FOREST AND STREAM. 



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siiiing from the upper line of keel and draw in 

 the curve with a batten. Leaving the sheer plan 

 for the present, we proceed to draw a series of 

 horizontal lines, at distances representing three 

 inches apart, as a base, or ground work, for the 

 body plan. These lines correspond to the 

 ■water-lines in the half-breadth and sheer planB. 

 Draw two vertical lines perpendicular to the 

 base, to represent the thickness of stem and 

 stern post. Midway between the two vertical 

 lines draw another to represent, the half thiok- 

 Jiess of stem andsternpost. This last mentioned 

 line is a base to measure from. To copy the 

 croes-tiinbers or ribs, take a pair of dividers and 

 set one of the points on the base line of the 

 half-breadth plan at the intersection of some 

 cross-timber (we will Suppose the cross-timber 

 marked A in the diagram), open the other leg 

 of the dividers until the second point will just 

 touch water line No. 1. The measure thus ob- 

 tained is trausl'ered to the body plan by setting 

 one point of the dividers on the vertical line 

 (representing half tliicUness of stem and stern 

 post) at the intersection of the water-line No. 1 

 on the bodyplan, the other point of the dividers 

 marks the width of that water-line. The measure 

 for water-line No. 2 is obtained by measuring 

 from thg same point on the half-breadth plan 

 as before, opening the dividers until the point 

 will touch water Hue No. 2. The measure thus 

 obtained is transferred to the body plan plan as 

 before, except that it is transferred to water-line 

 No. 2. Transfer the measures of the other water- 

 lines that cross rib A, in a similar manner. Lastly, 

 measure the heiuht of the sheer hue from the 

 keel, on the sheer plan, and transfer it to the 

 body plan. The different points marked on body 

 plan are now joined by a curve, and the outline 

 of cross-timber A is complete. The remaining 

 cross-timbers ore all to be copied on the body 

 plan in the manner indicated above. 



Many of the points in the curved lines will 

 doubtless be incorrect and refuse to be included 

 in the curve of the batten. No matter, equalize 

 the curve of the batten bo as to include a ma- 

 jority of the points, draw a line along the batten 

 and leave out, the obstinate points. Whenever 

 any new points are thus established in the body 

 plan, trausfer them to their corresponding places 

 on the half-breadth plan, bend a batten so as 

 to take in the new points with the old, and 

 mark the water-line anew. A ljust and readjust 

 the curves of the water-lines and cross sections 

 until the batten will take in all the different 

 points of any and every line. 



At this stage of our drawing we "prove" 

 our work by a series of lines called ''buttock 

 lines." On the body plan draw vertical lines (at 

 distances representing four inches apart) on 

 each side of the central vertical line, also draw 

 horizontal lines, at same distance apart on the 

 half-breadth plan. These lines correspond 

 with one another, and are numbered alike on 

 both plans. The buttock lines are shown on 

 the sheer plan by ttie curved lines. The num- 

 bers correspond with the lines on the body and 

 half breadth plans. The measurements to ob- 

 tain the curves in the sheer plan can bo either 

 taken from the body or from the half-breadth 

 plan. The points to bo measured are the inter- 

 sections of tlio buttock lines with the cross-tim- 

 bers on the body plan. On tho half breadth 

 plan the points are obtained from the inter- 

 section of the buttock lines with the water lines. 

 We will suppose that tho measurements for 

 buttock line No. 4 is desired. Taking the 

 measurements from the bodyplan, wo proceed in 

 the following planner: Set one point of the divid- 

 ers on the horizontal base hue of tho body plan 

 at the place where the vertical buttock line No. 4 

 intersects it, open the dividers until its other point 

 touches the intersection of the buttock line with 

 any cross-timber or rib; transfer tho measure 

 thus obtained to the corresponding cross-timber 

 on the sheer plan, measuring from the keel line 

 up the cross-timber. The measurements of ail 

 the crosS-timbere intersected by buttock lino No. 

