KovBMBSE 4, 1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



275 



If your coiTaapondent CPhilR.") will get a pair of spectacles 

 luiliiig ilia eyosiRht, and pliice tbcm upBide dowi on liis noao, per- 

 liaps this will TuTiiedy tho dufect ho 8poa.kn of. This ia the beat 

 ff»y to utilizo spiictaolou in eliootiug ■wheu the «iglit haw failod 

 through liie iuivancf- nf years. A. C. L. 



Modi.fon, Indiana. 



TllK CHOIOE OF HrNT 



tu yoiuiHsiio III 24th i 

 it Texas, with rcfercu 

 liter oxamiiiing all the 



nn-l.X!.^.—ISiiilnr Forn:! n.id N,',vvi„i .■ — 

 I nntJoe a coimiiuiiinitioii from Utxnr, 

 .0 '■ ChooBmg a HnntiiiK Bitlc," who, 

 lukets, has comi' to tho conehiuiou that 



Lhe Winchester rifle ifl out of tin; laee, liavint; di.-itimnoil all its cotri- 

 patitOTB, and Bays it is " plain language," and " that it it true, as 

 ill plain language should he." All right, Bexar ; out witli it, and 

 je trank, as I will try to he before I am through. I have leanieJ 

 lomothing by experience, and it is due all parties interested to 

 mow that tliero is at least one other magazine rifle upon the niar- 

 let besides tlie Winehestei- that is safe and reliable. Iljs the Ken- 

 lii^dv iniiejariue liiie, brought out last year by the Whitney jVrms 

 iiy, of New Haven, Gonn. It shoots the Winchester .41-cal. 

 '-j:^, XHl'ii model, and carries fifteen shots in the magazine. 

 ,.:,.: .. i-apon, for lino finish, thorongh worlminnuhin jinipii.ltv ..t 

 oonstniction, strength in thodC parts wh.:-re in' i • 

 operation, oertainty of action in the niostrripid :■ , , ; , 



great strengtli and acrnracy in ..ihooting, brings it. r.^...,! i, ;.. ,..: 



front, " seooiid to jiontj," and aeknovviedges no superior in all 

 iiotnts of esei-Uruee, so nmoh deshod by eyi-i-y ouo who handles n 

 I'iHe, either for game or other purposes. I have used both Win- 

 heater and Kt'imedy magazine rifles, and anist say, caudidiy, 

 hat 1 never used a ride tliat has given the pleasiu-e and general 

 <atiafaeliou that the Kennedy rille lias done. T am not eondciuu- 

 ug the \Vinchoster, not a bit of it, knowing it to bi> a good weapon. 

 3ul whi'n Ihijy elaim that it is about a gim-Bhot in advance ot idl 

 ithers, 1 say it is not true 1 Plain ta lit, " that is what it should be." 

 He Winchoster has been upon the market a long timo, and, In the 

 race, ipiite alone in the magazine lino, but »io^ ^^•ithout its faults 

 tad hnperfeetiouB, as is well known. Is it possiblu that when it 

 tv8» Ih'st brought out that all improvements in that line ceased ? 

 Does the fact that it has been a long time upon tho uuuKef, well 

 '■•:i— I! and introduced, make it a superior weapon over all others 

 ^ly comuurter? ,Vre not the chaneos in favor of the now 

 iljroved every tune in this age of improvement? It has been 

 d luck of the Winchester tn In- 1 1;, i.r-i --o.-eessfnl magazine 



KJleuitioduced.and nmvenjoyn 1.: : , ,: : name whi.i-h alone 



is a big thing m this country, 'rh-., ' ,,. r,.,h hei.'n drumiuod, 

 adverlised and kejit before the peoi^k. ih..- gj._ui._>ni length of time i^ 

 the one usually con^^idered the best, whether it Is or not. Yon aslt 

 Some men what repeating ritle they like best, iUid lliey will say: 

 Oh, the Winchester is best." Wlij V Because they have heard 

 and read more about it than any other ; that .settles it «-ith them. 

 But, remember, while the AVinohcster has a reputation, there are 

 ler repeatuig rifles that, for acemacy and diuability, ciumot be 

 I am glad " Bb.mu " has inboduced this matter, for it 

 iportaut to every one who is looking after a good iftle to know 

 the weapon lie puts to hia face (perhaps thonsandR of times) is 

 jafe and not hable to burst at the breech. Otto. 



