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GolmrCs Ampersand Boat— Notwith standing the compact- 

 ness, lightness, and portability of Hegeman's boat, there 

 are places so inaccessible, either by their great distance or 

 their rugged character when reached, that it will not pay 

 to carry thither a boat that weighs even so little as forty 

 pounds. In wilderness fastnesses of this kind, which ex- 

 plorers alone might be induced to penetrate, all that is re- 

 quired is some temporary makeshift, such, for instance, as 

 the craft of which the Indians of our western plains 

 sometimes use to cross swollen rivers that are not fordable. 

 This is merely a bull's hide stretched upon a framework of 

 cottonwood. It will not be expected that boats of this 

 character make first-class race boats. Nevertheless, we 

 find that Colvin's canvas boat, which is made on similar 

 principles, has considerable speed, as well as staunchness 

 and capacity, and possesses that invaluable quality of light- 

 ness. It weiyhs only ten pounds. Its frame is cut in the 

 forest on demand, and fitted to the waterproof canvas. 

 The gunwale is made fast by leathern thongs or points. 

 It is only the shell that is carried. Made by R. A. Scott, 

 Albany. 



Berthorts Self Folding Boat.— This is now on exhibition 

 at Paris. It is the invention of Rev. E. L. Berthon, of 

 Romsey, Hampshire, England, and differs from all others. 

 It claims to combine the necessary elements of the life- 

 boat with the advantage of being folded up to one-tenth 

 of its hTi&miA again opened and set up in half a minute. 

 The ribs are longitudmai, joined at the bow and stern by 

 strong linkage. When the boat is closed up the ribs close 

 in parellel lines, and when open they are raised into posi- 

 tion by the use of braces, and the proper form of the boat 

 is maintained by these braces, the flooring, seats, &c. The 

 sides are of very strong canvas and India rubber compart- 

 ments, inclosing a continuous air chamber. The exhibitor 

 offers these boats for yachting as well as for higher uses, 

 and from the price of 75 francs to that of 1,250, as marked 

 on the largest shown, which is fully equipped with mast 

 and sail. Captain Nares took several on shore with his 

 late British Arctic expedition, for the contingencies of 

 which they must be found useful. 



From an examination of the subject it does not seem 

 difficult to make a portable boat. The trouble is to select 

 just what is nearest adapted to immediate or prospective 

 requirements. What will do for one set of circumstances 

 and situations, will not do for another. One's judgment 

 must be used in the selection. 



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Fish Pictures. — Wakeman Holberton, the artist, is at 

 Wood's Hole with the United States Fish Commission mak- 

 ing studies of fish, Prof. Baird having very kindly offered 

 him the use of his tanks and the hospitalities of the place, 

 so that he has every facility for prosecuting his favorite 

 vocation. Mr. Holberton deserves great credit for his pains- 

 taking. No fish looks like itself after it has been even a 

 few minutes out of the water, and fish portraits, to be ac- 

 curate, must be taken on the spot. What, for instance, 

 can surpass the irridescent beauty of the weakfish when 

 first taken from the water, glowing with sparkle of a sun- 

 shower and the glojy of the rainbow! and yet how quickly 

 its beauty vanishes, even before it dies. None but an angler 

 can appreciate the difference between a fish painted in life 

 and in death. One is animate and the other inanimate. 

 Mr. Holberton is both an angler and an artist. 

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Colorado Gold Specimens.— Our correspondent from 

 Western Colorado, whose letter will be found in another 

 column, however heterodox his opinion may be on scientific 

 trout-fishing, seems, judging from the specimens of the 

 ore we have seen, to be sound in his judgment and esti- 

 mate of the rich mining district he has visited. The forma- 

 tion of these mines is somewhat peculiar. It is neither 

 granite nor limestone, but a kind of honey-comb and par- 

 tially decomposed quartz. The quartz carries free gold, 

 much of it visible to the naked eye, easily mined and 

 treatpd. When sufficient capital and enterprise enter the 

 district marvellous results are anticipated. Very little 

 silver is found in the district, but gold bearing quartz 

 crops out in all directions, and in places it stands up in 

 vast pillars fifty feet high. 



Long Island Poultry Association.— This society, 

 recently organized, bids fair to make its mark as one of 

 the most successful associations of its kind in the country. 

