with i 



.:. agreed to take each 



Laying in a si.. ok of 



tpectations of getting 



ied at it o'clock, and. 

 three went to the -la- 

 irge farm i 



F 



t.W'O 



as he 



do, h 



.U 111" expel.:-- ot i in e, and o. aid him in this, w e shall give such in- 

 -I met ions a, hare proved best suited to bis wants. 



While dealing -p. .-kill;, ,-, iih canoe building, our remarks will ap- 

 ply as well P. t In- building ot light boats of any description, except- 

 ing shell boats, ih, nstruetion of which is quite different, but this 



branch of I he art. for it may surely be called such, is of but little In- 



It might .--.-: ,. orn.ee. ling further, to say what a 



canoe is. but we will not attempt here a task in which man: ol at 

 canoeists haw- i.iih.i, misting to the following articles to define a 



canoe, only pr-mi-ang that we v, ill use tie- term in 111. niparaiively 



liuiited -eie-e in which it has been einploveit in England and America 

 for the past fifteen or twenty years, aud wiibouf any regard to I 

 many savage members of the same family, from kayak to dugout: 

 ski.eotio.s or a MODEL. 



They were a ,i- fore proceeding much 



that, on account of rattleahaki poi on. the} wen 

 jolly. Twelve miles. ,„i from Boonevllie we arrive 



station, Lawrence's, From hero on to the Old F. 

 road in horrible condition, and t had to follow ot 

 canoe wagon, to give any assistance, should it be m 

 very tedious and hard trip over tin- road we at last 

 Forge at B:KO P.M. 



On arrival here we Immediately unpacked our 

 they had stood the irip, aud found them all right, v 

 of a small hole in the deck of mv canoe, made bv e 

 ishing ur supper here thfee 



rip whai 



.lid took 31 



On tie 



WSOt the 



olio 



for Big Moose 

 for this chai 

 Third lakes. 



Second Lake of the > 

 wc arrived at our la. 

 Moose Lake. Crvss.ii 



Unpacking 

 heard o 



follow-in,. 



On the l 



Ned aud I 



find Bubbs Lake 



following morning, we star 

 the Pond, which is the oui 

 through First. Second i 

 dgau's Camp at. 11:30. wh 

 mp.inious ..f the wagon. 

 * ' m to the first, ca 



gr-e: 



he l able auxin 



pulling up 



fellows, the lar 



■ in o. i i .. r i., i ..■...., , I, lirst question that a 



kind o 



dolwanl 



u he answered by the 



■UUWS, lUfiiU^esi oi wmcii weiKiie.. 



( lonsiderJng the lightness of the ta. 

 net, I felt perfectly satisfied 



t we had enough fish for on 



led "u down the lake tow 



and his wife. Stopping hei 





s purpose, as they tire tin- ,. 



board of gi eater 



either of the 



usually preff 



Any object floating lit water will sink until it displaces a weight or 

 water equal to lis own w eight, thus with a canoe, if the bull weighs 



tiulhs . Illling- 'ad' . sril .".,.■- ,,. i - I " I : ; . . el ,-.v ] fMhs. . aril tout. 



stores, etc.. jblbs.. Ihe total weight being ai.'ilbs.. it will sink until it 

 displaces SISlbs. of waler, or ' .," -= :. cubic feet, as one cubic foot of 

 fresh water weighs BS.olbS. if in salt water, the oivisor would be 

 IIS. n foot of the Inner being :'. lbs. heavier than fresh 



Now.it that port ion of our canoe which is below her proposed 

 waterline contains less than a cubic feel, through being cut away 

 too much, the boat will sink deeper than was intended, diminishing 

 the freeboard and increasing the draft Tin- fault is found in some 

 -oftbe smaller canoes with Hue line. -, ,'-..- ] .n,j , ,, ftielrfull 



late in 

 iirable 

 ing hardly 

 me with larger boats, 

 ken 14m. long, sa.dn. 

 7 as the lairtionof a 

 a., and it om- model, 



r.28 



- -..- 



If, in makiag a model, a block of wood he 

 I torn, thick, or 1-12 as la 

 14ft. canoe below water, it will contain 1 1.E c 



when cm irom this bien I eu. to, it will be =^ 



lT.fi 



i Higby's camp. We 



.ook several very fair negatives of tin's camp, with a group. It 



' dam, and sleeping in a small hut on the side 

 ttc ."'.'-I. we came to the bugbear of out' 



•V into B.own's Tract Inlor. 



,-hilo to get a bath in the lake here, which we 



- started ou ihe roughest and hardest carry on 



... -I -non.-, no, i in,, is. ... ,, ,':::.- ' . 



eg utensils, canned provi-i. 



amounted to a •■ 

 :.- vei-v clumsy to earn . as .. ^r.r, 



■ i". ■:- ■ ; mi we bad borrow ed at the 01 

 mi al all it wan uearlydarkal " I rrn 



Wii 



,1 see Kenwills Hotel. 



r. , n landed at the 



all hands, who had been 



great curiosiiy. 

