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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 28, I8S4. 



HO, FOR THE HYGEIA! 



WHO i; going) "Who will make up the fleet? Who will cotrmis- 

 sion the first and load up with stores for a Ion;; and short hitch 

 down the coast in southeasterly weather for "'The Beads"' and Nor- 

 folk town? A jollier cruise with three or four early birds for com- 

 pany could not be proposed. It is a nice little 2-i0"miles down ihe 

 coast, with the Delaware Breakwater half way and sundry harbors 

 for refuge between. A taste of the briny, with a green one aboard 

 now and then, and thousands of miles of sweep to the sea. A bold 

 dash for little shavers, and something to brag about drifting up the 

 Sound in midsummer zephyrs later on: "Wben we were on the pass- 

 age down to Cape May.'' "As we squared away up the Roads and 

 rounded-to off the Highjigger pier.' '-"We took in the town, and a 

 hve. bustling port and a grand yachting harbor we found Norfolk to 

 be." Shades of Farragut, but that would be great sport, indeed : It 

 would be yachting in earnest, .yachting as it ought to be. Manly 

 work, athletic in its kind. Work for the head as well in the arts of 

 .nship and navigation. Work to be proud of. and no sick!}- in- 

 fant's play. The real article and not its tinsel imitation. And Nor- 

 folk., with its gallant, hospitable society, growing shipping, its lines 

 of steamers, coastwise and European, two hve daily newspapers, its 

 continental railroads, its ship yard, machine shops* compresses and 

 big hotels, its clean, well -paved 'streets and blocks upon blocks of neat 

 lit lie villas, the Navy Yard, the U. S. Hospital, the old fort, the rem- 

 iniscences of a few unpleasant years happily dimming in the flight of 

 time, and Newport News, close by, with its docks and great depots, 

 and Hampton School and the sunny Hygeia, with its swarm of guests 

 from all parts, a d big Fort Monroe, the Rip Raps, the River James; 

 yes. and the luscious oysters and succulent clam-, the early fruit and 

 table market, and all tue great expanse of the noble and pic- 

 turesque Chesapeake Sea stretching far away to the northward, in- 

 viting, enticing in its depth, beautiful bays, reaches and broad 

 rivers— ah! what a yachting paradise there' is but a short run to tie 

 southward, did yachtsmen hereabouts but know it and, knowing it. 

 had they the grit, the did Norse spirit, the veritable love for salt 

 water for salt water's sake we would fain do our best to inoculate 

 into their lethargic and shrinking constitutions! 

 Ho. f < it the Roads ! Who will clear for an early spring passage • 



CONCERNING SAILS. 



Editor Forest and Sti < 



We notice an article on sails in last issue, giving a reason for put- 

 ting heavy duck on yachts on account of the advantage gained in 

 light airs. We believe That many of our yachts have too light canvas 

 in their lower sails, but we do not think it is a detriment in light 

 breezes, especially in our wide, light displacement, hard bilged 

 yachts, which are so sensitive in a seaway i hat they slat the wind 

 out of their lower sails, and nothing but the light sails aloft keep the 

 lower ones steady. Without them the booms w~ould swing in amid- 

 ships with every roll to windward. 



Now in regard to the sailing of cutters, there is no doubt they do 

 sail fast, in light or heavy weather, but it is chiefly in light weather 

 in comparison with our boats that they will distance them most 

 readily. There are many reasons for this. One is that their sails 

 at the proper angle, and simply because they obey the laws of 

 gravity: it is impossible for them to swing in. if there beany wind at 

 all. as the cutter's mast is plumo, or stayed a little forward of plumb 

 also for Hie reason that the cutter, being narrow, must be sensitive 

 to careen a plank or two before she feels the immense leverage of her 

 leadk ghtof boom, gaff and sail is enough to do this. 



There are of course many other things which might he mentioned as 

 contributing to speed outside of the sails. 