 Greai preperations are being made for the grandest display 

 of fancy and hunting dogs ever held in America. The 

 society will offer an extensive premium list for the best 

 display of poultry, pigeons, birds, flowers, deer, and in 

 fact every kind of pet and fancy stock that will add to the 

 attractiveness of the display. The committee have secured 

 one of the largest buildings in Brooklyn, the skating rink, 

 and will exhibit the first week in December. Address 

 Thomas Smith, Secretary, Stoney Brook, L. I. 

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— The remains of Grimwood, the companion of Donald- 

 son in the ill-fated balloon, have been fully recognized by 

 relatives and friends, and have been taken to Bristol, near 

 Chicago, for interment. Grim wood's body was picked up 

 on the shore of Lake Michigan. 



—The New York Journal of Commerce says that Post- 

 master James, of this city, is on the whole, the best official 

 who has filled that position in the last decade. Several 

 instances of official effort requiring much care and shrewd- 

 ness have come within our knowledge within two years 

 past that enable us to fully endorse the.above expression of 

 approval, so far as our personal experience goes, 



Reception to the American Riflemen.— Late on 

 Saturday afternoon, the steamer City of Berlin, having on 

 board the victorious rifle team who have so distinguished 

 themselves at Dollymount and Wimbledon, was signalled 

 as being outside of Sandy Hook. The steamer Nelson J. 

 Hopkins having on board General Shaler, Gen McMahon, 

 Gen. Knox, Col. Geo. W. Wingate, Hon. D. W. Judd, 

 Messrs. A. Alford and J. T. B. Collins, of the joint com- 

 mittee of reception appointed by the National Rifle Asso- 

 ciation and Amateur Rifle Club, together with a large party 

 of distinguished guests, had previously started down the 

 bay to meet the incoming steamer. Meeting the City of 

 Berlin the Hopkins steamed alongside amid the greatest en- 

 thusiasm, and with continued cheers and firing of guns ac- 

 companied the larger steamer to the anchorage at the 

 Quarantine grounds. Here the members of the team and 

 their friends were taken on board the Hopkins and brought 

 to the city. It being dark the steamer was decorated with 

 Chinese lanterns, and fireworks were let off in profusion. 

 On the trip up the bay the party were assembled on the 

 after deck, and addressed by General Shaler in a speech of 

 welcome, in which he recapitulated the performances of 

 the the team abroad and stated the programme which had 

 been arranged for their reception. Colonel Gildersleeve, 

 who was received with cheers, responded and thanked the 

 committee for the warmth of their reception and concluded 

 by saying:— 



"It is with the greatest pride and pleasure that I am able 

 to state to you that during the whole time of our absence, 

 which has occupied nearly a period of three months, this 

 body of riflemen have assembled at different times, have 

 associated together from day to day, and at night also, con- 

 stantly, under every condition and under all circumstances. 

 We have been in this acquaintance individual contestants 

 for matches, and shooters in the team, and during all this 

 period not one unkind word, I think, has been exchanged 

 among any of us, and the best of feeling has existed at 

 all times. Every man has been, at all times and under all 

 circumstances, willing to make personal sacrifice for the 

 general good. All have been equally entitled to regard, 

 and we separate with great regret. We have advised to- 

 gether on all occasions, we have had this good feeling on 

 all occasions, and each one of the team is justly awarded 

 an equal proportion in the honor which we have achieved . 

 We are very much obliged to you, ladies and gentlemen, 

 and at a future time we shall thank you in better terms. 



A speech was also made by Alderman Purroy, after 

 which a collation was served . Arrived at the Battery, the 

 members of the team were placed in carriages and driven 

 to their respective homes. 



On Monday the team was formally received in the 

 Governor's Room of the City Hall, by Mayor Wickham. 

 They rendezvoused at the Hoffman House in the morning 

 and proceeded from there to the Hotel Brunswick, and 

 thence to City Hall. An immense crowd had assembled to 

 welcome them, and after being individually introduced to 

 the Mayor in his office, the t whole party proceeded to the 

 Governor's Room, where his Honor formally welcomed 

 them in the following speech : — 



Col. Gildersleeve and Gentlemen of the Team:— 

 In behalf of the City of New York, I give you a cordial 

 greeting and welcome home. Every Summer now finds in 

 Europe a great number of Americans, distinguished for 

 personal qualities and in every walk and avocation of life. 

