Dbobmbbk 3,1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



357 



sh Islee, and oonaoqnently do not demand sneb eslteme 

 'id small beam. G. N. 



■", A'nv. 20. 

 \Vu take 110 oxceptiou to tho above lettor. As long as wo are 

 •cODtC'ut to n-uiain in smootb Ti-att* and Bhirk good breezes, cm' 

 ' Jwamy bght-di-alts is all that ajre reiiuired. So fai- na small " open 

 Imata" .ICO eoneornod, not even tbia miicb cau beeaid of them, bow- 

 ' t.-pr. inr t)ir>e;itiunriran la their sniwijoi' on evury point. But a 

 U'W V lni'g<; and ;^'oninp li'nctiuii or the yaibting roniinunity !h di- 

 ^tiiioiw of bnving Bafu and oomfurtable yaobts of umall touimge in 

 Tfhieh to crui»o in opnn watw and iveatber a gale if m<coHHai-y. As 

 ■a olasB, we .iro becoming eea-goin;; yacbtemeu more and more 

 uvei-)- yeiu', aud cntntually will tfradnntij «« sm-h quite sh tbormiRiiiy 

 as tb» Englittb already bave done. I'd- the him "I' tUnt 'lnh.; wo 

 jwlvooate amodilieution in pruyailiiig ■■u=il..iijih, nnii we havw m vur 

 yet met tiny ouo who has trud th- oiUhhIox dooy ima.-r «ncL cwi- 

 _ditionB but what he. wru pif'iir.Ti-ii lu 

 Btrictm'M coiiceniing tbo iuilitii.-'.';3 u 

 in niofty-iiiue uiit of ovci-y imu bnudi 

 tied at preocut. 

 depth unJ wac 



;kliowlrd[;(j IIm^ Irutli of mil- 

 d dauKOi- or .•niiRiiis at Hoa 

 d yacbt-K hh they are mod- 

 t irt not necestiary to go to the EngUsb extreme 

 if beam to KBOuro au boneat boat. Something 



Bpovt reacbea ma- 

 niodel t.i suit the 



I love lor the sea. 



a aud courage of 



half way IjotwL.on the rtloo]i and entter in model will secure the 



good i|uahfiea iif fiacli withuut any ol their objectionable pouit.H. 



Thti ', rry miture of yflcbting iii America is stUl in a ubifting eondi- 



n i ,. uot yet liair developed, and, uutU thi 



I' nniht u:qiei;t and c(junBOl a chaugo hi 



■ III ;ijv :!fipiirei)ieut of deamuurfbip and 



MJimentary slight U> the atatui 



1 men to assnme that tliey will iforovor rsRt content 



,, .liuntNew York Bay and the Souud, and that we 



Li IjLi.iiim; Kea-goiug sailors Like om- brethren across the 



Any L'lio wlio boa obfierved the signs of the times, indi- 



tlii L;iMwi:ig populanty of bandy rigs, depth, keel and 



ii'iude with OS tliat the day in not far distant when 



■ .;u'ply drawu bfclweeu tlie luei'e yacht 0'r<«;i- and the 



i iirft at present the former caiTion hii- head as high— 



. 1 1 . ii ft little higbBr— than tbe latter, because the length of a 



I I 'ti pnvsc IN still coiifonndfid with bis claims as a seaman. We 



" i 20 to 80a nutil wo have sBa,-going yachts, in which touoago 



I It be the criterion of rough weather nualitics, liut mode! 



I rig and e(iuipment. It is to mrararago IItj higbenl form 



iliiigtbatwe are doing what wc cau to have a rational 



iitinu of the smooth-water racuig ruaehiue Oitcusively iuti'O- 



: lid the liliera! success met with abeady encourages UB to 



liarnmuriug away" imlil eveu the Bourbons catch the drift 



idoai*, and are taken irreifistihly with the sea-going and 



I ; ; lover. Duiing the coming winter wa will have something 



Lij) to submit to the reader on this score. 





