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F6HEST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 14, 1884. 



and in conclusion permit me to make a few corrections of the mtmy 



uiisstatennvnts contained in you;' article. 



Captain Lundborg is not- •'attached to tbe Swedish Legation." He 

 s a reared o Ulcer of" the Swedish navy. 



lie is not "a pafcitii ner for national alms," as you assert ; which his 

 memorial, herewith inclosed, will prove. 



He has never offered his invention to any parties, much less 

 Hawked it about for several years." And he now simply invites the 

 attention of the American people to the importance of his' discoveries 

 and inventions, in the hope that they may be utilized for the public 

 good. 



Captain Lundberg is not "an alien," as you allege, he is a natural- 

 ized American citizen, filled with patriotic motive, and impressed 

 with the conviction that among the pressing needs of his adopted 

 country arc an efficient navy, and an adequate merchant marine, to 

 .secure which, he is ready and willing to labor to the best of his ability. 

 Are you good enough an American to help in this noble work? 



Washington d, C J. H. Sypher. 



[Mr Sypher has not kept the run of events or he would hardly 

 question the -'good authority" of this journal on matters of naval 

 design. His adverse estimate we pass over as not worth notice, 

 because incapable of offering an opinion on affairs he knows nothing 

 of. We suspect bis letter is an effort to advertise a venture in 

 which he is interested as a lobbyist, another canal scheme from 

 the Mississippi to the fluff, with a liberal profit to the promoters. 

 It is very kind that any one should wish to revive the skeleton of 

 our commercial marine by a patent. But we do not care to have the 

 government funds diverted to assisting half-batched patent specifi- 

 cations. We trust our remarks will aid in closing the doors of the 

 Treasury tight to any raid in the interests of private persons. The 

 notion that the Lumborg ship can have any influence upon the destiny 

 of our merchant marine is silly. The notion that it will build up an 

 efficient navy which is purely a question of congressional appropria- 

 tions, is even more ridiculous. We credit Captain Lundborg with 

 much better sense. Our maritime interests should be revived upon 

 common sense business principles and not by spread-eagle declama- 

 tion or governmental pap. It is not a difficult problem to solve. It is a 

 simple piece of arithmetic. Buy ships where, you mm get them cheap- 

 est, -ait them with no greater restrictions than foreigners: and that is 

 all there is to if. If we have to pay higher wages to officers and crew, 

 ■ the difference will be offset by the well-known tact, energy and adap- 

 tability of the American. Wipe out at one stroke the cormorants 

 and hordes of officials with their fees, fines and dues, exorbitant and 

 intricate charges, and half the reform is accomplished. Buy vour 

 implement of trade, in the cheapest market; and the other half is 

 achieved. If capital is too dear, if it finds more lucrative employ- 

 ment on shore, nothing under the s*n can help us. We must be con- 

 tent to twit 1 our thumbs till a day when the economic conditions on 

 on this side of the Atlantic will be favorable enough to give lis a 

 chance in the race. Why Captain Lundborg's appeal to Congress is 

 out of order is noted elsewhere.] 



THE CORINTHIAN CLUB. 



Editor Forest and Stri 



It was not exactly the tune, of year that any one would havo 

 thought of organizing a yacht club, for the snow lay thick and white 

 outside the greenhouse, windows, and the wild Channel waves rushed 

 up and spattered over cos-.y little Sea Cliff, at Bangor, Belfast Lough. 

 Ireland. The den was pretty full for all that. Arthur, secretary of 

 t^e Royal Ulster Y. C, one of the mighty men wno go cIowb to tbe 

 sea in ships, was doubled up in a wicker chair, while her ladyship, 

 one of the best who ever held tiller and made a boat do just what she 

 could, was perched on an old chair which had descended from her 

 great grandparents. John, most practical of all architects, was hid- 

 den behind a cloud of smoke, and Ally, just back from America, did 

 his best to help out harmony with a long cigar. The boats were all 

 laid up in winter quarters; but they were present on the wall in pho- 

 totrraphs, in spar drafts and in models, while along the bookcase was 

 a long line of gracefully-draped winning flags, fourteen in number, 

 which marked the prowess of the yawl Glide. We had had a pleasant 

 season's sailing, though iu those waters the summer starts late and is 

 soon over, and" this winter evening all were gathered around, chat- 

 ting about the past, Then somebody suggested we should institute a 

 practical Corinthian club, and we did. The club has lasted, taking i% 

 new members and doing its work thoroughly and well, year after 

 year, until it commands almost as much interest as its' chartered 

 brother, the Roval Ulster. 



