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FOREST AND STREAM. 



IMay 8, 1884. 



ADELTNA.— This Eastern keel sloop, soon to appear in New York 

 ■waters, was built iu 1880, in Charlestown. Mass., by Commodore D. 

 H. Musgnave. A letter informs us that "She is on the deep plan, with 

 iron on keel and reduced beam, of the style now called the modified 

 cutter. At that time she was derided by all the old fossils, and was 

 predicted to be a failure on that account. She proved very fast, a 

 grand sea boat, and one of the entering wedges to the now accepted 

 models which you have so long and faithfully labored to bring into 

 notice. Her former owner now intends to build a full cutter. Her 

 new proprietor picked her from a lot of others which were for sale 

 for her fine model and good sailing qualities, and is fully satisfied 

 with his bargain." 



NOMAD— Rear-Commodore AVintringham's new sloop was 

 launched from Mum tn's yard, Bay Ridge, last Saturday. Model by 

 her owner. Intended for near-by family cruising. Shows up large 

 room inside and in the cockpit. Finished inside and out in polished 

 woods in neat and ship-shape manner. Has cabin, stateroom, pantry 

 and forecastle for one hand. Thayer's noiseless brake or pump wipd- 

 less on bits. Length over all3(Jft., waterline 32ft. 2in.. beam j3ft. 6m. , 

 depth 5ft., draft without board 3ft. Tin., ballast 5 tons inside. Mast, 

 deck to hounds 37ft., masthead 5ft., topmast 24ft. Gin., boorn 36ft., 

 gaff 21ft., bowsprit outboard 17ft. 



BOSTON Y. C— Has prohibited shifting of ballast. No restriction 

 to sail. Onehand to every five feet and fractional part of her measure- 

 ment. Yachts will be measured on leadline with one-third after 

 overhang added. This is entirely too much and very unfair to 

 yachts having long overhangs, as we will show bv a special article 

 next week. Classes for yachts over 38ft, 26 to 58ft. and IS to 26ft. 

 First two classes to be subdivided according to rig as occasion de- 

 mands. Any yacht may enter larger class by assuming minimum 

 length of that class. 



WENONAH— Has had only 1)4 tons lead added outside and not 10. 

 Her rig is not considered too large at all by Mr. Harvey. She has 

 always been able to carry it well enough, contrary talk notwithstand- 

 ing. The addition to her lead is simply to fill up about the garboards 

 where an angle was left as a rabbet to measure from under the 

 former bulk rule of the New York Y, C. Filling up this angle is only 

 bringing the yacht up to the original intentions of her designer. 



NORMA.— Comments upon the liunching of the Norma are drawn 

 as mildly as the case, admits upon the editorial page. The law ought 

 to step 'in to secure the piiulic against similar exhibitions, which 

 argue a total ignorance of the principles of stability even by the so- 

 called ••designers" of this latest commonplace piece of yachting 

 furniture. 



BERTIE.— Mr. Fred Gallatin's new sloop was launched last Saturday 

 from Mumm's yard, Bay Kidge. Usual New York type, thougli 

 deeper than older sloops. Over all 55ft.. on waterline49ft.. beam 17ft., 

 depth 6ft. 6in., draft without board 5ft. Mast, deck to bounds 46ft., 

 masthead Oft., boom 46ft., gaff 28ft., bowsprit outboard 23ft. 6in. 



LARCHMONT Y. C— New club house and grounds were opened 

 last Saturday. Includes three buildings, the visiters' house, billiard 

 room and additional sleeping apartments, which offer permanent 

 accommodations of forty sleeping rooms. 



WANDERER.— This schooner, Mr. Weld, has been off shore cruis- 

 ing. Ran from New Bed lord to Bermuda in five days. Thence to 

 Hampton Roads and Norfolk, from which port she sailed May 1 for 

 New York. 



MONTAUK.— This schooner arrived off Staten Island at midnight 

 last Saturday, bringing her eleven weeks' cruise at sea to a close. 



BOOSE FOOT.— The yawl White Cap. Com. David Hall Rice, is to 

 have loose foot mizz^n this year, and square head topsail. 