 4 on the body plan, are transferred to the cor- 

 responding cross-timbers on the sheer plan in a 

 similar manner. After all the different points 

 are marked on the sheer plan a batten is bent to 

 them, and, if everything is " fair," all the points 

 Will be touched by the curve of the batten. Any 

 '• unfairnesB" or irregularity must be equalized 

 between the several plans until all the curves 

 are true. If the measures are taken off the half- 

 breadth plan the intersections of the buttock 

 lines with the water lines are the points to mea- 

 sure. Transfer the distance of tho intersection 

 from the nearest cross-timber to the correspond- 

 ing water Ino on the sheer plan. By using both 

 body and half-breadth plans to measure from we 

 have a double "proof" or "check." The lines 

 given in the diagrams are for a rowing boat, com- 

 monly named the "Whitehall boat." The dolled 

 lino in the sheer plan is the rabbet lino for stern 

 deadwood. 



THE FLYING PROA. 



WM. JARVIS, of Ithaca, the well-known 

 canoe-builder, has launched from his 

 shop a unique craft of the " Flying Proa" model, 

 similar to one described in llnrptr\< Monthli/ for 

 August, '77. The Proa is Kift. 4in. long over all, 

 with a keel of 16ft. and a breadth of 8ft., carry- 

 ing a lateen sail 28 by 20 by 18 ft. The plan of 

 her construction is as follows : Two separate 

 hulls, 16ft. long, 18in. wide, (aruidBhipB) and 

 18in. deep, are connected fore aud aft by sup- 

 ports 5ft, in length, on which is secured the 

 flooring of the craft. One mast is stepped well 

 forward, and is rigged with a lateen sail of the 

 size given above. 'The boom swings free of the 

 deck such a distance that a man working her. 

 finds no difficulty in standing on her deck. The 

 sides of the hulls facing each other are per- 

 fectly straight, while the outer sides are curved. 

 The craft makes very good time in all sorts of 

 weather, bnt in a light breeze especially she 

 ahows her superiority to a common eailing yacht. 

 Mr. Jarvia thinks that with a mainsail and jib 

 she would prove more tractable than with the 

 lateen, as with the latter she shows some in- 

 disposition to come about when beating against 



the wind. A much larger sail than the one 

 used would undoubtedly be an improvement, it 

 being quite impossible to swamp the Proa. The 

 price paid Mr. Jarvis, we believe, for the craft 

 just finished approaches $2fl0. The Proa is un- 

 doubtedly a success, and Mr. Jarvis contem- 

 plates building another, with a length of 30ft., 

 aud rigged in proportion, the qualities of which 

 he thinks will be superior to those of the one 



just finished. 



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Sail fob a Cat Boat— New York, Oct. 26.— 

 Mr.. Editor. — We would like to have the opinion 

 of those more experienced than ourselves as to 

 the proper size and shape of a sail for an 18 feet 

 cat-boat. 



It "seems to me that the whole question of 

 shape for a cat-boat's sail is not appreciated as 

 much as it should be by those who own and sail 

 this class of boats. A good many seem to have 

 the impression that a boat should have an enor- 

 mous amount of cauvas on the boom to make 

 her sail well. Now, this we contend is a mis- 

 taken idea ; and indeed it. has, to our mind, been 

 proven so. A well-modelled boat, with poorly 

 shaped sail, has boon beaten by a poorly modelled 

 boat with a well shaped sail. In fact, the whole 

 question as to size and shape of sails is a very 

 important one, fully as much so as the model of 

 the boat. According to our ideas, a oat-boat's sail 

 should have a good deal more hoist and less 

 boom out-board than as at present rigged in 

 this vicinity. But let us hear from thoBe who 

 know more about the matter than perhaps does 



By the by, where are those other articles on 

 boat building, etc., we were promised? 



Tom. 