Every one knows what a "Corinthian" club is, but even in such or- 

 ganizations as the Seawanhaka of New York, there is a good deal of 

 work done for and not by the amateur, while the chief feature of the 

 Bangor Club is that its members shall do all their sailing work, and 

 at any rate, know how to attend when required to the rigging. Efc ery- 

 Gne who joins (ladies are elgible for membership as well as the 

 sterner sex) is balloted in. and thereby entitled to the honorable posi- 

 tion of "boy." Boys may second candidates, vote at general or 

 special meetings, form part of a crew, but may not own or steer a 

 boat in a club race. The "boy" remains such until he has learned 

 enough practical seamanship to answer correctly every one of the 

 following epiestions: 



1. Make a sheet bend. 



2. Make an anchor bend. 



8. Make a rolling hitch. 



4. Make a blackwall hitch 



5. Make a timber hitch. 



6. Make a clove hitch. 



7. Make two half hitches on a belaying pin. 

 s. Make a reef knot. 



9, Make a bowline, 



10. Make a cat's paw. 



1 1 . Make a short and long splice. 



12. Make an eye splice. 



13. Put a whipping on the end of a rope. 



14. Belay a sheet on a half pin. 



15. Sheepshank a rope. 



lti. Name the standing and running rigging in a sloop, cutter and 

 schooner. , . 



This examination must be passed practically, the work being done 

 with ropesends in presence of the examiner. The "boy" then takes 

 rank as "ordinary seaman." 



In the early days of the club, Sea Cliff was fairly populated with 

 boys and girls educating one another how to splice and go through 

 the seaman's manual. _ 



An "ordinary seaman receives a plain paper certificate to that 

 effect, and is entitled to steer a boat but cannot own one. Wben he 

 has passed for A. B., having fulfilled the following questions, he can 

 propose a member, own a boat, and is eligible for election as a com- 

 mittee-man. He must have conquered the questions I to 16, and also 

 the following: 



17. Make a studdingsail bend. 



18. Make a running bowline. 

 10. Make a bowline on a bight. 

 20. Make a grummet. 



2;. Make a Turk's head. 



22. Make a double wall and double crown. 



23. Herringbone a split sail. 



24. Name the points of the compass. 

 25 State the rule of the road. 



20. What are the different fog signals? 



27. What lights are carried by vessels? 



28. Describe the method of restoring apparently drowned persons. 

 H\i, How wotdd you note the position of an anchor or moorings in 



case you had to SUp? , 



SO. How can oil be used in broken water to save the sea breaking 



aboard of a boat? 



Next in order comes the star to the certificate, which is given when 



the yachtsman has further satisfied the examiner on the following, 



this 'examination being had in a boat under way: 



81. Set sails and get under way from moorings. 



82. Gybe. 



Si, What would be done in case of a sudden squall, the direction 

 being stated by the examiner? 



: J ,5. Make a floating or sea anchor. 



86. Bend a rope to an anchor so that you can clear it should it 

 catch in rocks. 



The examiner should also test applicant as to what he would do it 

 halliards or gear carry away. 



An "A. IV with a star is entitled to a parchment cei tiflcato, and 

 may present himself for further examination for mate's papers, 

 after which he is eligible for election as a Hag officer of the club. Dur- 

 ing last year the club raced nearly every Saturday afternoon, and as 

 many as' twelve boats were entered at one time, there seldom being 

 less than Ave The boals were measured as follows: Multiply the 

 sail area by i he length of loadline, and divide by 4,000 the quotient to 

 be "sail tonnage." one-fifth of overhang to he added TOlengi h oi load- 

 line The scale for time allowance was the ordinary Y. R. A. table. 

 In the case of peculiarly constructed boats the carpenter was author- 

 ized to report to the committee, who had power to award special cer- 

 tificates of measurement. Every boat and her gear were necessarily 

 the property of members of the club. Every boat m a race was 

 obliged to carry a life-buoy. Five minutes before the start the blue 

 Peter was hoisted and gun tired, after which the boats were consid- 

 ered under the rules. At the expiration of five minutes the blue 

 Petsr was hauled crown aud the starting gun fired. Any boat across 



the line before that gun was sent hack by showing her number from 

 the battery. The following are the rules of the road: 



"A boat which is running free shall keep out of the wav of a boat 

 which is close-hauled, 



"A boat which is close-hauled on the port tack shall keep out of the 

 way of a boat which is close-hauled on the starboard tack. 