MEASUBEMENT. 



beginning to reaUxe thai i I .- . i i i _ i-^ 

 1 1 -, present height a new flvtiM i -i i:i. -i:.. - 

 (.1, and that before l.mg. :il;.:iy mn, h;,-.- 

 ■ V they cannot indulge in the iiport, t'.\ce])t in 

 : lor all other pnrposfiB. Length is used as 

 11 i-ii most of the races for small vachts. This 

 ■ ..r «bort, wide, shaUow bouts wdiicb are 

 .1 :. 111. I, I'lil which, owing to then- 

 ; vailing light br.-'ezes and 

 I bled to walk ofl' with the 











. li lor no otbe 



V purj- 



jae than 



.■lit 



tliat 





-d 1 



rincipallv for ci 



uiHin.t. 



does not 



wh. 



nslK 



ente 



ti for a race with thoi 



1. No 



V we want 



ich 

 eat 



wibc 

 purp 



iiabl. 



o" 



tsofdilTereutt 



.'""■"','' 



id which 

 la under 



llle 

 It '■ 



whj..' 

 Leu^ 



J tav 



th y. 



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li.Mion of 



liUI-IJOdC. 



;th 



plOH 







1. ' " .< 1 iL 





Iv is bet- 



.|it 





t wh 



.■h I 



./.!-■■ j.ii iaiiiii_-iihi 



M . t- 1 U 



ing men 





Ihiih 



' dirr 



■■iihi 



ilih V, hmli |,riv.i f 



,H:ed 1 



i theex- 



ich 



t'lVC 



t.lhC 



■ de 



uaible qualuJes 



uid w 



ith L, B, 



long, will-, i.-.ii. . 



.dial kill. I ... 

 Wms wilh bei . :. 

 .jUiandeaey I-. 

 Ukelhu e?::!. 

 ' 9ft. beau. 

 id lift, beam . 

 the sum of ,1,1 

 !8 by 8, or 3il by 7, <• 



Length i)lu.s beam ■ 



Jlioh most yachtsmen i 



diallow bi 

 li-plb out iiieii uiighl, buUd exij-iivagautlv 

 ninuHti-aiiB sails. I vorv much doubt if 

 1, ovc-u if It were wc should have at least 

 1 1 n e cousidiT a centreboard sloop ,<i8ft. 

 Ii r,., ,111,1 of llipso dimonBiou~, 53ft... let 

 , ,111 Imild that would tail on even 

 ,. 1 ■i;..:idv, comfortiible boat, wilh good 

 ipUi and eaev 1 1 ., . . H ilii. long with 12ft. beam. If 



jUkelhu e?:,'!. . . -u have it vuth 44ft. length 



1. sloop with 25ft. length 

 : igos hi ujodid and keep- 

 it, 311 by IJ. " " . ' 

 :he ■■modimn" type — the one 

 agree in considering the most 

 ^^jful. At the samo time it idlows lioats of eitber e.'itromo to be 

 milt and noil together on tan- terms. Neither the "narrow deep '' 

 >r " wide flat " are bopelessiy liandicapped. I behevo in takiuf; 

 u best t.vpe of hfiat and making a time allowance rule to encom-- 

 ;e th" biiiidii-r <•'' that typo. But as »t present w e cannot all 



le oo I'l I . ,t lype, let uu uMtabUalj u ruJo which will 



I all ! .1 .ijiiiice. The- intej,'9Bt in regattas will be 



. itly 11,. ..,.■, 1, ilii iii.vcl.trcliiteotiu'e will be improved. B. 