CUTTER RIG.— Sloop yacht Emily is being altered to cutter rig by 

 McManus & Son of Boston. 



BEDOUIN.— The addition to the hoist of her mainsail is 2^ft. in- 

 stead of 4ft., as reported. 



DOURON.— This Eastern yacht is to be altered from centerboard to 

 keel. 



(j^anaeing. 



FIXTURES. 



May 10,— First Cruise Chicago C. C. 



May 30.— Pittsburgh C. C. First Annual Regatta. 



June 1.— Hudson River Meet at Newburgh. 



June 1.— Connecticut River Meet. 



July 9 to 15.— Chicago C. C, Club Cruise. 



July 19 —Chicago C. C, First Annual Regatta. 



July 24 to 28.— Lake George Meet at Lorna Island. 



CLEVELAND C. C. 



COMMODORE, G. W. Gardner: Secretary, W. H. Eckman. Organ- 

 ized 1880; 10 active members. Signal, regul-tion size; white 

 field, design in red. Commodore— Blue field, a border an inch wide 

 around the field, same design, and five stars in semi-circle over 



design; border, design and stars in gold. Vice-Commodore— Same 

 as Commodore, omitting border and dropping one star; design and 

 stars in white. Rear-Commodore— Same as Vice, dropping one star. 

 Secretary and Treasurer— White field, design surmounted by two 

 stars; design and stars in blue. Captains— White field, design sur- 

 mounted by one star; design and star red. 



SOME FUN AND LOTS OF EXPERIENCE. 



THE following was sent to us by an Eastern canoeist, with the in- 

 dorsement, "This is not my funeral:" 

 Eleven young men of aquatic tastes very recently rede out into the 

 country to enjoy a quiet mid-day lunch. They drove out in style and 

 sent their six 'canoes ahead by draymen, intending to float clown the 

 swift and tortuous B. brook from the bosky wilds of P. The recent 

 rains have filled it to overflowing, and it is now quite a river. The 

 drive and the lunch were a hilarious success. The canoeing was also 

 a success, but in a different way that temporarily dampened the 

 spirits Gf the partv. Two canoes were capsized and the occupants 

 summarily ducked; two other canoes attempted to shoot some dan- 

 gerous rapids and were broken in two in the middle, leaving the pas- 

 sengers to crawl or swim ashore amid the plaudits of all C. Two 

 other men lost or broke three paddles: and still another lost a roll of 

 bank bills aud half of his clothes. At this point the picnic divided. 

 One party was taken to the hospitable hearth of a well-known gentle- 

 man, while the other partv packed the remnant of the canoes upon a 

 hay cart and walked home. Such good clothes as belonged to the 

 party when they started for home, being either lost or soaked, the 

 fatigue dress in which the retreat was made was highly picturesque, 

 though far from aesthetic. The procession moved as far as possible 

 across country and through back yards and alleys. 



CANOEING IN FLORIDA. 



CANOEING has received quite an impetus in this place and, in fact, 

 all along the St. Johns this winter. Here in Mandarin we have 

 a fleet of seven canoes, including the Psyche, N. Y. C. C; the Sun- 

 beam, an Everson Shadow, the Wyomi, Blue Lightning, Vixen, and 

 another, all open Rushton canoes, provided with fan cehterboards. 



The word Wyomi is the Seminole for whisky, and when the owner 

 of the canoe of that name was asked why he thus christened her he 

 replied thae he wished to associate in his canoe and its name the two 

 things most dear to him. 



Im flinging to the Florida breezes all five of the flags which she is 

 now entitled to displav, the canoe Psyche assumes such a gala day 

 appearance that she is invariably saluted by a'l passing steamers. 

 Their pilots probably imagine that she has an excursion party on 



The owner of the Sunbeam purchased and received his canoe but a 

 few weeks since. When be was readv to make his trial trip in her a 

 number Of his friends assembled on the wharf to see him start. Step- 



ping boldly into the canoe she at once turned bottom up and he was 

 temporarily lost to view. Since then, in answer to numerous con 

 gratulations upon his success, he remarks that he was nierelv testing 

 the stability of his canoe by attempting to walk along her gunwale. 