"When both are running free with the wind on different sides, the 

 boat which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of 

 the other. 



"When both are running free, with the wind on the same side, the 

 boat which is to windward shall keep out of the way of the boat 

 which is to leeward. 



"A boat which has the wind aft shall keep out of the way of boats 

 on the wind." 



Bach boat to go fairly round the course a.nd not to touch any flag- 

 boat. A question arose m one race where a boat put her nose over 

 the winning line, and having done so fouled the flag-boat. She 

 claimed the race and, after consultation with the yachting authori- 

 ties of Great Britain, it was decided that the instant the end of her 

 bowsprit crossed the line she must be held to have completed her 

 course: that the race was over, and that no subsequent fouling, on 

 her part, could deprive her of the prize. After this decision provision 

 will, probably, be made to prevent a recurrence of such an incident. 

 Only sailing is allowed. A boat might anchor during a race, but' 

 must weigh anchor and not slip. In case of an accident or assistance 

 rendered by a racing boat, if the committees deem that such a boat 

 was prevented from winning a race, they have power to order a 

 resail betw-eeu the boats so prevented and the actual winner. Pro- 

 tests had to be filed within an hour after the arrival at the finish. 



Such are some of the leading rules and regulations of the Bangor 

 Corinthian Sailing Club. The}- are the result of considerable study 

 by competent authorities, and ought to be useful as precedents, par- 

 ticularly at this time when Corinthian yacht clubs are becoming so 

 popular both on the sea coast and the hikes of America. 



Banoorian. 



[Practical seamanship and competitive interest among the owners 

 and sailers of small boats would be greatly benefited by the estab- 

 lishment of similar clubs in American waters. Pride and emulation 

 in the race for the highest certificate would lead to study and pro- 

 ficiency in practice. To be an A. B., or eligible to a flag officer's 

 berth iu a club, founded upon an aristocracy of learning and experi- 

 ence, would not fail to receive proper recognition. The public would 

 quickly bestow its approval and support to a club in which brains 

 rank ahead of wealth, no matter how small the tonnage of the boats. 

 To sport a flag whieh is a trade mark of capacity in yachting attain- 

 ments has a meaning and dignity which commands respect for merit 

 from all sides, and though flown f rom a two-tonnef only, outranks 

 the empty emblem of a "society leader" aboard a huge white ele- 

 phant, or a picnicking dawdler afraid of an occasional wet jacket.] 



THE PROPOSED ASSOCIATION.— Commenting upon the proposi- 

 tion to form a national association in America, Le Yacht, of Paris, 

 remarks: "Certainly the programme of Forest and Stream is an 

 excellent one, the realizatioa of which would be of wide utility; un- 

 fortunately, we think it will for a long time remain in the realm of 

 Utopia in the United States, no n, after how great progress yachting 

 may have made in that country. First, there is a material obstacle 

 which will in terpose against the establishment of a central society. 

 This is the distance between the clubs, extending along the immense 

 length of the coasts of America. Besides the local conditions which 

 influence the form and nature of construction will hinder the adop- 

 tion of a common rule of measurement. In England, where yachting 

 has prospered more than half a century, where the race courses are 

 found over a relatively confined coast compared to that of the United 

 States, the Y. R. A. has been able to establish, after a fashion, almost 



exists in the boats, and where every club claims its own rules the 

 best. For example, in the single city of New York the two largest 

 clubs, the New York Y. C. and the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C, can- 

 not agree on the application of a system of measurement by length 

 and sail area combined, although they both accept the same prin- 

 ciples in their rules. Nevertheless the proposition of Forest and 

 Stream will recommend itself to all sincere friends of yachting, who 

 can draw from it great profit. The questions which it puts merit and 

 challenge attention, and for that reason we have thought its proposi- 

 tion worth discussing." 



A VARIED EXPERIENCE.— Marine Architect Saafkow, of the 

 Imperal German Navy, writes us that in the past ten years he has 

 designed and built for his own use fourteen yachts of all kinds, from 

 the widest centerboard to tftie narrowest of cutters. One of his last 

 designs was the cutter Rhe, 30ft. loadline, 9ft. beam and 5ft. draft, 

 with 8.000 pounds en the keel. She sailed from the city of Kiel to 

 Konigsberg on the Baltic, a distance of 400 miles, passing through a 

 severe gale iu comfort and safety. She is notably fast in light winds, 

 being more than a match for the best eenterboards of local renown. 