We will try to get at the. reason for cutters having heavier lower 

 sails than yachts of similar size of different shape and arrangements 

 in this country. Mainsails of cutters are extended by a powerful 

 purchase at the clew, and i he material has to be sirong enough to 

 stand it. otherwise it would pull out of shape, and give in the center, 

 therefore a bag, and as a consequence form an imperfect plane to 

 scale to wind ward with. Sails have to be extended on the spars as 

 well as hoisted taut to be effective by the wind. This, we claim, is 

 the chief advantage in a loose-footed sail. You extend It as well as 

 hoist it taut, therefore get a rigid surface io let the bre-ze slip by 

 the leach, without hills and hollows to retard it; but whether loose 

 or laced to boom, in order to get the most good out of your sail, it 

 ought to be hauled out taut oh boom and gaff before sailing, if you 

 B speeo^to windwaru; and a sail should be made properly to ad- 

 mit severe hauhng on head and foot as well as hoisting to a taut luff. 

 - Is a. pet theory among a great many saUinakers— and they have 

 influenced a great many yachtsmen— to haul out sails "hand taut," 

 but hoist it, sway on it.' get it upon the throat and peak. But be 

 careful not io haul taut on head or foot, as you will spoil the sbape of 

 your sail. This is all very ti ue if the sails are made so as to pull out 

 i pe when hauled out. But sails should be cut to stand a smart 

 pull on bead and foot, and both should be come up with after sailing. 

 -. .ially in darnp weather, if you wish to preserve the co'rect 

 sbape. Otherwise you will have a "dog's ear" at clew and earing in 

 3 i d an unsightly sail. 



We would not have the readers of yeur brigl t paper infer that we 

 believe in heavy balloon sails, used tor light breezes and runninc he* 

 fctet! which have to be set and taken in quickly. But 



they should be made of light, close material. We favor light sails for 

 light breezes, while heavy lower sails are an obvious necessity for all 

 kinds of weather, heavy and light. 



It is a w-ell-known fact that topsails and staysail, in light weather, 

 with a bobble of a sea on, keep t e beav ier lower sails and also the craft 

 under them steady. Too little regard is paid to getting a perfect sail; 

 and agrea; many yachtsmen don A know how to treat a sail. They ap- 

 preciate and know more about this on the other side of the pond, but, 

 presumably, time will work wonders on this sirj,°. when yachtsmen 

 will learn to take-, more than a superficial look at tilings. 



A good fit of canvas is of vital importance for speed or working to 

 windward, and ougnt to receive ine consideration of yacht owners 

 just as much as the hull. John H. McManus & Son. 



Boston. 



' [We rmght add that ballooners are necessarily made light because- 

 set flying on light sticks with light staying, and that such sall.-> can be 

 kept as flat as desired by a pull on tack or sheet, whereas the lower 

 it are more' permanent in their sit, and not under such 

 reaely correction. Staying masts and topmasts with a pitcu over t< e 

 bows likewise offers a chance to cut sails with a broad head. As the 

 head i- the diivmg part of a sail in light winds, a broad flat stretch 

 for the airs to operate upon is morj effective than the quick, sack- 

 like belly of a narrow sail.l 



AN EASY ONE. 



Forest and Stream: 



H it takes a schooner nearly 100ft. long on water line six weeks 

 swinging at her moorings before venturing upon the tremendous un 

 dertaking of a three daj-s' passage to Bermuda, how many days will 

 she be cruising in one year:- Ctmiocs. 