Sostuii, avor. M. 



iTlie iiddiliou of length aud breadth wo\ild work too strongly in 

 Wor ot width, and produce tho short, stumpy model om- corres- 

 mdiint verj- justly objects to. Aa boats are longer than they are 

 road, a foot more added to la^am would mean a iimoli larger boat 

 1 a foot mora added to length, though the buiiiuiatiou of the 

 would in both oasefi be alike. The builder will, ol course, pro- 

 the greatest tonnage and power, and would contlnne in hia 

 leut boamy sin. If length and beam are to form the basis of a 

 le, tUetwo must be trentod HS factojB aud multiplied. This ro- 

 rm the prepouderaliug advaiitag.- to ln-uiu offered by their 

 imnation, as a little i erl.ictioM will show, Under such a rale tho 

 door" woiUd lie in the direction of depth, and it remains a 

 leation whathor the wily builder would not soon follow in lb 

 [Otstepfl of the English. At aU events, umltiplying length and 

 am would he a step in advance over the present clumsy inetboa 

 measuring only tho former. Should it Le found in OAperiiii.-e 

 lat yachts tu'e rtuming too sti-ongly into tho Eugbsh type, n thud 

 itor could be readily introduced eitber in the shape of the actual 

 Bpth, or, better still, of eomc " standard " dapoudeut upon both 

 other two. Thon the rale would be abont as perfect iJi logic, 

 at the aarne time fair to all tyjies and beneficial in its work- 

 , as any yet anggestcd, But we will welcome any change from 

 i length rtJe, which is perhaps the least reasonable and the 

 iflt pBrniciouB m effect of all, American or English, a fact now 

 iiicded by all who hiive given tho matter more than uuperfloial 

 laght. 



Socci!5tBED 10 THK FASHION. — The "oM Americo." will soon bo 

 no more. She is t« be " improved." Let us hope tho job which ifl 

 to rob tho world of such a famous relic will be done by men who 



its" to the rest 



wiU tmderstaud how to assimilate the ' 



of the stniettu-e. 

 more vital ports than i 

 not stand much bole 



wealherl:, iin.o:. :' 



she is fr--i , i, 



b.-.s la ' 



np aft. • . 



modern 11. ..t ..r I,, ii-, 



work. 51 any a tun 



a narrow cbauuel a 



much of a good thi: 



isbed t-o 

 and deck, but th.. 



■i.m|..I.il-.. i.-biLiJilo; 





lents 



Id wood wiU 



Fast and 



iii.iandtrim 



.—she too 



I lie round 



1.,. to the 



t.. ill short 



chased her, or who it w 

 bo ascertained. Hbe \t 

 blockade i-unner, aud i 

 blockaded ports. On he 

 boat np the St. .Tobu's 

 they coidii not t 



hav... we stood at bor helm whUi 

 d wished the heel knocked off ho 



g. From the Boston Globe we take the foUow- 



__„, . .. -rica was built by George Steers in Sew York in the 



fail mid wilder of 1849, and was launched in the spring of bS.od. 

 In tlie year 11,")1 she was taken to Cowes, England, and sailed in 

 the race for tho international cup. This race she won, aud a short 

 time afterward rac*d ivith the schooner yacht Tltania, for a purse 

 of .£1,0(10, easily beatuig the British craft. She was then sold to 

 an EiigUsh uobleiuan, and was in tm-n beaten by the cutter Mos- 

 quito aud the .Harm. Who nevecdid much while iu English hands, 

 and after a few seasons was laid up for two or thre.i vears. .V 

 biulder on tho Thames uext bought her in ]8«0, replanked her and 

 put in nsw timl>ere. In the year IStU a confederate agent ui Lou- 

 don, lookuig after fast vessels to run th« blockade, ijm'chased this 

 yacht and she was taken to Nassau N. P. Wlio it was that pur- 

 ' ■' IS that owned her at this time could never 

 as thoroughlv fitted out at Nassau for a 

 an for four successful irilis U, aud from 

 r flftbtiiii she was chased bv a federal gun- 

 river, Florida, and the rebels, tinduig that 

 , scuttled her. Here she laid under water 

 forfom- months, at the end of which time she was raised by the 

 United Statt-'s government, taken to Key West and thoroughly re- 

 fitted for a tender tn the Atlantic squadron. After some service in 

 this line sho was taken to Newport by Admiral I'ortcr, a new set 

 of spars wore put into her, she received a new set of sails and 

 new rigging, and her bottom was sheathed with yellow metal. 