Caopa-iilu mi, Fain. 



THE WIMBLEDON SCANDAL. 



T 



IfTERE is m the foUomug coramn 

 posted and most enthusiastic v 

 inch that, tlie niroctors of our 

 lujodor over with profit. Tho 

 1 li the Olympic X'ri^e at the re 

 I ill fresh in the minds of on 



lication from one of the best 



ilunteer shooters on the other 



iwn "National Hiflc Association 



;ase of the bribery in er.une.J- 



:eiit prize meeting ul Wimbk- 



■ readers. Sergi-aot iNlm'i.h- 



I i.rronder, was tl'ied by court martial, and, to the 



i:ilcrrs in even- part of the kingdom, he was ac- 



, t.'jrt of comment has been provoked is best told in 



ication below, dated — 



Graveseno, Eng., Sept. 25, 1880. 

 With the eonuncT of ago of tho Vohmteer Force one of the mn 



■"■ii:-:rl-:i!,I,- r,n.'<i,ir ; ,n it^; history has just been hi-on-lit t.-. ;i .^v 

 ' i.rt martini of S-rgwsnt 31 v :. ,. 



"HlilJ 



. till- 



1 IV.; 



Wb will divide 11^ 

 oharge of the pnrclv mil 

 tha mauak'i-iiieiit nod m.i 

 The manner in which li 

 iBBoeiatioii Imes and th 

 many years past has sli 

 Of general contentinen 

 governed. 



Iteanuot be to.!car.-f 

 fiociation that the VlJUtii 

 ihe development of the 

 Tiers of the volnntoL-r fo: 

 the enlorctd eoncentrah 

 or thonsands of men toi 

 ubvions that, this bodv 

 their own sweet wUl all 

 Ottt a- the* liked. It wai 



deal 



with the e 



nistiti 



tion 



of 



tie 



A 1th 01 



gh not on, 



wm'd 



can 



be 



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JIHU'U 



ii.hvidnalh- 



their 



prut 



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ii.l liO.lie 



, drift 



ed 1 



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1; ridled 



Ibc 



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Nnu. 



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dor 



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of opi 



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wo bodies— 





wl 



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shooting 



qn 



ditiet, 



of llic 11 



dividi 



al meni- 



ice. The 



t'ai 



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elfeet, h: 



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ion at a 



glVI. 



11 poi 



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lanv 1 



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It was 



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and to ^ 



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. that tht 



fain, 



becdiiic 



p:d object of the rr 



eeting — 



■'\y.., tl 



e shoot- 



Tho facts fire that tho Association hns hitherto sfe;idfaslly resisted 

 over)' attempt mnde in Qic ilinction of satisfying the legitiniiite 

 cin-iosily and iispuiieh ot those for whobe bcncllt it is supposed 

 to exist. It hi.s absolntely refused, niider any cheumstance.s, to 

 allow marking to be challenged. It has introduced a system of 

 targets, which, although mechanicallv superior from ninuv points 



" ':w to the old targets, has rendered checking the nnu'kiug 1 



1 moi 



t posi 



ivelv dech 



ned to 



: ■!! 



'1 laili 



be 



readUv 



main- 





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whUe to have 



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 LIl wh 



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 niber 



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 of sh. 



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II: IS t 



„;:;.;" 



the teleseope an mii„.,;sibi'lii,v. It hi 

 introdii 



v\-hohave been depiiteii 

 squadding and arrangem. 

 pear tn have (jverlooked i 



when til'. I ii'l: I • ■ ■ riiiipanv 



Uiat:. rip:.:-M: I :, I . , I I ..L comp; 



a sergeanl or uon-cummissioned offici 

 the mantlet keeping account of the m 

 obvioHfi that, owing to tJio targets in use in the re;,!!!;:) laniv iieing 

 of iron, and owing also to the examination of the t;OK'?ts Ijelore 

 ■' il' I III' il.-. 11 lierOMica almost impossible thatany fraud 



I I I -'t, tl niim it all up liriellv, appear to have 



I -il m1 r ■ : K, ■diiluai' Ihat any fraud might, could, shoidd or 

 v.-i.iil.l b.- [iiiKnible :ii iiriy mnetlm,' at" wbich they wore the presiding 

 Kcnh. Major TiiimipKon. foi- instror;e, siivs he does not consider a 

 score ot 11)2 out of a possible lO:"), with a Heurv-Martiiu. an excess- 

 ive score. We do not know whetheir JIajor Thompson ' is what ia 

 called .1 sliMoting maij, but we presmne by his rc])ly that he is not. 