 But upon none of them has this year been bestowed half 

 the attention accorded to you, and I am sure none have 

 better deserved it. Originally selected after competition 

 between those among us who have specially cultivated the 

 use of the rifle at long ranges, and because only of the ex- 

 cellence of each of you in that single art, you have so ac- 

 quitted yourselves as to have come home victors indeed, in 

 many trials of skill with the riflemen heretofore the most 

 renowned in the world. And that is a matter of national 

 interest. Excellence in this art of yours largely contri- 

 butes to the security of the country against a public 

 enemy. * * * * B) warm-hearted Ireland, and by 

 more deliberate England, you have been regarded as what 

 we are very proud and happy to consider you— as repre- 

 sentative Americans — displaying not meiely the American's 

 skill in every art which he zealously pursues, but amid 

 the excitement and allurements which surrounded } t gu, 

 displaying also the very best American self-coutrol, nerve, 

 courtesy— in two words, American manhood; again gentle- 

 men, I give you a most cordial welcome home. 



Col. Gildersleeve replied as follows: — 



Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen:— I should do great injus- 

 tice to the members of the American Rifle Team, for whom 

 I have the honor to speak, did I fail to acknowledge that 

 we feel much flattered by the compliment you have paid 

 us this day. To you, Sir, especially do we feel grateful 

 for your attendance here in person to welcome us; you, 

 Sir, the distinguished representative of this great Metro- 

 polis. For the very kind terms in which you have been 

 pleased to address us I beg you, Sir, to accept our most 

 sincere thanks. We also acknowledge our obligations to 

 the Common Council for tendering us this magnificent 

 room in which to receive our many friends. They are ap- 

 parently legion. We left with some friends; we have re- 

 turned apparently with many. Here, in this room contain- 

 ing the pictures of so many distinguished men, I should not 

 be at a loss in speaking to you: I should be inspired with 

 words equal to the occasion. While we admire the room, 

 while we admire the paintings, while we admire the history 

 and the records of these distinguished men, I am very 

 sorry that I don't feel such inspiration as I would like to. 

 The great enterprise of the newspapers of the present day 

 has left us very little to say for ourselves, or of the many 

 excellent people we met while abroad, of the many kind- 

 nesses we there received, of the great hospitality we en- 

 joyed, or of the unbounded welcome which the Irish gave 

 us. [Applause.] From one end ofjrelandto the other our 

 reception was a complete triumph, and you have already 

 heard it all, We cm only assure you to-day, Mr, Mayor 



and gentlemen, that whatever has been written cannot 

 convey to you any adequate idea of the warm and earnest 

 welcome which Ireland gave us. * * * * Of our visit 

 abroad I can only say that the fact that what we said and 

 what we did and the manner in which wo were able_ to 

 conduct ourselves was satisfactory to you is most gratify- 

 ing to us. That no act of ours reflected any discredit upon 

 the United States Government was a source of great con- 

 gratulation to us as we journeyed home. We endeavored 

 from first to last to make everything abroad or at home 

 secondary to the good name of our native land. [Applause.] 

 That we succeeded in doing this is a source of great 

 gratification, and that you, one and all, are so ready to ac- 

 knowledge it, increases the pride we feel in our success. 

 I can only say in conclusion, Mr. Mayor, what I said at the 

 beginning, that you have our warmest thanks. We are 

 glad to be among our friends, ami we are glad that you 

 enjoy the victories and the pleasures we participated in as 

 well as we enjoyed them ourselves. [Applause.] 



Short speeches were also made by each member of the 

 team and Alderman Cole. During the reception, the pro- 

 cession was forming in the park, and after taking leave of 

 the Mayor and Aldermen the team entered their carriages, 

 and with the Twelfth Regiment formed around them as 

 an escort proceeded up Broadway in the following order: — 



Col. Juhu Ward, Twelfth Regiment National Guard, commanding 



brigade. 



Aids. Col. Clifford, A. H. Bartlett, of the Governor's Staff, Lieut. Col. 



Montgomery, of the Ninth Regiment, and Major Taj lor, of the 



Twelfth Regiment. 



Ninth Regiment. 



Sixty-ninth Kegiment. 



Oilicers of the Twenty-seventh Regiment, and officers of ihe National 



Guard. 



Twelfth Reginnnt. 