[Twenty-six days.i 



WHY?— Why wait until the stereotyped June 1 before going into 

 commissiejn'; Some of the been sading of the year is to be had in 

 April and early May. Cold, is it'? Perhaps, and then it may not be 

 ae cold in April as we have known it in June. Suppose it is. Just what 

 you want with a lit'le exercise to keep comfortably warm. The 

 :-r whose conception of yachting amounts to sunning himself 

 iu the- cockpit, fretting when "he shall get there," so as to go ashore 

 to the hotel, does not take kindly to work of any bind, and might 

 stiff in an April crmse, while the active man with a physique 

 and some brains would be in high glee, at the prospects, and add 

 years to hi- life, and mul iply energies for the fight of existence. It 

 is time we took our customs from others than the old hens and dawd- 

 ler- e,f a pa-t age. who have so long been a hampering weight t»pon 

 the development of American yachts and yachting. Who cares 

 whetne.r this or that ancient hulk fits out his flounder bottom 

 :.e-r or dugout of a si came, or not'; Are all hands to be subject 

 dictum that the season shall not open before June, and no one 

 but a lunatic should yacht after the first of October? Bounce the 

 lubbers over the side, and let us have a new dispensation better 

 suited to the times. Commission from the time the ice is out of the 

 river until the ice makes again in winter. That is. or ought to b< , the 

 :. Your old hen hu^s a stove months after the yachtsman 

 should be afloat, and toe effeminate drifter shivers and shudders at 

 the notion of a northerly blow a few degrees lower than the zephyrs 

 of broiling midsummer. Nice lot to ordain the models and Customs 

 of AmerieJan yachting. 



A LITTLE WONDER.— It takes three dimensions to make space. 

 If any one; doubts it. let him visit the shop of Walhn & Gorman, foot 

 of Fifty sixth street. South Brooklyn, and climb up the side of a oold 

 little cutter tl rly flnishea. Tuougb only 20ft. 10iu. load- 



line and but i'ft, Din. beam extreme, she has more stowage than any 

 natfronl2to 15ft. acro-s deck. Reason, 4ft. draft and 3 5 tons dis- 

 placement. This cutter will make a splendid cruiser and owing to 

 peculiarities in her rig can be sail) I band without trouble. 



She is intended for coast work. Of course tastes may differ as to her 

 lines andithis of that trine, but taken as a whole, she is i century 

 ahead of the New York light displacement trap. We ought to have 

 a thousand such yachts right here in these waters. For the Sound, 

 the lower Bay, for circumnavigating Long Island and for varying the 



mo"otony of smooth-water work with an occasional bold voyage fo 

 Block Island and the East by the outside route, for cruising, tor fi-h- 

 mg. for river or sea. and for permanent life on board tune 

 season, iu short, for all legitimate yachting purposes sncti a yacht is 

 pre-eminently adapted. Safe, roomy, handy, buoyant, yet able with 

 a mind of her own in lurnpy water we commend this or similar boats 

 to all in search of sport upon small tonnage in a thoroughly efficient 

 form. V\ e find so much worthy of praise in tm\ little cutter that we 

 will give full illustrations next week. 



A STANDARD SPKOIMEN.— The handsomest, roomiest, best 

 planned and finest job of the season is the cutter Merlin, now in 

 frame at Lennox's yard, foot nf Thirty-fifth street. South Brooklyn. 

 She is being put up by Daniel Bernard and has figured in I 

 uinnsas ■■number twelve." Take a look at her before planted if 

 you want to find out what an Al vessel of her size should be like. 

 Take another when fittings are up and decks laid if you care to know 

 what can be accomplished on limited dimensions. *In such ciaft we 

 revel and delight. 



GOOD OUT OF EVIL — In short, the long, narrow and deep-bodied 

 yachts of the. present day are immeasurably more capable sea boats 

 than the shorter and broader yachts of thirty years ago. and it is 

 often a matter of congratulation that the exigencies of the tonnage 

 rule forced yacht builders into producing such an excellent model. 

 Indeed, it is pretty certain that, the good qualities of the now fashion- 

 able type of yacht would never have been discovered had it not been 

 for yect.t racing under the old tonnage rule.— Pixon Kemp in Ship- 

 ping World. 



THE LOWELL CUTTER. -The little cutter building by Williams 

 & Stevens, of Lowell. Mass., is similar to the Fendeur [llu 

 this paper. It is said that she looks very taking in frame. The top- 

 sides are rounded home more, an j the lines filled a little in the ends. 