 Under thcHc rirrnrnstances we are giving him tfie benefit of the 

 doubt. 



Among the tiii-ob for fraud suggested nere mtiny, but shiftiug 

 the markers in the loardlets is a very small precaution to take. It 

 is the contimious i-hifting nt tlie liriiig point tlial can alone prevent 

 such frnnds as are- alle-ed to have taken pla,* at this and the pre- 

 vious Wimbln:!,,., „ii.,.tb.-. The Conneil as a biid--- :.,i]-.rr:i- to b-ve 

 left th" ■■■•.•'. ! :-■-.': L' ::, -ids in the hands ei ,' i:-.- ,-.:!^v,.. 

 Thel'iii. ■ .,;.,!, . :ind would not bi'ln- • . uu- 



could -, . :■ I . u 1 1 . , I lagemeut of 



The 



iieil, ; 



clined to pny any attention to tlie many complaints tiiat wore made 

 to them on this iiud cognate -inbjeL't:;. It ha.s. in tact, succeeded, 

 justly or unjustly, in conveviag to the minds of many of the com- 

 petitors on Wimbledon (.'oimnon that even if anything were WTong, 

 they would prefer its not being discovsred. in order to avoid the 

 pubUcation of any scandal. 



It a]. pears that had it not been for the veiw decided action on the 

 part of Mr. Hum))hrey, as a member of the Council, that Mr. Hunt?, 

 would not hn\e Ijcen able to fire at the target at which the alleged 

 fraudulent marking has been made, and c^nseiiuently, supposing 

 such Iraiidident arrangement to have lieen hi existence, it would 

 never hove been di-covered. It, would appear that everrthing that 

 could be done was done (Of course iLinoceutly) to prevent the de- 

 tection of a fraud, supposing one was behig carried out. As we 

 lia^ealre.'uh expressed ourselves in these columns, it is tho Coun- 

 cU and the Executive of the National Hitlo Associntion who luive 

 been on their trial in these proceedings. The facts are now on 

 record, and the conclusion at wdiich impartial observers have 

 arrived can hardly be gratifying to either the members of the 

 Counoil gcnerrdlv, or their Executive olhcers in particular. 

 It appears that Mr. Humphrey, on arrival at the target to which 

 he insisted on piroceeding against the remonstrances of the 

 otKcer, said to I.ieut. Houghton, who was in charge of the 

 butts, it was yerv singnlnr that thev had got tho exact score 

 they had arranged for. This fact, the central point of the whole 

 iuqiui-y, appears to have been disregarded by every one couoeruod 

 except Messrs. Humplirey and liunts!. 



The enormous length to wliich the proceedings extended rendered 

 it, of course, impossible to bring hito evidence a great mass ot tes- 

 timony which might have been brought forward, lint which, we 

 ventin._ ti. iib, ;i :, r.s the duty of the National Pdllc ABSociatiou 

 to obiii ' . iirthor adil that, BO far from the Association 



showiii:_ I i , 1 1 III this matter, it has succeeded in conveying 



to ioi,.;,i , ,!,-, i. :, Ihat it was particularly an.'cious that" the 

 pro:-ecutiu.i should lii.cceed. 



Now, the ,|nestion which is before the vohmteera of Great Britain 

 is, what will be the nevt step of the Xational Kifle Association? 

 the constilntion and orKanizalii.n of that liodv is by no means sat- 

 isfactorv, and tbi- n^nsl V.-iinik:,ble .•;..e. wblc: 



I perfunctory 11 



.lit" 



ed c 



u.lg- 



:ht 1 



j to 



The Natie; 

 the trial, ph 



f fraud, ;oid pr 



b/urccutiv:. oi 



iidv day 



report 



.\ i ,, i: , t the butts that the most stringent precau- 



ived, and here it is where the greatest acu- 



iij. Hi: . I . . Higlit-tobediiipltvved by all who attend the 



lo or.!.-, to iiciire the necessary conditions of fairness and 



.dug cturied-out to the satisfaction of overv 'in.-.. The 



number of prizes, some of which are of the m.i:,t s iilnnble 



■, which are even,- year gi\en liy the Natiomd ItiHc Associa- 



immeasm'ablv over those of any similar institution or 



_ .. in the wrjrld. " At the imy.n moetiugs which take place m 



Colonies and at Croedmo.jr the prizes given wiU not for a mo- 



' bear comparison with those ranged on the jeiz,,. libt at Wim- 



lU. It h. obvious, then-fere, that the Xationul Itiile As.soidation 



Jland cannotalb.rd to fo!l,iWthepi-e.-edentsct them by nnv 



or kuidred institution. The Association sboidd be ahead ij'f 



_ ^ the known world, and it should set an example of 



the utmost perfection of mochaniam devoted to the object in 



"""' Boieuoo and money can bring to beai'. 