Newbury, Oct. 27. — The four and one-quarter 

 miles straight away race, in working boats, be- 

 tween Arthur Maguire. Jr., and Albert D'rragh, 

 of Newburg, against. Ellis and Daniel Ward, ve- 

 sult.ed in a victory for the Wards, who crossed 

 the line in 28m 42s. 



New Jerskv— Viking Boat CM).— In the clos- 

 ing regatta of this club, last Saturday, the single- 

 scull race for tho champion club badge was re- 

 tained by C II li Halsey, who had held it the pre- 

 vious v<3ar. The second, for pair-oared gigs, be- 

 tweeu'S S Wandel. B Darraeh. J C Elliott, cox- 

 swain, and F B Howell, 11 P Morewood and L W 

 Kingsley, coxswain, was wen by the former crew. 

 The four-oared barge race, between the Vikings 

 and Dreadnaughts, was won by the former. 



Harvard College Kegatta. — The fall races 

 of Harvard on the Charles consisted of two races: 

 Six-oared boats, two miles with a turn, for the 

 graduate's cup and silver goblets to each of the 

 winning crows. The crews were made up by en- 

 tries from Holworthy, Matthews and Holyoke, 

 Halls, the Holworthy representative, winning in 

 13m 39s. The four-oared race, same distance, 

 for pewter cups, was won by a crew from Wild 

 Hall in Mm 20s. Their competitors were entered 

 from Matthews Hall. _ 



Dauntless and Wandekeb.— These two yachts 

 of the N. y. M. Y. C. sailed a closely contested 

 race, three miles to windward and return, at 

 Graveseud Bay, L. I., last Monday. The time 

 was — Wanderer, lh 56m; Dauntless, 2h 3m. 



Harvard and Yale. — The differences which 

 promised to preclude any regatta between these 

 two colleges were amicably adjusted at a meeting 

 in Springfield last Thursday, between Captains 

 Thompson, of Yale, and Bancroft, of Harvard. 

 The charge made by Yale that in the last race 

 the referee, Prof. Agassiz, had changed Har- 

 vard's course, and so given her an advantage, 

 was satisfactorily answered by a letter from the 

 professor, explaining that such change was made 

 necessary by the presence of eel grass in the 

 course originally marked out. He also said that 

 he had caused the removal of a snag at Agawam 

 ferry for the benefit, of Yale, a circumstance 

 which had previously been unknown to Captain 

 Thompson. The waving of the red flag— the 

 bloody shirt — was claimed to be necessary signals 

 to the pilot of the referee's boat. The collegi- 

 ans thereupon came to the eminently sensible 

 conclusion that there was no necessity for further 

 ill-feeling, and decided to have a regatta. This 

 will probably be rowed on the New London 

 course, and we hope Columbia may participate. 



Six Hundred Miles in a Canoe. — The Daven- 

 port (la.) Democrat, records the arrival at Musca- 

 tine of Mr. W. W. Cook, who had started out 

 from the Ojibaway Indian reservation at Crow 

 Wing, following the Crow Wing two hundred and 

 fifty miles to its confluence with the Mississippi, 

 and then three hundred and fifty nhles on that 

 river. The time occupied was twenty-two day. 



Rational j§iistimc<>. 



The Parade or the Coaching Club. — Though 

 no sun shone to flash from the brilliant trappings, 

 nor gleams came from the sleek hides of the 

 splendid beasts which champed on their bite, the 

 parade of the Coaching Club on Saturday was one 

 of the leading events of the great city. Around 

 Madison Square were stationed the coaches, and 

 many thousands of people witnessed the gather- 

 ing and the start of this handsome pageant. By 

 about 3:30 the line was formed, and without blast 

 of horn, but with the cheering of the lookers-on, 

 the start was made. The order of procession 

 was as follows : 



First Coach — Col. William Jay, President of 

 the Coaching Club. Colors, canary and red ; 

 horses, a chestnut and three bays, each about 15 

 hands 3 inches high. Passengers — Col. William 

 Jay, Mrs. Schieffelin, Mr. Schieffelin. Miss May, 

 Misa Maud Hives, and Mr. John W. Balfour. 