 She was tlien entered tor a race from Staten Island Ught to Sandy 

 Hook lightship aud hack, and out of a lleet of thn-ty yachts, in- 

 cluding the Cambria, she came in third. In this race she was 

 sailed Ijy naval ofHcera. with a crew from the men-of-war, and it is 

 safe to say she would have done better it she had bad a regular 

 yachting crew aboard. After this race she was sent !•:• \ p'vi|„.,i:a. 

 and used as a practice boat for the midshijiniri ' : ":'■•;■) 



Academy at that place np to 1874, when shcwas bill, ,, , i il 



liutJer. She sailed her ibst race under her nev, .i n. . j ,,.. 

 This race took place at the Isle of Shoals over a Diii iy-i.-i^;iil inil,- 

 coiu-se, and the ;Vm.-rica won, beating the licsoluto of New York. 

 In 1,S70 she sailed iu the race of the ceuteuuial prize and a silver 

 service, the course being from .Sandv Hook light to Cape May 

 Ughtship and hack, a distani-e of twenty-four miles. This race 

 was won by the ^Vmerica, but only the centennial prbie was received. 

 After this Grueral Butler eauseil" a challenge to be issued offeruig 

 to sail nuv boat in tbc New York sqnadrou twenty miles to wind- 

 ward ami back, but thi,s challenge was never accepted, although 

 till Ameiica laid alajet .Se« York loj over thi'ee weeks. In August, 

 Villi, sbe saibd for the lieniictt challenge cup from Handy Hook to 

 ■port, and back, a distance of 22H miles. In 

 . mishap, her head-gear being carried away 

 jck and Fh-e Island, at a time when she was 

 In 1876, when the yacht Countess of 

 uada to sail the Madeleine of the New York 

 met the two boats outside of Sandy Hook, 

 ne by 4 minutes '12 seconds, although the 

 ■ aboai'd and also canded a pleasure 

 Since this date the America has 

 die could make no races with oth. 



thisrai.;.- ,i . -n-'.. ....| 



while i...i ... ■ . ..1... 

 lead 1-.., 1 '...;: 



Dneteriij .1111, .. ....M. !.'; 



s.;|nadrui;, llie .^iiej'ici 

 and lieat the iladele 

 .-\ 1 iiiii-ica had ouly her sailing i 

 party of ladies and gentleui 

 been used solely for cruising 



Tho America is bmlt of oak and hackmat;ici; and planked 

 with teak, au East India wood. She is copper fastened and 

 diagonally braced. The repairs she is now undergouig are ((uite 

 extensive. She is to receive new top timbers, new planking, new 

 stanchions, new deck beams and new carhnes, and is also to have 

 her forward deck raised even with the after deck and a new over- 

 hanging stern, which will extend about seven or eight feet. Her 

 length over all is 107 feet ; length on the water-line. tlOft. 4in. and 

 beam, extreme, 22rt. Guj., vvdth a draft of 8fL She baa been sailed 

 ever sinco lieing owned by General Butler by Captain Eeed, who 

 has sailed iu yachts " all his life." 



A FaKSH Co.svEBT.— The Herald's horizon has cleared up. In 

 reviewiug "A Daring Voyage," published by E. 1'. Button & Co., 

 N. Y'., iu which the brothers Andrews detail the adventm-es of their 

 ill-eonsldered voyage across the Atlantic in a dory, the Herald re- 

 marks : " The brothers Andrews, who made the ti'ip, were not ex- 

 perienced sailors, aa were most of the other men who have crossi'd 

 the Atlantic in boats nowhere near as large as some of the yaidits 

 that hide Jroni such rough water aa is to be foimd ui New York Bay 

 or Long Island Sound ; tbey were mere amatems. Their log ig 

 quite s-aggestive in many ways to amatem- cnuaers who manage 

 then- own boats ; it is also a warning to other yentnroaome spirits 

 to oonfine theu- haidthood to shorter trips than that between Amer- 

 ica and Fi-ance." 



f'oitr Jejtek.sox. (lor correapoudent sends tho following list of 

 yachts Mititeiiiji; at I'ort Jefferson, L. I.: Stranger, steamer, Oh- 

 good, N. w lo! li. i'romise, steamer, Belden, New York. Rambler, 

 schooner, W. IL Thomas, New York. Fleetwing. schooner, Osgood, 

 Now York. Sylph, schooner, Ufallory, New York. Osprey, .schoou- 



er, Kate Claxton or Steiihcnson. Alice, sloop, . Boston. 