 AU who have seen her express surprise at the amount of room inside. 

 The keel drops 4in. below garboards. Floors of iron, timbers 6in. be- 

 tween centers, moulded i% heel, 1)4 at head, sided l^in. Heavy 

 duck sails of No. 6, double bighted. Intended for work about the 

 coast. 



NEW SCHOONER.— To avoid misapprehension we may say that 

 the new schooner contemplated bv Mr. Win. F. Weld, to replace the 

 Ghana, will, of course, be a keel vessel. Mr. Weld is well satisfied 

 with the Ghana but desires a larger vessel for an extended cruise 

 around the globe. Mr. Weld writes: "I consider the Gitana a splendid 

 yacht for the North Atlantic and West Indies, hut not quite large 

 enough for longer cruises. I prefer a deep draf t." 



YOLANTE.— This well-known cutter has been sold to Mr. C. K. 

 Cobb, of Boston, through Messrs. Burgess. She is now- at Port Jeffer- 

 son. Volante was designed by Mr. Robert Center as a comfortable 

 cruiser, and has shown fair speed, although that was not the main 

 object of her existence. She has the honor of being one of the earliest 

 representatives of the reform in American yachting, having been 

 launched in 1877. 



WASHINGTON Y. O— The club will open the season early with 

 accessions to the roll. Inquiries have reached us for small cruisers 

 of the Ganet type and several such addiions are m prospect. Wash- 

 ington ought to have a fleet of small handy yachts of good depth and 

 displacement for the P&tomac and Chesapeake. Charles G. Godfrey 

 has been elected commodore. 



AMERICAN Y. C— The steam yacht club has acquired Charles 

 Island, o f Milford, Conn., for club purposes. Area thirty acres. 

 Three-story structure will be erected, with rooms for members and 



feneral accommodations. Milford Harbor is two hours by rail from 

 ew York, and has excellent facilities for laying up and overhauling 

 of yachts. 



THE DEATH OF MR. BARROWS.— We learn with regret the un- 

 timely dec ase of Mr. Barrows, of the firm of Hubbe & Borrows, 

 yacht agents. Mr. Barrows died suddenly Wednesday, Feb. 21, after 

 a short illness of three days. As an upright and earnest worker in 

 his profession he was justly esteemed by all with whom he came in 

 contact. 



FtXED BALLAST CAT.— Schmidt & Pannic. Staten Island, have 

 built a catboat for Mr. C. J. Peck, of Chicago. Coun ter stern. 23ft. 

 deck, 21ft. 6in. water line. Oft beam and 8ft. deep. Ballast 2,0i)01bs. 

 lead, cast to fit. and galvanized iron air tanks to float her i/i case of 

 capsizing. Mast 34ft., boom 25ft., gaff 10ft., hoist 23ft. 



LEAD KEEL.— The new cutter building by Smith, at South Boston, 

 for Mr. W T eld, of the Hera sloop, has a heavy lead keel, and The frame 

 is steam bent. Such facts denote the rapid progress we are making 

 in construction. Ballast as low as it can be got, stout backi ,■■ 

 light, but well fastened topsides. 



THE NEW RIG.-Mr. George Mathews. Jr.. Knickerbocker Y. C. 

 is builoing a 36-ft. centerboard yacht to be rigged as a cut er, with 

 standing jibstay. Mast 88ft., deck to head; topmast, 23ft. ; boom, 

 31ft. ; long gaff of 22ft.: bowsprit outboard, 15ft.: lower sail area, 

 1,051 sq. ft. 



PAINT FOR TARPAULINS.— Gum amber ICoz., melt in boiling 

 linseed oil, half a pint, add genuine asphaitum and rosin, 2oz Mix 

 well over fire, remove to open air, and slowly add one pint of oil of 

 turpentine, slightly warm. Will not crack and gives the canvas a 

 black gloss. 