Second Coach— Mr. Perry Belmont. Colors, 

 blue and rod; horses, four dark bays, 10 hands 

 high. Passengers — Mr. Perry Belmont, Mrs. 

 Mahlon Sands, Mr. Mahlon Sands, and Mr. and 

 Mrs, T. Gushing. 



Third Coach— Mr. P. Bronson. Colors, blue 

 and red ; horses, chestnut and brown in the lead, 

 16 hands high ; aud two bays, 15 hands 3 inches, 



on tho wheel. Passengers — Mr. F. Bronson, 

 Secretary of the Coaching Club; Mrs. P. Bron- 

 Bon, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Iseliu, Jr., and Mr. 

 Edgerton Winthrop. 



Fourth Coach— Mr. Hugo Fritsch. Colors, 

 black and Austrian yellow ; horses, two roans 

 on the wheel and two chestnuts in the lead, each 

 about 16 hands 2 inches high. Passengers — Mr. 

 Hugo l-'ritsch, Miss Gi bert, and Mr. and Mrs 

 Dner. 



Fifth Coach— Mr. Theodore Havemoyer. Col- 

 ors, blue and black; horses, four brown, wdh 

 black points, each about 15 hands 1 inch high. 

 Passengers— Mr. Theodore Havomeyer and Mrs. 

 Havemoyer, Mr, Winthrop Thome, Miss De Luce 

 aud Mr. Tucker. 



Sixth Coach — Mr. Leonard Jerome. Colors, 

 blue and yellow j horses, four bays, each about 

 15 hands 3 inches high. Passengers — Mr. Leo- 

 nard Jerome, Miss Townsend. Mr. Wright San- 

 ford, Mrs. James, Mr. Hutton aud Mr. Mosler. 



Seventh Coach— Mr. Pierre Lorillard. Colors, 

 green, picked with yellow ; horses, four bays, 

 each sixteen hands high. Passengers — Mr. Pi- 

 erre Lorillard and Mrs. Lorillard; Miss Taylor 

 and Mr. and Mrs. Van Renselaer Cruger. 



Eighth Coach— Col. De Lancey Kane. Color, 

 primrose; horses, skewbald and piebald in the 

 lead and gray and chestnut on the wheel, each 

 about 15 hands high. Passengers — Mr. De Lan- 

 cey Kane, Vice-President of the Coaching Club; 

 Mr. P. Sherman, Mr. G. P. Wetmore, Dr. Pike, 

 of Yonkers, and Mr. J. J. Kane. 



For tho occasion, Col. Kane's coach, the Tally- 

 ho, had undergone a change, aud, shaking off the 

 dust of the Yonkers trip, had put on a holiday 

 appearance. As the coaches proceeded up the 

 avenue, at nearly every window wore seen hand- 

 somely dressed ladies, who smiled pleasantly on 

 tho cortege. Tho Eifty-ninth-street entrance of 

 the Park was reached in about a quarter of an 

 hour. At the lake a short halt was made. Such 

 was the desire on the pare of those who were 

 riding in the Park to see tho procession that 

 progress for a time was somewhat impeded. 

 Mount St. Vincent was reached in good time, 

 and on the return the Hotel Brunswick was 

 passed at about 4:45. From here the Union 

 Clnb was tho next point to be gained. The route 

 was continued down to Washington Square, aud 

 in the upper end of the square an abrupt turn 

 was made, the coaches returning up Fifth Ave- 

 nue to Twonty-third street, through Twenty- 

 third Btreet to Madison Avenue, up Madison 

 Avenue to Twenty-Sixth street. Turning into 

 Twenty-sixth street, with the horses facing Fifth 

 avenue, the coaches drew up to the north side- 

 walk, the passengers alighted, a horn sounded, 

 and in five minutes not a coach was to be seen. 