Active, sloop, Wni. II. llortou, B.jBton. \indox, sioo]), liobt. e'eu- 

 tjc, New iork. VoUinte, sloop, Hitchcock, New York. Orion, 



sloop, — Cooper, New York, Cmiew. Sloop, , Nevv fork. 



.Siren, sloop, Tlios. B. Hawkins, Fort Jefferson, and two others 

 names not knowm. The popularitj- of Port .lefferson as a yachting 

 harbor is ctmatautly growing, especially suico the conveniences at 

 Gowanus, Brooldyn, have been deati-oyed by tilling in. 



KCsKWK\\hsyKiy^Eailur ToiYs^ andSlrmm: The leading 

 club.s ot Bo.iton are ripe for a change in measiu'ement, and may he 

 prevailed upon to adopt something like you suggest. But to niako 

 a rule good for an^'thmg it is necessary "for aU ports to establish it. 

 It a yacht sails under one; meaamrement one day and another tlie 

 next it is uuposeible for the designer in turn out a good boat. N. 



Anotheh CoKVKiir.— Still they come. The schooner .Alice, t.ir- 

 merly the big slooii of Provideuce, has been hauled irat at Leigh- 

 ton's yard, Boston, and is receiving a keel in place of her board. 

 With the exception of small bay craft, the eenti-e-board has about 

 become a roUc of the past m Eastern waters. We hear of many 

 new yachts to be built in Bostou, and every one of them will go in- 

 to commission with a keel and outside ballast* 



Sound Views tlBOwr>-o. -7vfi'or Fnrfsi oml sir,'u,< : .VII the 



yachting we do here hi Buffalo now it. to sit aronnd th.- lUc during 



these cold winter evenings and talk over our cruises, .:a]isu,-,eB \vith 



, , ,ii.:Ms, and everything aud anything couueeted with 



liling Two, if 11.. t three, new vachts are contom- 



niirine., but i inist we wiU have u.i more shallow 



. . ;. fraught and sea worthiness is what Me want hero as 



.'l-,i..,\!,. re, alid then we can make np our minds to enjoy ourselves 



\sithQnt being in chronic danger of bemg spUlud out. We are an.x- 



iijuely waiting for yom articles ou your own model. A small yacht 



with good stability and not expensive to buhd or run. Tfiat is 



what wo want, and then look out for a " revolutioiL" in yacht de.- 



signs. ' 0. 



AxTHRArrrr:.— From the HcimHtl- Amerinm we take the follow- 

 ing : 'Lt is t.) be regr.jttfd that the experiinents with tbe.Vntliracite 

 w.rre uot cniifmu.i,i( Icup euou^h to i..rai'ti..allvd...nioiislrate wbuher 

 tJiererlni,s.v,iem -.vould or would uot do al! that i^ .ilaiuied lor it." 

 We dasn-e to call the atteiitiuii of our couteuiporaiy to the fact Ihat 

 the experiments mth the .Ynthraciie were eutbuly superiluons. 