 The five-beam cutter Anna, we are informed, is the driest boat of all 

 Lieut. Saefkow ever sailed, and as "quiet as a girl" in a sea, no one 

 being seasick on board in heavy weather, as was always the case with 

 the wide boats he owned. The Anna is a great success, and will 

 appear in the English races next sururner. Lieut. Saeifeow has con- 

 structed the curve of stability for a sandbagger like the New York 

 Parole, and found she attained her maximum at twenty-seven 

 degrees, and her vanishing point at sixty. 



THE JANUARY NUMBER. —The London A'autwal Mayan ne for 

 January has reached us, freighted as usual with instruction and in- 

 terest to sea-going people. The contents for this month include 

 "The Stability of Merchant Ships," "Insubordination of Seamen," 

 and "The Panama Canal," a timely article for all Americans to read. 

 While we are i aly dreaming of cutting across Nicaragua and indulg- 

 ing in threatening bluster about our rights and prestige in the case, 

 foreigners have gone to work with energy and capital, and in spite of 

 all difficulties, the Panama canal will become an accomplished fact 

 before we finish blowing off laudable but futile patriotic steam. The 

 magazine also contains the usual notes on navigation, correspondence 

 from ship masters and similar matter, which is the only literature 

 the handful of American seamen can i-each in the total absence of 

 any nautical periodical of our own. 



REAL YACHTING.— A gentleman writes from Liverpool, Eng- 

 land, that he has bought a regular "nailer" in Southampton, and 

 expects to sail her round to her new hailing port in February. She is 

 31ft (iin'overall, 2Sft. (Sin. loadline, and Oft. Bin. beam, with 6ft, Oin, 

 draft and flush deck. Forecastle, with cot for one hand, main cabin 

 with sofas, and after cabin with two standing berths, washstand, 

 etc Polished pine cabins and teak deck fittings. This cutter is 

 nearly same loadline as the little Yolande lying in Seawanhaka 

 Basin, Staten Island, with Bin. less beam. The voyage round the 

 Land's End to Liverpool is six hundred miles. Englishmen think 

 nothing of such ventures, but here a man's soundness of mind is still 

 questioned in many quarters if he moots going to sea in a big 

 schooner, or has ambitions which take him beyond«the confines of 

 oae day's run in the Sound, 



CRUISE OF THE FALCON.— Sampson, Low & Co., of London, 

 have published a new yachting volume in which is detailed the cruise 

 of the little yawl Falcon, from Southampton to the coast of Brazil 

 and the South Atlantic, made by the owner, Mr. Knight, and two 

 friends as the amateur crew. The Falcon is only 42ft. long, yet the 

 extensive voyage was accomplished in safety and comfort and hugely 

 enjoyed. The volume is full of instruction, useful to the mercantile 

 service, as many unchartered ports aud islands were visited and notes 

 made upon their hydrography, best approaches, etc. The owner 

 left the yacht at Barbadoes, intending soon to return and continue 

 the voyage through the West Indies and home. We may recur to 

 this volume at greater length when chance offers. Itiseommended to 

 those in search of real yachting without the expense attached to 

 "luxuriant" palaces afloat. 



DETROIT'S FLEET.— The sloop yacht Petrel, built in July, 1883, at 

 Chicago, and brought through the great lakes to Detroit, has been 

 purchased at the latter place by Messrs. Aug. Marxhausen, Jr.. W. F. 

 Baiseh, H. Kees and George Bochnleiu, for the sum of $800; She is a 

 cabin yacht of fine lines, being 37ft. overall, and having a beam of 

 10ft 3in. , deep draft, and carries five sails, viz., main, top, and storm 

 staysails, jib and flying jib. Although she is not rigged for racing, 

 having been used for cruising only, her owners intend entering her 



BIG CUTTERS.— The prospect lot some live racing in the 80-ton 

 class in English waters is exceedingly good. Fay & Co., of South- 

 ampton, are building two new flyers of about 85 tons, from lines by 

 Mr .losephM. Soper, the superintendent of the yard. They are also 

 overhauling the Eryeinaof 90 tons, in view of the coming contest. 