All canoes sent to Florida from the North should be shipped by 

 schooner to Jacksonville, which can be done at a. moderate cost. By 

 all means avoid the railroads. I recently shipped the Psyche from 

 Fernandiua to Jacksonville, a distance of thirty miles, over the 

 Transit, Railroad, and was made to pay ten cents per mile. She came 

 in a freight car. at shipper's risk. By steamer the exorbitant charge 

 of $ 20 is made for a canoe from New' York to Savannah. 



O. K. Chobee. 

 Mandarin, Fla, 



MERRIMACK RIVER MEET. 



ENOUGH canoeists have signified their assent to warrant the an- 

 nouncement that a local meet will be held on the Merrimack 

 River, between Lowell and Lawrence, June 14. 15 and 10. A beauti- 

 ful site has been selected, and permission obtained to camp, in a 

 secluded spot near "Deer Leap," five miles below Lowell. Ample 

 room is provided on high land by a level, open space, backed up by 

 a wooded hill. Water supplied by a spring directly opposite. River 

 broad enough for sailing just below camp, and races can be arranged 

 if desired. 



Proposition is this: Ship canoes to Lowell (care George E. Stanley, 

 truckman i; leave city early Friday afternoon and paddle in fleet 

 down the river, running Hunt's Falls, a half-mile series of easy 

 rapids, en route: camp Saturday and Sunday; break up Monday 

 morning and paddle five miles to Lawrence, from which point canoes 

 may be shipped home or cruise continued to Newburyport (thirty-six 

 mil's) at mouth of river. It is proposed to establish a genuine camp 

 (no hotels in vicinity). Individuals or narties will, therefore, provide 

 themselves with tents, blankets and three days' rations. 



All New England canoeists are cordially invited to attend and make 

 the meet a rouser. Location central, expenses light. Further par- 

 ticulars given by letter, and views of camp ground and river sent on 

 application. It is desirable to know at once who and how many will 

 come. Communicate with R. F. Hemenway or F. H. Pullen, Lowell. 

 Mass. 



THE MOHICANS OF ALBANY. 



ALTHOUGH the river had been free of iee for some time previous 

 to the 8ch of April, for reasons beyond the control of the club no 

 canoe was taken out before that day. Then General Oliver tried his 

 new sails and found them working like a charm. The new riggings 

 of both the Marion and the Snake (R. W. Gibson) will create a sensa- 

 tion, 1 think, at Newburgh, and deserve great praise for the ingenuity 

 of their designers in making reefing easy. 



W. p, Wackerhagen has sold his Henrietta (North River build), and 

 has been rather unlucky in his effort to acquire a new one from the 

 same builder; the shop of the latter, Ohauncey Smith, burnt down 

 with seven canoes, Wack's among them, almost ready for deliverv. 



B. Fernow's Fior da Lice, a Waters Nautilus, is being shorn of her 

 keel, and provided with an AtwoodC.B. Her owner expects to do 

 something in the sailing line this year. 



The Peterboro. new model (decked), imported by General Oliver, 

 has been sold by him to Walter L. Palmer, the well-known painter, 

 and a new member of the M. C. C. 



Henry R. Pierson, Jr., also a new member, is negotiating for a 

 Shadow, now the property of Dr. Gardner of the Cinciunati C. C. and 

 lying at Crosbyslde. 



Two other new recruits to thepaddling fraternity. Messrs. Weidman 

 and Weine. have built themselves two canvas canoes after a short- 

 ened Ellard model. One of them is entitled to special mention for 

 having been the first this year to leave the deck of his canoe for the 

 cooling waters of the river. Cause: Hatch not fastened. 



George Hilton, our last vice-commodore, being prevented by busi- 

 ness engagements from active canoeing this season has sold his 

 North River to S. M Babcock, also a "Morgan,'' though a young one. 



The Mohicans will appear in force at Newburgh, and anticipate great 

 fun; but not so much m the "mashing" line (as the Torontos insinu- 

 ate) as by their good "seamanship" and general jollity, 



After the meet the Marion and the Fior da Lice, with such others as 

 will join, intend to carry by rail to Deposit, on the Delaware; cruise 

 down the Delaware, through the Gap— notto speak of such minor in- 

 cidents as Coshocton Falls, Lackawaxen uam, etc. — to Belleville, N. 