 The Perkins systeui had already been exteuaively tried for months 

 oa board tbs eteam yacht Waudeirtit' and the ferry-boat Lot tun Per- 



kins, and in both eases had bean rejected as a faili-urs, engines and 

 hoilejfi (ft the ordma.ry Iwpo having been substituted. Of the Lcf- 

 tu3 Perkins it was truiv said that sho spent as much time in dock 

 for i>epau-B as she did on dutv. Extended experiments with tbe 

 ..Anthracite were therefore uncalled for, as the system had been 

 demonstrated a failure l.mg before her arrival. The trip across 

 was made with a view of eiiticin;-; ,,Siii.-,rl,-.;ni .-a]i,ital into a dying 

 scheme, and it faile.l ....iii i .'. '. I 'n ''. ' r Naval F.ugineers, 

 as well as 111.' ur.i-is -, , ■ i' ' tlie fact that tho 



Anthraci!.. i-t.-aioiil a.-i -- , i .-d and lined can- 



nothing t..r tlie' diuabililv . >r' w.-.iir airi teiM .-1 .■iiKineh orb.oiler, 

 Engiiie.rs know full well that, luauv an old rattletrap may be run 

 for a l.jiig tiiue at half-speed which w.:iiild flv to pieces if the throt- 

 tle Vfcre opened wide eveu for a moment, aud that is exactly the 

 case with the Perluus inachiuerr. As a seuBalkiii the visit of (ho 

 iVnthracite was worth noting: as au element of a coming •■ revolu- 

 tion" 111 steam eugineeniig she is a liiughing stock to the proles- 



CrrT.N.\R)..^5lr. Samuel Holmes, No. 120 Front street, annouucen 

 tlie sale at auction of the steamer Cfulnare for December 11, at i 

 p. 3t., foot of East Ninth street, whero she can be seen for a weok 

 beroreliaiul. She is KkS feet long, 23 feet beam and 11 feet 6 iuchen 

 deep, composite huO, two cylinders 20x24 inchOB, schooner rigged, 

 Spee.l 10 knots ou .s tons per day. 



CANOEING. 



HiN(iLK-H.4.NnJ!us— ^((iVor Forent and Slreaia : I have for along 

 iinie been inierested in the single-handed ennser from the de- 

 scriptions of JIacgregor'a boat imd others, and have been glad to 

 sen them advocated iu your columns, as 1 tlrink that, like a canoe, 

 they tend to develop yachtsmen and a knowledge of seamanship, 

 and" not mere mugciiasers. I am interested in them, as I think 

 they wiU extend our yachting and reclaim some blind followers of 

 the'cat-boat : besides which I thiul; there wUl undoubtedly be a big 

 demand for them. S. 



Detrott Canoe CLrm — Editor Forest and i'^tremn : AVe are about 

 perfecting tho organization of a canoe club here, to he composed 

 entu-elyot prominent business men of Detroit, i shall imereat 

 myself'in iiostingyou as to the matter, The iini,,l,f r .,i l.ii.i;! 

 havo received from all parts of the country Ituli ui. „;,f'ij uhO 

 that the toUowing season wUl see quite a rVr.jr. 11. i i. , , m ,_,;ii,. 



L. if. .S. 



Ofluooii FoiJ)ij<G Boat.— These canvas boats have found niuc'D 

 favor and are used extensively by sportsmen throughout the land. 

 They are made m two sizes, 12 and 10 feet long. The width of tho 

 former is 83 inches, with 12 inches depth: weight, 45 lbs.; designed 

 for two men, and wiQ cam- COO lbs. ou i inches draft. The width 

 of the larger size is 36 inc'hes, with 1.!! inches depth. It weighs 70 

 lbs. aud is designed for four persons. Carries K50 lbs. on 4 iucheil 

 draft. TTiese boats cau be folded mto chests .■Mxl7xl8 inches and 

 40x20x22 inches. The canvas used is woven esiiieialh' for the man- 

 ufacturer, Mr. N. A.Osgood, of Battle Creek, Miuh., aud is ren- 

 dered waterpoof and pHablo by a special process. From nuivieroua 

 testimonials we judge them to be superior to hh-ch-harks. and cer- 

 tainly "as much" a« any one could possibly wish for the m.:.uey, 

 for the two siios are sold at iJ35 and i$45, oars and fittings, duck 

 sack and chest all thiomi in, and they are shipired C, 0. t). upon 

 jjrepayment of SjilO, with the privilege of examining before accept* 



UN8INKABLE CANOES. 