 Mr Soper is the designer of many fine vessels. The Daisy, soon to 

 be iu our waters, is from his hands. The same builders have under- 

 way some new cutters to sail in the length and sail area classes in 

 Southampton waters. One of these will be much like the Daisy, 

 25x8x6J£f D. and 35ft. over all, with a Buttercup stem. 



KNICKERBOCKER Y. C— Officers for the years: Commodore, 

 Geo. R. Hobby, Vice-Com., W. T. Onderdonlc: Secretary. William R. 

 Morse; Treasurer. Ohas. Lamb; Measurer. John Hyslop. Spring 

 match fixed for May 30. op-n to five classes. Sixty five yachts in the 

 fleet, aud 130 members. The lectures delivered before toe clubby 

 Mr. Hyslop have been well att-n led and appreciated. They have so 

 far covered the methods »f designing boats, and others are promised 

 detailing the planning of rigs and Mr. n.v.slop's original wav:; area 

 experiments which antedate the Investigations of Collin Archer in 

 Europe. 



NEW YORK Y. O— Annual matches fixed for June 13, Mr. Oedeu 

 (loeiet. Norseman schooner, has offered two cups, value Si. 000 and 

 3500, for schooners and sloops and cutters to be sailed for oft Newport 

 next season. Officers of the club for the year: Coram' "One. James 

 Gordon Bennett. Namouna steamer; Vice-Commodore. W. P. Douglas, 

 Arrow cutter and Aida steamer: Rear-Commodore, Samuel R. Piatt, 

 Montauk schooner: Secretary, ChaS. A. Million: Treasurer, Jas. O. 

 Proudflt; Measurer, John M. Wilson; Racing Commlttef, J. Fred. 

 Tains. Ohas. H. Stebbins and Jules A. Montant. 



RIGHT MOVE. -It is bid. a very short time since that anyone 

 counselling outside cruising and racing was considered more or less 

 demented. People have learned better by this time. Extended 

 cruises are. the order of the day. and a yacht' not fit for such work no 

 longer ranks high iu esteem. Tbe New Haven Yacht Club, though 

 suiriing in life as a local Sound organization, are up to the enterprise 

 of the day and propose an ocean macch from club-house around 

 Block Island and home. The Sound is fast loosing its mesmeric hold 

 upon progressive men. 



THE LOWELL CUTTER.— A cuttei yacht which Williams & 

 Stevens, of Lowell, are hi ilding is about half planked. Her bilge is 

 straight from rabbet to bilge of garboard, and the dimensions are as 

 follows: Length over all. 25ft. Din. ; leadline, 20ft. (iin : lift, moulded 

 beam: depth of middle section. 5ft, 3in.; draft, 4ft. lira. There is a 

 small cockpit on deck, and a wash board on the outside. The cabin 

 has two berths atid room for a hammock, and there are lockers. 

 water tanks, etc. The cutter will readily find an owner.— Boston 

 Herald. 



A GOOD EXAMPLE.— Mr. Wm. Gardner has left for England to 

 enter the Royal School of Naval Architecture aud pass through a 

 regular course of study, with the object of mastering the theory and 

 practice of shipbuilding. Mr. Gardner has already been under 

 the tuition of Mr. Harvey in this city, and has spent some time in the 

 yard of John Roach & Sou at Chester. He has voluntarily entered 

 upon his Self-education from, enthusiasm for the science, a worthy 

 example for others of independent means to fobow. 



BOSTON Y. C— The following fixtures have been settled upon' 

 Regular club cruise every Saturday, returning Sunday, during the 

 summer months. Also, Ma3" 24, review and cri!i^>'. commodore in 

 charge. May 31— First club match. Connor and commodore's chal- 

 lenge cups and regular prizes. June .28— Ladies' day. July 12- 

 Second club match for reg^sla r prizes. Aug. 9— Op»n match; entries 

 from all clubs. Aug. 23— Third club match: regular prizes. Sept, 

 13— Second ladies' day. 



"HUNT'S MAGAZINE."— This London publication for January 

 contains a number of readable yachting cruises, the fines of a small 

 3-ton cutter, and general yachting notes. Published by Hunt & (••>., 

 119 Church street, London. Subscription St a year. 



CRUISING.— Schooner Gitana, W. F. Weld, Jr., arrived off Gibral 

 tar Rock, Feb. 4, and the Dauntless, C. H. Colt, was heard from about 

 the same time at St. Michael. Azorc Islands. It is expe cted tbev will 

 race in the great-Nice International. 