MONTaUK. — This schooner, after weeks of preparation and wait- 

 ing, finally got away for Bermuda, Thursday morning last. Tneie 

 are some people ready to start after her in a five ton cutter upon ten 

 minutes notice, time to fill up with breael and chese. But then tastes 

 will differ. 



NEW RIGS.— The cutters Kelpie and Rondina will receive rigs 



Manus & Son, on the English plan. Drags, or sea anchors, 



are also being supplied as an article of equipment to many Eastern 



yachts. These anchors were illustrated in our issue for March 24. 



1881. 



FINE CUTTER.— The Boston Herald says: "Dr Whitney's new 

 cutter at Lawley & Son's yard, South Eostoh, if in frame. Her lines 

 are graceful, and carry the conviction that the boat will be fast and 



weatherly." 



GLEAM'S DEFEAT.— We have on file some letters detailing the 

 defeat of the Gleam by the little cruiser Aneto in a fresh breeze last 

 fall, out of Larchmont harbor. These letters are open to inspection. 



BOUND TO COME TO IT.— The old time Julia is once more being 

 altered into a schooner at City Island. She will have a quai terdeek 

 and no cockpit. Flush deck seems to be the order of the day at last. 



HARLEM Y. C— Has leased Oak Point, on the East River above 

 Port Norris, and will build a club house this spring. Ninety-five 

 members and thirty boats. 



ANSWERS.— A number of inquiries remain unanswered for lack of 

 proper address. Our columns are too crowded to reply through the 

 paper. 



ILEEN— This cutter sailed from Savannah, Feb. 30, bound for 

 Havana with a roving commission. 



FORTUNA.— This schooner made Port Royal, Jamaica, Feb. 12, with 

 Havana as her next destination. 



RANGER.— This schooner arrived off St. Augustine, Fla., Feb. 15. 



ffeanoeing. 



FIXTURES. 



Winter Camp-fire.— Wednea 'ay, March 12, 8 P. M., N«. 38 Bast Four- 

 teenth street, Kit Kat Club Room. Subject— Tents and Camp 

 Outfits. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stkeam their addresses, with name, membership, signals, etc., of 

 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and 

 reports of the same. Canoeists and all Interested in canoeing are 



to forward to FOBEST a.vd Stream their 

 lo.s of cruises, maps and Information concerning their local 

 drawings or descriptions of bouts and fittings, and all items relating 

 to the sport. 



HARTFORD C. C. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The Hartford C. 0. is yet alive, and it apprised Hartford of that 

 thoroughly last evening by an entertainment which did 

 more or canoeing here than has been done Biiice the chili was or- 

 ganized. 



The camp scene "brought down the house, ' and Commodore Jones 

 deserves the credit of making it the picture that it was. After the 



entertainment our commodore entertained the members in a very 

 pleasant way. and when we broke up. the vote was that the venture 

 had been a grand success. 



Ii is our wish to attend the. A. 0. A. meet this year in force, and 

 although not a racing club but a club of cruisers, we hope to make 

 I . ,,;U1 - V 1 Er i e 2 ds i a " rl nave cue grand time we are promised by our 

 >I the s Q, C, H C C 



Hartford. Conn., Feb. 19. 1884 



SPRINGFIELD C. C. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The annual meeting of the Springfield 0. 0. was held Thursday 

 evening. Feb. 14. ami the following officers were elected: Frank D 

 Foot. Commodoie; M B. L .Bradfoid. Vice-Commodore; C. M. Bhedo 

 Secretary and Treasurer. Executive Commute. F. D. Foot. Geo. r 

 Rarney, w. F. Callender. We also elected four new members to the 

 club. They are Mr. A, L Spooner. Mr. Ham Chapin. Mr. A. L. Fen- 

 nessey and Mr. Geo. Leonard, making twenty-six active members. 

 The treasurer was instructed to buy t .. o open canoea to be known as 

 club canoes. The ice has gone out of our river, and last Friday when 

 I he ice was gone on the- i ast side of tneriver. Commodore Nicfcerecn 

 paddled ana sailed a mile or so and was very much surprised to see 

 an iceboat coming down the liver on the west side. We look for an 

 earlj season here and know we shall have a lively canoeing summer. 