Editor Forest and fitream : 



•t HE objections of "Nessmuk" to the use of oars in huntirig 

 ' might be overcome by using "bow-facing oar.s," and the ob- 

 jections to the canvas and metallic boats, on account of their sink- 

 ing when full of water, by the use of ak-tight comjjartmeuts, such 

 as all prudent men now use. 



Apparently "Nessmnk's" experience srith iiio On,, 



been conhned to coUapaable boats. . A canvas lo . .. . ..l.-i 



very strong and seaworthy and Ught, and, if o. I n n j, . iMI iivj 

 with ease in any sea in which an 18-pomid cedar can. 



■d to the portabUity of collapsable bouts, it depends aa 



ipon the shape as ou the weight of the boat eanied. 1 



lueh rather carry a long pole of 20 lbs. than a boat of samo 



Coughtr-y's hunters' boats when closed form a long 



like a pole. I used one in the woods last summer and 



very convenient. I thhdc it weighed only 2.5 lbs. I men- 



for lliii beuelit of sportsmen using collapsable canoes, 



Il i niir an "Osgood" fitted with two air-tight 



u. They were onlv rough-ptiintedcanvaB 



,;i il the boat when full of water and two men 



:.. i „ ....a^i Osgood and Coughtry do not fit then- boat.* 



psablu bugs that can be blown up whonwantsd. 



Canvas Back. 



With r 

 much U| 

 woidd m 

 weight, 

 bundli 

 found it 

 tion he: 

 that 1 

 bags 1 

 hagh, ij 

 holding 

 witliool 



Quiet nerves aud Balmy Sleep ii 

 ind luvalids. 



Hop Bitters, for sleepless Ladiea 



Go to C. L. Bitzmann, 943 Broadway, if yo 



int to hiia a Gun. 



Answers to ^yorresffandcnts. 



tx~ Nu Nutico taken ttU Aiion)' 



Co inuiu nicatioiik. 



W. ,). 0., Norwich, Oonu. — Thanks for the seeds. 



B. C. JI., Owen Sound, Ont. — The use of salmon roe tor bait i-j 



not considered fair fishing. It docs uot retain its color. 



H. Cr. C, Liberty V. 0., Va.— We have referred your inquiry to n 

 Colorado authority, whose answer cau be deponded upon. 



A. W. B., Hyde Park, Maes.— The dog you refer to is a St. Ber- 

 nard. The name given it in tbe quoted article, was wrong. 



F. W. G. — "Experimental Gmiso in Procyon," is uot to bo ob- 

 tidned iu America. Order thi-oughbook house, or send P. O. order 

 for ,*1 to ('has. Wilson, 157 Lcadeuhall street, London, England. 



J. E. A.— You will find description of Herrushoff coil in issues 

 for March 11, AprU 1.5 aud June 24, l,sni. Will publisl, more 

 shortly. Only boiler wWeh has any business to be in a l.aunch or 

 yacht of moderate touuage. 



J, H.D, Ponghkeopsee, N. Y.— Please inform me exactly what kind 

 of bud is meant by "coot," so often referred to by writers ii» 

 FoBEST AND STKEiVM Js it tho vclvct duck ? Is it the clapper rail: 

 or mud hen, or -vhat isYalled ou the St. Lawrence, rugger duck, 

 which latter I believe to lie the velvet duck of Wilson V Mia. Wo 

 are unable to gi ve a categorial answer to your question. The namc« 

 coot is used to designate a duck in some scctioiLs, and the Bo-calledl 

 mud hen iu others. Au ornithologist in siJeakiug of a coot rofer« 

 to Fulicc an>ericaaa, which bears tbe local names, mud hen, king; 

 rail, sea crow, crow duck. But along tlie New England coast a coot 

 ia any one of the three species iucluded tmder the genxis (Edemia — 

 namely, Uie scoter, the velvet and the nirf duck. Where thi« 

 term is employed you tfUl have to decide for yonraolf what is meanft 

 by it, beiug guided by the context. We do uot know the " nigger 

 duck " by that name. 



H. P.— MuoU iaforuifttiOM on canvas canoes soattered tttfou)jl^ 