. by the verdict of 

 111 "the first place, 

 .-: positivelv states 

 says th.it he Is; I,y 

 iinouiiL-ing that Mr. 

 t of ten sluits, with 

 n the n,!eond place. 

 [Ill ve II explain to the V.;,hnitc"--r force why, on the 

 iteiided fraud reaching it, steps were ni:.t "taken to 

 target at the butt as vvoidd enable the fraud, if per- 

 petrated, 1..1 be exposed iinmediatelv afterward bv counting the hits 

 then marked ou it, and comi.aring them with the state of the tai-- 

 get previous to the thing ; tu liie tliiid place, was not every effort 

 made lo prevent the demoiistratioii of the Iraud, by resquad'ding in 

 such a way as to attempt to m..v„ ?:li. itimtz and Mi. Htimjihi-v 



away from "U" targ,?t? iu tl .^ ' .:L r:,_;, :.i _i.,i.,,, 0.c 



greatest eilorts made to procure ;. ii. . ,, ,, i,. 



vital pi:iint--viz., the fact that Jii I' n 



'«/or(i the tiring took place/ i'l.V .- -- • :. i.,:!.m:i.; i .:.•,!- I'riim 

 these ipicries bv ;-.: :i"i._ .i ,i ..1 -v Iclt tbei-e matter-: bi the military 

 authorities. '11m • ... . ::i .iiie.-,tii:m seem too easily satistied, 

 for there ih not 1. . n i , l.i the smallest Enghsh voltage that 

 woidd not beii:,i; ,,, : ;i .:: lie- Executive ,jf the N. It. A. The 

 Secretary to tho Assouiatioii cannot very w,:ll plead igoi:,raiice nor 

 erednlit v . .Some statement from him on the jiart of the .Associati.^n 

 wordd be heartily \velcome which woidd win back to the Association 

 the confidence lothevt., ,.e|,n...,.-! i„ them. 



The National bi i ■ :-- ;■ •: i; had Isitter pi; its house in order. 

 and that verv [m , , -, ,,, :,-,,„i the proceedings of the court 

 m.artial at Ooso.i i .i. , 1 1 ■ i i e|,,ud which, small at present, may 

 bear, nt no very ,h„uoo. dao-. h.mie prwsililv unpleasant restdts t"o 

 the Assoiialion and lis futme operations. It is not too much to 

 sav that at prcBent the iihances of the success of the Whnhleilou 

 meetim,' of 1S81 are measm-ablv .lor.med. There are nuinv men m 

 Great linlain- v.iluuteers ,..f various gradch in life -me.I,ani,-s. 

 artisans, and men occupying more ...r hiss humble positions in life 

 - -who have aifam.-d, at a coiiRidorablc cost of time and of money, a 

 m.-idcratfi ansmnt of prulicieiiey nitli the national arm. ThcHe 

 men have, some by the lib,-raht\- of llicir ofticers, and some by th.= 

 BUbBcriptious of shisiting clnbs which ovist in the rceinieuts, 

 been able to come year after year to Wimbledon, with a vie^^■ cif 

 testing ou the national arena then- ca|,a,-:ity as shots. yAnrsruraY. 



SxEEiiE Obi*.— The match annually ahot at Hartford, Conn,, for 

 tho " T. Stetde & Son's Silver Cup " has been postponed, and is 

 uow appointed for next Satmday, Nov. 6. The teams will' consist 

 of four men each from various "towns in tho State, 



PrF-rv YE.»iis mru mr: Gu>- asd Bod. D. W. Cross, Cleveland, O. 



Short &. f ormau, Irintere. 1880. 