 Alas ! the cheery sound of the horn will be heard 

 no more for a season. It will be on the last 

 Saturday in May, 1878, that the club will meet 

 again. 



Scottish-American Athletic Club.— The win- 

 ners in the games at the Mott Haven meeting 

 last week wore as follows: One Hundred Yards 

 Dash — EC Saportas. first heat: J B Elliott, sec- 

 ond heat; J E Duffield, of Princeton College, 

 third heat ; Saportas, final heat, l\%&. Oue- 

 mile walk— T H Armstrong, Jr, 6m 44X« ! W H 

 Griffon, 2m 15%s. Pulling the Shot— A W 

 Adams, 37ft 3>£ro. Two Hundred and Twenty 

 Yards Bun — A W Anderson won final heat in 

 24j£a. Two Miles Walk— W Koland, 16m 4},<s. 

 Running Long Jump — \V T Livingston, 18ft Shn. 

 Four Hundred and Forty-four Yards Race — Final 

 heat won by AY C Gasper, 57s. One Hour Walk 

 — T H Armstrong, 8r, 1% miles. Throwing the 

 Hammer— G D Parmley, HOft 6m. Mile Bun— E 

 Merrit, 1m 43*£s. 



Columbia Collect: Games.— The eleventh bi- 

 ennial gamos of Columbia College were hold at 

 Mott Haven last Saturday. Tho various contests 

 were won as follows: One- mile Walk — C Eld- 

 ridge, '79, 6ra 4 4-5s; Running High Jump — JP 

 Conover, '80, 5ft 3in ; Half-mile Bun— A walk- 

 over for R li Colgate, '80, 2m 15 3 .j> ; Pole Vault- 

 ing— J W Prior, '78, 7ft Bin ; One Hundred Yards 

 Dash— W Waller, '78, 10%s ; Throwing the Six- 

 teen-pound Hammer— H G Ridabock, '79, 69ft 

 2iu ; Four Hundred and Forty-four Yards Dash — 

 W B Stewart, '80. 57 2-5? ; 'i'wo Miles Walk— C 

 Eldridge, 15m 46 3-5s; Running Broad Jump— J 

 P Conover. 18ft 4in ; Hurdle Hace, 120 yards— J 

 P Conover; One-mile Run — W S Bearnes, '78, 5m 

 16s; Strangers' Race, one-half mile— Griffin, of 

 the 8 A A C, 2m 13 4-5s ; Steeple Chase, one-half 

 mile— Stewart, 3m 5s; Tug of War— Seniors vs 

 Juniors, won by Juniors : Sophomores vs Fresh- 

 men, won by Sophomores. Filial pull won by 

 Juniors. 



Yale College Games— The fall athletic games 

 of Yale came off Ocd. 24th. The 100-yard dash 

 was won by Brown, of the Scientific School, iu 

 10}^8 ; high jump, by Capt. Thompson, of the 

 Uuiversitv crew, at 5ft 2in ; throwing base ball, 

 Hutchinson, of olass '80, 341ft 5J£in; half-mile 

 run, Stroke, of '79, in2:lSj^; two-mile walk was 

 won by Cleaveland, of the Scientific School, in 

 18:16 ; " tug of war," won by '78 against '79 (Sci- 

 entifi.es), '80 and '81 ; 440 yards dash, by Brown, 

 Scientific, in 54s; throwing hammer, by Capt. 

 Thompson, G9f t 7>£in. 



Toft's College Athletic Sports.— In the 

 semi-annual athletics of the Tufts' College boys 

 last week the winners were : One hundred yards 

 dash— Falea, '79, ll^s. Mile run— Wells, '79. 

 5m 23X3. Quarter-mile run— Falea, lm l*£a. 