 C. M. Shedd, Secretary S.C.C. 



The canoe men have quietly, as is their way, put on foot a scheme 

 for enlarging the membership and usefulness of their organization. 

 riiey voted at then- recent annual meeting to have the eonatitui ion of 

 the club changed so as to admit associate members, and to buy at 

 least two canoes for the common use of such members. Canoeing 

 has been steadily gr twing In favor in ihe city, and the club have 

 ta ken this action in recogni.ion of the fact that, several m n, though 

 not sufficiently fascinated by the oport to invest in a canoe tor their 

 sol* use, are willing to pay $10 or $1 . a year for the privilege of pad- 

 dling in a "club canoo " The club has new twenty-six active mem- 

 bers, all of them canoe owners, and is a happv and united organiza- 

 tion, arid floes not by any means propose, even if associate members 

 are taken in, to intrust its welfare to any but genuine canoeraen, as 

 the "associates" are not to be allowed a voice or vote in the business 

 meetings. The club is well fixed financially, and has a model canoe 

 rouse on a river having all the charms that a canoeist can ask for or 

 find in this country. The canoe, like womankind, has many friends 

 and admirers wbe cannot see their way to personal proprietorship, 

 and the club will do well to adopt and' educate them. This neuter 

 will be decided finally at a meeting of the club shortly to beheld.— 

 Exclimiyf. 



CANOE VERSUS SNEAKBOX. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I nm-t take excep ions to "Seneca's" opinion as to the seaworthi- 

 ness of the canoe, when he says the sneakbox -'will live in a gale of 

 wind that the heaviest ball a > Pi «3 rould not dare to face." I 

 have been informed by pretty reliable- authority that during 

 month of August, the Thousand Islands region, about Clnvton par- 

 ticularly, is frequently visited bv very heavy northwesterly gales that 

 kick up a raging boiling sea. Now, if ''Seneca" v> ill bring his sneak- 

 box to that region in August next, I will meet him there, and Whf n 

 one of these gales is on the rampage I will sail bim a race of five 

 miles to windward and return, and will not use "a heavily ballasted 

 Pearl either." ' Chab. A. N eide. 



THE GALLEY FIRE. 



A FEW HINTS ON CAMPING. 



CANOE BEDS AND LAMPS. 



WH EN the skipper of the Boreas goes below at his usual hour for 

 turning in, he finds the berth in his stat room made up with an 

 air bed. or rather cushion, anel a pillow of the same nature; on these 

 lie sleeps the sleep of the good end tired canoeist. 



After two weeks' useat Stony Lake, be considers such a bed simply 

 perfection. Hair cushions are good and soft, but v, hen compared 

 with the ease of air beds, are hard and unyielding. The skipper is 

 -till on the sunny side ot forty, but years of sleeping on hair mat- 

 tresses and springs, have incapacitated him for reclining on 

 side of planks or a few thicknesses of blankets He requires some- 

 thing to fit his ratbei sharp bones, and the air bed just tils the bill. 



The cushion is 2iin. wide by Win in length, the pillow is about 

 10X15. To make up the berth at night, the cushioned seat on which 

 the captain tiling or paddliugis put acioss the Boreas just 



touching the aft end of cemerboaril box. On this is placed the 

 pillow about half inflated. The cushion is now inflated to about the 

 close up against the pillow with the ni zzle at 

 t p. When Ling full length the valve can be unscrewed and air 

 allowed to escape until everything is comteirtable. I, is best when 

 half full. It then adjusts itself to every mo. ion of the body. Noth- 

 ing easier and more restful can be imagined. 



In the morning the bed is collapsed into a very small bundle, and 

 the pillow is used a erver during the day. The cost cannot 



be given, as it was a present from a friend who had it made to order 

 in England. Less than a minute wd inflate it for use. The skipper 

 interies having a cover of dr.U made and put on to protect it from 

 wear and tear as much as possible. 