 J.; thence by rail to Hamburg or Franklin, on the Wallkill ; make 

 acquaintance, with the "Drowned Lands," trees and snags, dams and 

 falls of this stream, and try to reach, without any serious accidents, 

 the Rondout Creek, and emerge Into the Hudson near Kingston. 



Fion da Lice. 



THE CHART LOCKER. 



YTH.-THE SUSQUEHANNA. 



BINGHAMTON, N. Y— River navigable for your canoe from this 

 point. Distance to Owego, 22 miles. Would advise start from 

 here as it is a beautiful part of the river all the way to Owego. Your 

 canoe will be cared for until you want it, can launch within 80 rods 

 of the freight office, good roads* to landing and river banks low. Freight 

 Agent, N. Y„ L. E. & W. R. R. 



Owego, N. Y.— No obstructions in the river here. Steamboats draw- 

 ing 30m, run in summer. Postmaster. 



Tunkhannock. Pa.— In ordinary times canoe will pass easily. Par- 

 ties from heie go up as far as Oweg« and come down in boats. Force 

 of current about 3 miles an hour. Postmaster. 



Wilkesbarre, Pa.— No obstructions here. A slight fall about a mile 

 above the town, but it can be easily run. Stage of water varies with 

 the seasons; steamboat drawing I5in. runs down to Nauticoke. 9 

 miles. At Nauticoke there is a dam. but you can run through the 

 shute. Postmaster. 



Sunbury. Pa.— No obstructions in the river north of Harrisburg. 

 Just below Harrisburg there are falls, called Canawago, which you 

 could not run at any time. Current about 3 miles an hour. Dam 

 h°re which you can get past through the lock. You will have no 

 trouble in go'ing down as far as Harrisburg. 



The following points were got by corresponding with a young law- 

 yer in Tunkhannock, Pa. : The river is very low iu July, August and 

 September, and in places not navigable for canoes then. Canawag 

 Falls (as they.are called by the natives) are really a series of rapids, 

 which rafts go down but are pretty heavy for canoes. A rise gener- 

 ally occurs some time in June, called the June "fresh." when rafts 

 are floated down, and by putting the canoe on one of these the falls 

 could be run. Scenery very fine below Harrisburg. Sunbury is about 

 half way between Owego and the bay— a raft covers the distance in 

 about five days during a fresh, laying up at night. Rafting begins in 

 in April, when the water is high. 



My own excellence— No dangers of any kind between Binghamton 

 and' Harrisburg. A few rocks were varnished the last day of the 

 cruise. All falls— if you can call them so — can be run, and the several 

 dams got round by running the shutes or carrying round. Lots of 

 springs all the way. River- water very good. Food to be had in 

 plenty either from the farm houses or small towns all along the route. 

 My cruise was made early in May. Find out before starting the 

 height of the water, and time your trip accordingly. Transportation 

 to and from the river by rail fairly cheap. 



Experiences of other?.— Gen Oliver and Mr. Fernow of Albany, 

 cruised last May from Binghamton, N. Y., to Bloomsburgh, Pa. Mr. 

 Chas. L. Tilden, of Boston, cruised down the Susquehanna in 1868 in 

 a Rob Roy, all the way to the bay, running every rapid, ineludingthe 

 Canewagb Falls, below Harrisburg. Mr. F. S. Hubbard, of Boston, 

 who has also made cruises on the river, says: "I can most sincerely 

 recommend the losver part of the river below Columbia as a cruising 

 ground. This cruise should be taken in May. so as to get a good stage 

 of water, as the channels are narrow and the rocks pretty thick in 

 places, especially at the Canewago bridge and below. ' 



A trip of over 400 miles can be accomplished on this river, the 

 waters of which carry you from New York, across Pennsylvania aud 

 into Maryland. Try it. 



THE GALLEY FIRE. 



CANOE AND CAMP COOKERY, 

 in.— FJSH. 