PHOTOS.— W r e have received from a gentleman in England, some 

 handsome photos of the crack schooner Miranda, the cutter Silver 

 Star, and the tiny three-ton Chittywee, all under way In live breezes 



IMPORTED FROM THE EAST.— Several gentlemen of Brooklyn 

 have bought a cutter 32ft. loadline from Mr. Decator, of Portsmouth. 

 This boat will appear in New York water.; early m spring. 



SAIL AREA,— In the table of elements of small cruiser last week, 

 the area of sail per sq. ft, of wet surface should read 2.45sq. ft., 

 including surface of rudder, or 2.60sq . ft. without it, 



NEW ENGLAND YACHTING ASSOCIATION- Has been organized 

 and will hold next meeting Feb. 20, Parker House,.Boston. Report 

 of proceedings next week. 



ENGLISH AND AMERICAN YACHTS. -The introductory to au 

 article under this head by Dixon Kemp, appears in the Lon don Ship, 

 ping World for January. 



ILEEN. — We are able to state that so far as the Ileen is concerned 

 there fs no foundation for the rumors of a proposed race with the 



Hildegard. 



HULL Y. C— Will ho'd meetings each second Saturday iu June. 

 July, August and September. 



FOllTUNA— Left St. Thomas Feb. 8. bound for St. Croix. 



\mww£ to %pntH$on&mt$. 



JSP" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



A. J. H., Pontiac, Mich.— Try Glover's mange cure. 



R.M , Youngstown, 0.— Write-to Gen. F. A. Bond, Jessup, Md. 



F. G. B., Boston, Mass. — We know of no well-bred retriever for sale. 



Hudson, Hudson. N. Y.— Write to Dr. M. H. Cryer, 1,111 Cirard 

 street, Philadelphia. Pa. 



Accomac— A mixture for whitening sails was given hi Forest and 

 Str*eam Sept, 13, 1883. No preparation will prevent mildew, unless 

 the sail is well cared for. 



Snow Shoes, Dunbartou. N. H.— For snow shoes write to John 

 Henderson A Co., Montreal, or to Renfrew & I to Quebefl Describe 

 to them the style you want. 



F. M. L., Summit, Station, Ohio.— 1. The rifle will be ready ah, mt 

 March 1. 2. For descriptions of the other arms named send for eata - 

 logue to the manufacturers of them, who advertise in our columns . 



C. B. T,— Are split-bamboo rods worth the price asked for them 

 as compared with the best wooden rods? Aus. Spht-bamboe rods 

 are, like wooden ones, of all degrees of excellence. The best wooden 

 rods are nearly as expensive as the bamboo. We think that a good 

 rod of split bamboo is well worth the price usually asked. 



J W L , Gildersleeve, Conn.— Will von tell us about the habits of 

 the great Northern hare? 1. Do they frequent, hilly or swampy 

 localities? 9, What kind of woods do they prefer to live Iu :■ S, How 

 fast do they breed vonny. a ad hi w rainy at a littery An:-;. 1 Are 

 usually found in dense swamps, fcaongh sometfmes among rhe thick 

 pine woods on the hills. 2. Cedar, hemlock and piue. 8. Probably 

 breeds twice a year, having from four to six young at a litter. 



H. B Glasco, N. Y. - Several days ,'un. a boy lir.nulit to me, for 

 mounting, an owl which 1 have never seen before In size if is be- 

 tween the screech owl and barred owl. Wings long and pointed, 

 breast and stomach buff, with dark brown or black markin <s, feathers 

 on legs and feet buff, daws black, under aurl igs nearly 



white, except the points which are black; back, wings, and tail dark 

 huff, with dark brown or blaelc bars, beak black, eyes yellow, pupil 

 blue black. What is ic Ans. Trey likely a short-eared owl U«lO 

 mccipitrin ms). 



B H.. Norman Co., Minn.— 1. What huts are best for pirksrel. 

 pike, rock bass, sun bags, redhorser wuitefish and cattish 'r 2. Can 

 any of these be taken with die artificial fly, and if so, What kinds! 

 There are no angle worms in this part. Ans. l. Small fish are best 

 for all the fish named except whiteiisb and redhorse, The whitelish 

 does not often take bait, aud the rednorse is one of the 

 family and ean be taken with small strips of tough beet cut in the 

 shape of worms. Pickerel and pike can be taken with revolving 

 spoons. 2. Bass can be taken with the By. Write to any of our ad- 

 vertisers for an assortment of good bass flies. 