 "e here obtained a pretty 



. late we turned, hack to canifi, and o 

 into the charge of the head cook, who soon had u 

 before us. We were pretty tired to-night, so con 

 ' " Tc-lock, when we were a 



splendid supper set 



shot do 



ist killin 

 sugar. 



Hies 



r heads, which tu: 



i" a 



ty we concluded that we might as well return to 

 it noon, packing our things, we started : a the 

 there at about 11:30 o'clock P.M. The hind; 

 reus here and in fact evert-where, am 



but little' good We cone 

 followiue day. having ev 



long trip through the If 

 pond, through 1-irst. s.-c. 

 Stopped a short while at , 

 On the way here we stf 

 sideral'l. 



look.-. 

 got 



nder, aU through hoi 

 .nswer the numerous 

 ,ud, and selling sail i 



ailinj 



_^ ^lalities of our can 

 however, look the lead an.l kept it. with the Ri 

 the h-acine lust. We remained here all night, and 

 iug started for the end of the Chain. 



Again setting sail we storied across for the inlet i 

 ihis.v.-e arrived at a small cat ry of one mile, into I 

 pretty little lake, which we arrived at an i -: . 

 testing on the dam. From Sixth CO Bevel 

 of one mile which we crossed Barely and 



other across I 

 the carry bet 

 This little- h 

 with nothing 

 this we entei 

 lid hon 



sin 



disiii 



if ine 



the namesake of 

 Holland's Hotel. ■ 



■ puddled tin this cm-iotis str.-.i in -. , 1 1 i, 

 parly a slough, it being in no place much 

 Vet. aud in ino.-l places sear. . : . 



very pretty. 

 m. Passing 



i is built the 



ip the inlet a 

 tnd Ihe gem 

 ■ctly toward 

 d put up at 

 himself. 



hef 



i wagon to the 

 eh at ihe hotel 

 the house and 



understand ilia 



THE GALLEY FIRE. 



a I'TSMING OCTFTT. 



1 reader of your valuable paper 

 . it 1 1 intense interest the various 



:in -f ier.-i'n-., i in i 

 n u ..--. n ._ m --. . one an.l all. 



week or m. 

 to another 

 Auaefcusia 



>spondents who hay 



" I emphat- 



is estimated 



rri.-.i along 



-led ' Will be 



-n in '.a the 





WINTER CAMP-FIRE. -The next meeting will be held ,.l No ■;;! 

 East Fourteenth street, Kit Kat Club l-monis, on Saturday. .Ini.. ".. 

 1884. I'ni't S D Eebdall writes us from Florida: "1 srnt' m -,...,, 



. :- a Christmas presenl to t no Winter 



Camp-fin thai [ should be very happy to meet with 



b old Nautilus tine, with great sheer, and the bja lesod ul 

 ore pouted instead of being square on the end 



an i '.eii a. ■ i.r. ei. I of tie- personnel of 

 . ... exceptions, thei are aB fine H looking 

 s any dub in the country can boast of. 



I i' c— Or. Neide i-i-jioris the formation of a new canoe 

 Lawrence, which n aissed on Dec. 20. Mr. .1 II 



'onimodore, Mr. V. Packard, Vice-Cooiraoflore, and L. P. 



ary and Treasurer. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



- be '■ ,: on n o. . : l -_r ' i 



(.. E.. Chicago. -For a shark skin write to the taxidermists who 

 advertise in ourcolumns. 



J. E. H., Watson town. Pa.— Send copy of paper. Yon will be 

 notified in lime for renewal of your subscription. 



Trenton. N. J.— 1. We cannot give you 1 

 Our list of open game seasons will furnish the required information. 



W. L.. San .'. n.'j-ln, T. .as -The Correspondent who signed " Vail 

 Bow" addo.l a signature which we believe to have been lietlii..n . 



n - sent to the address ii.o'e been l .-turned. "Ami-b 

 big wonderful sling, we I'., .-. n..m : The bulletin will 1 

 ununeed. 8. 1 he new edition of I Dues'fi Key has not yet appeared. 



Orkksv, Freestone, OaL—i. Number of p.-lletsoi lead i 



,,i j - . - |. ... ... S7g x 



388; 11, 982: 18, 1,771) - ■■ i ool tOOTt 



~ "1 ' k'-.tiipany - mi '. - ith the Stan i 



. tor ful' h •-.. - -n.ii of si bol i no wads 



Cloth oslioi.n I I v Messrs. W.S, Kimball .'. CJo to 



'I ei. I .. . 1 -. ool ..I .-igaleitcs. We have Huiiiii!.'. I and le- 

 ts favorably with the sun ■ i 



Fnir. There in I tnd I ledlctloi 



when we have <aid thai the I llotli of Gold compares well ivitl '. 

 Fair we have said all that need he told. 