This Uttlo book of 1.18 pages deals largely with the history and 



chemistry ot gunpowder, touchoa lightly upon gunB and boats in its 



dssoriptivu portion, but devotes much Bpose to some guii trials 



made in nhnoi?, of douhtfiU vabie, inasmuch as it was sm.]iccted at 

 the time that they were made in the hiterest of .-ertani maindao- 

 turers. Thu-ty pages are devoted to tho vcliaiity, distance, etfeot 

 or force, etc., of shot, giving the calculations of the late Leonard 

 Case, which may be of value, but, being in algebraic formula, will 

 prove " lieep water " to many, and wUI provoke a smile from the 

 old sportsman «lieu it is proposed th.at he tigiire out the proper 

 place to " hold " liy the rides, and consider the velocity of projco- 

 tioii, vc-locitv of tUght, tune of falling from the greatest height, and 

 multiply these by the square of Ids dog's rmse, sulitracting the 

 immb,.r of crackers in his cout-tail pocket and the ^..juare of the 

 Napierian l.:..garitlim. In all this we do not really see- much of prac- 

 tical field work, as one is led to expect from the iiUcged fiftv years 

 nioutioned In the title: but over ..m tho 77th page the author be- 

 gins to have a dawning percepti.:in of this fa.it, and pv,-,i.io...es to 

 drop theories and tiu-u to practice. This he .In -: i co. i.. ihort 

 sket.ihcs of goose and duck shooting, with the il i ' . rent 



sized guns, all of which is comprisi'd in littcei, p; , ■, von, he 

 leads off again into the eapiacitv of fihh tanks, force .if wind, rnen- 

 sm-ation, weights and measmes, lev, -rag,', ].>ower of pulleys, etc. 

 Then comes a cha])tcr on tra]iping, in wdiii:Ii one is told how to 

 catch foxes, miuk and marten, with a picture (the only one in the 

 book) of a " dead-fall," au article which sportsmen have little use 

 for. 



Sow comes the fishing. As we have found so httle of interest in 

 the shooting portion, tlie hope arises that as the author is not very 

 interesting there he may be an angler, who rh'ops into shootuig oc- 

 casionally: but on reading thi-oiigh the tishiug, of whiidi there are 

 fli'vonteen pages, we ,udy find a few stereotyped directions how to 

 fish for trout, and an alleged comical adientiire of Mr. Suooka, 

 who went on his Hr^t trip for them. If any one dies laughing over 

 Mr. Snooks' adventiue we -.rill gladly settle the undertaker's bill. 

 After the very funny Jlr. Snooks, we find a chapter entitled, 

 '■Big and SmaU-Mouth liass— flow a Bass Takes a Fly ;'' but still 

 om- braui carries the infomiatiou contained without 'uiUgdng our 

 summer hat, or even requiring a shocdiorn to get it ou. 



When our author gets into the thre,.--page deBcription of "How 

 to Paddle and I'.jle a Boat," he seems to have stru.'k the first 

 original vein suice he staked out his ,.-laim. and he works it tor all 

 it is worth ; so to those who wish to perfect themselves in this 

 branch of athletic sjiort we recommend the book. The direc- 

 tions how to make trout fUes ui these days, when anglers can buy 

 them so I'lioajily, aro entirely uaelcas to the rising generation, to 

 whom this knowledge is not as necessary us it was to the fly-fiuhors 

 of the past generation. 



Taking this book as a whole, it is so largely a re-hash of what 

 has been -initten, and not entertainingly re-hashed at that, that we 

 are wearied with the lahor of writing up its exceUeuciea. 



—The greatest appetlzei", stomach, blood and liver regtilator on 

 earth— Hop Eittters. 



ffachtittg and ^momg, 



.SINGLE-HANDED CRUISEBS. 