FISH caught out of muddy streams have an unpleasant taste, 

 which can be lessened to a large extent by soaking them half an 

 hour or more in strong salt water. Fish that have been frozen should 

 be soaked in cold water to thaw them before cooking. Don't boil a 

 fish under three pounds weight, and of course don't bake a fish too 

 small to be stuffed. If you do not carry a fish-car to keep your cap- 

 tured fish alive, kill them as soon as caught by a sharp rap on the 

 back just aft of the head with a stick or the hanule of your big knife. 

 This not only in justice to the fish but because he tastes better, for 

 the same reason that a butchered steer would taste better than one 

 tnafr was smothered to death. ...... . T , 



You may find grubs in fish along the backbone in July and August. 

 You will generally remove them by taking out the backbone and its 

 branches. But if you don't get them all out, never mind; they are 

 good to eat; but it' auv one of the party is squeamish, tell him you 

 have got them all out any way; he won't know any better after they 

 are cooked. It is to be supposed that everybody knows how to clean 



a fish after it is caught, so I will proceed at once to its preparation 

 for the camp table: 



Boiled Fish -Tie or pin the fish in a clean cloth. If the pot is 

 small for the fish skewer the tail into the mouth. Put it into enough 

 boiling water to coyer it about an inch, and simmer steadily until 

 done. Some fish boil quicker than others, as a general rule those of 

 white flesh requiring less time than those of a darker tinge If a 

 couple of tablespoon fuls of salt and four ditto of vinegar are put 

 into the water the fish will cook sooner. Aboui twenty -five minutes 

 are necessary tor a three-pound fish, and over that six minutes extra 

 to every pound. An underdone fish is not fit to eat. and one boiled 

 too long is insipid. When the meat separates easily from the back- 

 bone it is cooked just right. Take it up, remove the cloth carefully 

 and pour over it the following hot 



Fish Sauce.— Put two tablespoonfuls of butter and two ditto of 

 flour into a hot frying pan over the fire and mix them together with 

 a spoon into a smooth paste. Pour over very gradually about a pint 

 of the water in which the fish was boiled, stirring it we'll in. Boil up 

 once and season with pepper and salt. If an acid taste is desired, 

 add a few drops of vinegar. 



Fried Fish.— Small fish may be fried whole, but large ones should 

 be cut up. Have enough pork fat or lard bubbling hot in the frying- 

 pan to well cover the fish. Smear the fish well with dry corn meal or 

 flour, or. what is better, dip it into well-beaten egg and then into 

 bread or cracker crumbs, and fry both sides to a clear golden brown. 

 Sprinkle lightly with pepper and salt just as it is turning brown. 



Baked Fish. — Prepare a stuffingof bread or cracker crumbs, mixed 

 with one chopped onioo and enough butter or lard to make the mix- 

 ture moist. Put the stuffing lightly into the fish and sew up the open- 

 ing. Dig a hole in the ground eighteen inches deep and large enough 

 to contain the fish; build a fire in it and let it burn to coals. Re- 

 move the coals, leaving the hot ashes in the bottom, do which 

 place a thick layer of green grass. Put the fish on the grass, cover 

 with another layer of grass; then rake back the coals and loose earth 

 and build a small fire on top. In an hour the baking will be com- 

 plete, the skin will peel off and leave the flesh clean. A fish prepared 

 this way need not be scaled, as the scales will come off with the skin 

 after it is cooked. 



CLUB NOTES. 



CHICAGO C. C— Chicago, April 2S.— Editor Forest and Stream: 