I can thoroughly indorse Mr. Willoughby's remarks as to the 

 •o-e'e spirit lamp I have tiied a number of different sty es, 

 including a regular Rob Roy cuisine, but prefer the above. I have 

 used it for ihree seasons and like it better evety lime. Mine is a genu- 

 ine French one. 



Mr. Whitlock has one like min Q , and at Stony Lake the Khicker- 

 lad eevtral of a larger size made iu New York. Two firms 

 in Toronto now have them for sale. 



Mr. Tyson brought out with him from England a smaller size of 

 the fiamme force, and another stj le which bastwo ordinary wicks. 

 It gives a great deal of bea up spirit rapidly. The fan- me 



foree is very economical in tnis n--peci. 



If one wishes io do much cooking, two lamps will be found conve- 

 nient. I expect to receive from Ei gland shortly a lamp which is. I 

 think, on the princip'e of the force, but the flame is adjustable This 

 should bea great improvement, as one often wishes to keep a dish 

 warm without allowing it to boil. When received and tested I shall 

 give you the results. The name is. I believe, the "Cyprus:.'" 



Inmyfir.-t canoe cruise, I cooked, or rather warmed wai 

 an arrangement called a lamp kettle, devised by a Tori ntonian. The 

 fuel was kerosene, it was useless f r anything but heating water, 

 and h asn't » ery good at that. The advat tages of cooking v ith spirit 

 are many. Tne dishes used are always clean, and you can cook 

 afloat. 



Granite- dishes are- best. The extra weight is more than compen- 

 sated for by ease of cleaning. Boreas. 



SMOKE 'EM OUT. 



MAN'S canoeists will next summer be troubled by mosquitoes and 

 other insect pests. 1 have nev. r yei seen m print the only < er- 

 tam preventive of iheir unwelpome attentions. While in camp on 

 the Toledi River in New Brunswick last summer, our lives at night 

 were made miserable by them. 



Nothing but "slitherob." as the author of "Birch and Paddle," etc., 



called it, afforded any protection, (-)itberoo is a savory concoction 



jet oiL pennyroyal, etc., which when smeared over face, 



neck, hands etc.. makes one look as if he had tumbled head first into 



barrel. It has sundry other names, but the constituent 



t are- generally the same). 



Finally Pete Solace, my Indian guide, said: "You think you like a. 



••Think I should," said I, "if it will kill these pests." Pete said no 

 more, but took up his axe and strode off into the brush. I followed 

 bun. He finally came upon a fallen cedar, dry. but not roue-re 



side of the log, at a place where it lay clear of ihe 

 ground, be cut si rips of bark a bo d six feet long, enough to make a 

 bundle u little larger than 1 could spaa v. ith my two hands. A little 

 d he struck his axe into the base of a younggreen cedar, c t 

 the barK, raised it. with the axe blade, anel with a strong pull upward 

 stripped it up te-n feel or more. He then took the uhite- inner bark, 

 and peeling it into long pliable strips, bound the dry bark at intervals 

 of about nine in unpad macs 



i of this ignited in the camp-fire, the whole wou'd burn 

 slowly like a Cigar, sending forth a light blue smoke, fragrant and 

 slightly acrid, hough no 



in the tei t for a few minutes a id every winged torment would van 

 isn: and then laid upon the ground in front', the smoke would drift 

 nd about our sleeping place, aed we had peace. 



Feet long would smoulder all night. I have often 

 timed out hi tie mgtrajlof asn< 



ground, the remains of the best inser, 



not trouble our eyes, and to t lie nostrils the. fragrant cedar 

 v. as far from disagreeable, it also made an excellent, pri 



lien the. trout were leaping to our feathered 

 i pipe full of good Virginia protectei 



rl can be used u the same way, 

 although l do not know this to be a fact, and should be glad io learn, 

 for m all parts of the country cedar is not available. Sis, 