TF we can judge by the number of lettci-a received and the warmth 

 •^ of then- encouragements, a popular chord was stmck when we 

 broached the subject of "single-handed cniisers" a fortnight ago, 

 "Just the very thing we want," "Have been huntmg high and 

 low for something of the sort," "Don't stop with diagrams for 

 naval architects only, but give ua all the details of her fitings, how 

 you would build her, what she will cost, what must she have for an 

 outfit," " Will sell my piresent boat and commence building just as 

 soon a« you pubhsh the pronused lines." These are some epeci- 

 nieus of the expressions received from the public, and we trust that 

 they will not be ihsappoiuted when the pirojicr time conies, after 

 pubhBlung om- annual statistics now in preparaticm. That there is 

 a demand as largo as it is enthusiastic for small craisers, which can 

 bo turned into floating homes, there can be no doubt any more than 

 that the present wide, flat eatboat, or jib jttid mainsail, "fails to sup- 

 ply the want felt. The cnuser which can be managed bv a single 

 hand when desh-ed, and that not for an horn- or two of ex'tra exer- 

 tion, but for day after day throughout all the vicissitndes and trying 

 experiences of a voyage, must possess a variety of characteristics 

 not to be found in the iiresent style of "small bo"at." Probably no 

 one will object to the following features as necessarv to the fullest 

 enjoj-ment of a cruise of some length wluch takes" the owner into 

 strange waters to meet with happeniuga and adveutm-ca, the attrac- 

 tions of which to the persistent stay-at-home or "mud flat" sailor 

 must remain a sealed book. In the first place the httle cruiser 

 must be "cheap." The masses can never expend a fortune upon a 

 yacht, but that need be no reason at all why they shoidd not enjov 

 the sport to the fiUlest extent and reap its iiianifAld benefits. The"v 

 have otdyto Isuld boats suitable to thepurpoBe and all tho romance 

 of oruisuig Uea at their command. The boat to satisfy th,- popular 

 taste for distant sailing, for "going foreign," must cost littlo to 

 build and cost next to nothing to iiuiintaui. She must be uhso- 

 hitely safe, in other words imcapBizable in the worst of circum- 

 stances. The novice must lie able to take bis tmTi at the helm 

 without the fretting care lest one faux-pns will drown him ; the 

 expert must bo able to leave tho stick and dive down below for a 

 look at the chart, for gi-iih, or for spare gear of any sort in bad and 

 squally weather without his heart jumping into Id's mouth at every 

 heel with which his little shaver meets the puffy blasts of Boreas in 

 bad humor. You must be able to turn in your bunk while "the 

 other watch" is on deck with no fear of awakeniugsuddenly, wrong 

 Side up. shoidd jour shipmate at the helm happen to fall a prey to 

 dozing fr,.,m the effects of unaccustomed work the first days ."int. 

 ■flic confidence that you are proid' against any gale and any sea, 

 and that no continuation of the two can in the "least affect the nor- 

 mal comhtion of the craft under you we regard as au essentinl to 

 the small cruiser, in importance far beyond any other. She should 

 furthermore have the greatest ri:iom bel.jw and on deck for a boat 

 other tonnage. By that we mchu //o,e( /life or UBcful r,,om, not 

 Buuply a deceiving extreme in an: ...iie ,lir< .■ti..ii, but indicious re- 

 lation of all thr,.,- ,lin,enKions whkli -,, t-i civ,- ua tlie'volnme of a 

 eahhi and of the two which -ive its tin: arc, of the <l,-,-lc. She 

 should he able and weuthtrly. Abk-. liccans.ab.a-.- - r -ic -eiaiu 



in enhsingm,! boat wliich I'lt the iniltk.-t lop... r I, -.. : ,,iil 



of ^orts, Jonips and p,onnd,<. :aid foiveth bi go :il - p 



bccauscthecrniser wantsbrfet.-hi-omiwlu-rc, :,i:.i , , . i, ,, ,iij 

 be eloB._'-winded and make iiB little le.wav ;iKp,,.,- : ;, , . ,,i 



rough water. In rig she shc.iil.l be handv. H>-i .,. 



cut as to be en'ective b:. leave the boat omier ,:-,. vim 



foul weather : to offer the great,:.--.! y:ai.c-, .. ,; . .,.jj- 



ohanging eircnmstances, and they slioiiM i ■ '•...! c ",,, , , , i ey 



the crew of one or two men that theu- 1,:, I, i , . , ,, ; , ,.■_ 



work or call for sfjaamodic evertioo. A- ,, i, i. .,...,,„ , u.i,, 

 witll the foregoing in view should lie aim. .1 .u .n- ,i ei:ui,-i ,.]', , ,nl-|.l■ 

 8tawage for the neces.iu-ie.s ...r life, the boats ,,iit.ni an,i th,- coinl 

 forts of the yoyagers i-houhl be snpphed, ample in amount and im- 

 previoos to leakage or mould, strength of constrmdion and thor- 

 oughness in detail would seem to stand to reason, though complete- 

 ly overlooked in two boats out of eveiy three. Einidly. our little 

 ship should "have gome style about her." She should not look 