National Rifle Association and Amateur Rifle Club. 



American Off-hand Rifle Club, 



New York City Scheutzt.n Corps. 



Along the line of march the utmost enthusiasm prevailed. 

 At the Army and Navy Club Colonel Gildersleeve was 

 called upon for another speech, to which he responded 

 amid hearty cheers. 



in the evening a reception was held at GUmore's Concert 

 Garden (late Barnum's Hippodrome,) where more speeches 

 were made, and the same enthusiastic reception awarded 

 the returned victors. On the whole, the reception awarded 

 the riflemen was a well earned tribute to their skill and 

 self-restraint in upholding the reputation of their country 

 abroad, and was as warm as they could have looked for. 



The Brooklyn Union says that Gen. Dakin attributes the 

 victory at Dollymount, in great measure to the splendio^ 

 organization of the team. They helped each other through- 

 out, while the Irish shot almost independent of one an- 

 other. As to the reception in Ireland, it was an ovation 

 from the moment they put their foot on the soil, till they 

 left it. The railroads, steamers, hotels, theatres, and every 

 other place of amusement were open to them without cost. 

 He never saw so many American flags in his life as were 

 thrown out in Dublin in honor of the team. The compli- 

 ment paid by Trinity College would always be remembered 

 by the team. "It was sumptuous, grand." 



The reception of the team at Wimbledon, although not 

 so demonstrative as at Dublin and Belfast, was warm and 

 hearty. There were many jolly fellows there, and numer- 

 ous crack shots too, many of whom were introduced to the 

 team. As to the team not being allowed to shoot for the 

 "Elcho Shield," they knew from the first they would not, 

 and the impression whieh had got abroad in America that 

 the team were snubbed in this matter was quite erroneous. 

 The Canadians had never been allowed to shoot for it, or 

 in a match side by side with the three teams, therefore the 

 Americans did not expect to be admitted. Nothing but 

 the most warm and cordial friendship existed between the 

 Americans and English during the meeting at Wimbledon. 

 Erom what General Dakin could learn at the camp the 

 Americans were much admired and the British were evi- 

 dently on their mettle. It is proposed to send a picked 

 team of twelve men to America next year to compete in 

 the grand international contest. 



The National Rifle Association.— The Executive 

 Committee of the above association have adopted the fol- 

 lowing new rules: — 



. Any rifle club or association, organized and having its headquarters 

 within twenty five miles of the Creedmoor range, may become a member 

 of the National Rifle Association upon the payment of $50 oer annum to 

 the association 



Such application shall constitute all members of such association or 

 club members of the National Rifle Association, and entitle them to ill 

 the privileges of the association, or any member thereof and each club 

 shall be entitled to the publication, free of cost, in each annual report of 

 the National Rifle Association of the roll of its officers and members for 

 that year, and the scores made in the matches at its principal annual 

 meeting; and shall be entitled to receive copies of all reports pro 

 grammes and circulars Issued by the National Rifle Association during 

 such year; and shall be entitled to refer to the Board of Directors of the 

 latter any questions in relation to rifle practice which the society or man 

 aging committee of such affiliating association or club may deem it -ex 

 pedient to so refer for final decision. 



Every association or club so affiliating shall be required in its rules 

 concerning rifle practice, size and shape of targets, value of shots and 

 limitations as to arms, sights, and pull of trigger to conform to the rule* 

 of the National Rifle Association. 



Application for affiliation must be accompanied with a check for the 

 annual affiliations, a copy of the constitution and by-laws of the aflilrit 

 ing society and a roll call of its officers and members. 



The American Rifle Association has changed its third 

 class targets to conform to those of the National Rifle As- 

 sociation. This is a wise measure, and one that should be 

 followed by all new rifle organizations throughout the 

 country. Uniformity is essential to success, and the only 

 way in which the proper results can be obtained is bv a 

 strict adherence to the rules of the National Association. 



Under the system of application adopted by the National 

 Rifle Association their reports will contain the roll of offi- 

 cers and members and the scores made in the matches of 

 all affiliating societies, and will therefore constitute a full 

 report of rifle practice throughout the United States. In 

 this way the new associations will be able to calculate their 

 strength, and decide when they have obtained sufficient 

 skill to send a team to Creedmoor to contend for the cham- 

 pionship in the_Iuter-State or long range match, Thl^ 