 Half-mile rnn— Friend, '80, 2m 15s. Mile walk— 

 Preaho, '81, 9m 23>5's. Three-legged race, one 

 hundred yards — Eales and Munroe, '79, IGs. 

 Kicking fooi ball— Perry, '79, 145%Tt. Running 

 long jump— Eaton, '80, 16ft 8in. Throwing base 

 ball — Donovan, '80, 277ft. Running high jump 

 —Perry, '79, 4ft Sin. 



College of this City op New York. — The 

 tournament for the " tug-of-war" championship 

 was begun last Saturday, and will be concluded 

 next Saturday. Tho contests thus far have been 

 as follows : Sophomore vs Freshmen, won by 

 Froshmen in 2m los ; Seniors vs Juuiors, won by 

 Seniors in lm 20s ; Juniors vs Sophomores, won 

 by Juniors iu 2m Is ; Seniors vs Freshmen, won 

 by Seniors in lm 9s, 



New York Athletic Clue.— The closing handi- 

 cap games of this clab will come off Nov. 6, at 

 Mott Haven. 



Spv §ub1ications. 



Pen and Ink Sketches of Labrador Soenehv. 

 —Some seventeen years ago, in i860, the editor 

 of this paper, then one of the proprietors of the 

 New York Journal of Commerce, made a sum- 

 mer cruiso to the coast of Labrador, in company 

 with Dr. Elliott Ooues, of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, and fifteen others, in quest of heath, 

 pleasure, and natural history specimens, the 

 events of which were duly recorded at the time 

 in an article of con-idcrable length, published 

 in Harper's Magazine for April and May, 1861. 

 The cruise occupied considerably over three 

 months, and the article was profusely illustrated 

 from photographs and drawings taken on the 

 spot. Since then similar excursions to the same 

 locality, by sailing vessels and steamers, have 

 been tolerably frequent, so that the routes and 

 rude fishing stations along the barren coast have 

 become somewhat familiar. One of these excur- 

 sions was made last summer, and the fortunate 

 presence among the number of tourists of Mr. 

 Wm. E. Gladwin, of Worcester, Mass., has se- 

 cured to us a series of additional sketches whoso 

 accuracy we can vouch for from our own obser- 

 vations and acquaintance with the places outj 

 lined. These have been neatly done in pen and 

 ink, and duplicated by the heliotype process into 

 an edition of soma 200 volumes, which being ap - 

 propriately bound and embellished, constitute an 

 interesting souvenir for private distribution aa 

 well as a valuable addition to the geography of 

 North America. 



These faithful transcripts show the entire belt 

 of islands which lie along the Labrador coast in a 

 nearly uniform breadth of about twelve miles, to 

 be little else than bare granite, upon which even 

 the coarsest grass can scarcely find nourishment 

 and growth. Some twenty passages, or "tickles," 

 behind these islands afford constant shelter for 

 the summer fishing fleet, which cannot depend 

 upon fair weather, even in the most favorable 

 season, for two consecutive days ; while the fish- 

 ing "stages," or stations, and an occasional hut 

 constitute almost the only evidences of human 

 life and habitation . In one instance the author 

 has given ns a sketch of a Hudson Bay Com- 

 pany's port, situated in a bay extending well into 

 the interior of tho rnain'laud, which shows a con- 

 siderable growth of pine and a cheerful littlo set- 

 tlement. There are many salient points along 

 the coast, however, which he has omitted, some 

 of which are the most interesting and picturesque 

 geological formations' to be found there— notably 

 the twin castle rocks of basalt at Henley Harbor, 

 near the eastern entrance of Belle Isle Strait and 

 Belle Isle itself, with its lone lighthouse standing 

 guard, perched upon a cliff throe hundred feet 

 above the waves, whose height can onlv be 

 reached by hanging ladders in days of stillest 

 calm. 



A trip to Labrador in a steamer will always be 

 one of interest. In a sailing vessel it is apt to 

 be long aud tedious, aud therefore monotonous. 



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