 Canoeing is "booming" here. At the last meeting of the Chicago 

 Canoe Club eleven new members were admitted, increasing the roll 

 to forty-two. At least a dozen new canoes will be launched this 

 spring, the majority of which are being built by Mes-rs. Thomas 

 Kane & Co. A new model cruiser, designed by a veteran canoeist, 

 will be put on the market shortly by the above firm. Two or three 

 have already been ordered. It is confidently expected that she will 

 prove to be the boat for cruising on the lakes. The first Saturday 

 afternoon cruise will take place on May 10. Canoes assemble at foot 

 of Thirty-fifth street, at three P. M. Cruise south five miles, through 

 the small lakes of South Park, returning to starting point. The first 

 regular annual regatta will be held on Lake Michigan, off Chicago, 

 July 19. Several nandsomegold medals will be ofiered by individual 

 members as prizes. The club cruise will take place from June 9 to 

 15, inclusive. Starting from Madison, Wis., where a regatta will be 

 held, the club will run the Rock River as far as time permits. The 

 fleet will be under the command of Com. G. M. Monger, Individual 

 club members stand ready to erect a handsome boat house as soon as 

 a suitable site can be secured, for which a diligent search has been 

 instituted. A special meeting has been called for May 9.— Qui Vive. 



NEW YORK C. C— The float has been out for several weeks, and a 

 number of the boats are already in commission. Dr. Neide was a 

 guest of the club on Saturday last, at Marmalade Lodge, and enjoyed 

 a paddle on the Kills in the evening. On May 4 the Jessica, Mr. 

 Cooke. Mosquito, Mr. Delavan. and Pirate, Mr. MeMurray, paddled 

 down the Kills and up the bay to the Morris Canal at Pamrapo, por- 

 taged over and paddled across to Newark Bay, and making another 

 portage into the bay, paddled home, arriving at 3 P. M. Tue Freak, 

 Mr. Schuyler, was the first boat in cofi mission this season. During 

 the winter she^as had a new deck with greater crown, air tanks in 

 each end, a3inch keel in place of h^r centerboard, and some changes 

 in her sail plan. The Surge, Mr. Bailey, has also had air tanks of 

 copper put in, one on each side of her trunk and one aft, while an- 

 other mast tube has been placed forward, loin, from the bow. 



SPRINGFIELD C. C— The Springfield C. C. own a convenient float- 

 ing house 55x25ft., on the Connecticut River. On each side are nine 

 shelves to ho.d one canoe each, and nearly all are now occupied, be- 

 sides which there are a number of boats on the floor. Mr. W. R. Holt 

 has sold his Racine Shadow to Chas. P. McKnight, a new member, 

 and will have an Ellard or Grayling. Mr. F. L. Safford has sold his 

 Racine St. Paul, to a Chicago man, and he is going to order an Ellard. 

 Dr. Brewer has sold his Shadow to A. L. Spooner, aud is to order an 

 open canoe, and the canoeing season promises to be early and active. 

 The club now owns 20 oanoes, 11 having centerboards, besides 1 birch. 

 1 sneakbox and a St. Lawrence boat. 



THE HUB C. C— This club was lately formed inBostou, the officers 

 being C. W. Hedenberg, canoe Rambler, Captain; T, A. Walter, canoe 

 Alice, Mate; G. E, Button, canoe Waif, Purser. A meet is proposed 

 on Decoration Day. 



PITTSBURGH C. C— Ten canoes are now in the house and four are 

 building. Nearly all are in use. The club will hold their first, 

 annual regatta on Decoration Day. 



ROCHESTER C. C— The new house on Irondequoit Bay.on the site 

 of old Fort de Sables, is nearly ready for occupancy. The club has 

 now twenty members. 



THE AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION.-Dr. Neide is now in 

 New York attending to the completion of the annual Association 

 Book, which will be ready in about ten days, being now in press. 

 The book will be published by the Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 



BIRCH BARK CANOE LEAKS.— I notice in your last issue a re- 

 quest for information as to how to repair a leak in a bark canoe. It 

 can be done as follows: Take some pine pitch and melt it. Then dip 

 a piece of linen or cloth in it and apply over the hole. Cover this 

 thickly with the rosin and smooth it down so as to present no rough 

 edge. If the pitch is allowed to burn a little in the melting it gets 

 much harder and does not soften in the sun. The Indians in Canada 

 always carry a tin basin full of pitch in the bow of the boai, and the 

 whole operation of repairing does not take more that fifteen minutes. 

 -R. B. 



$tmvtr$ to §orrespandmt$. 



%ST" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



C. F., New York.— A .88 or .45 will suit you best. 



J. H., Elizabethtown, N. J.— The address is Providence, R. I. 



C. J. C, Dorchester, Mass.— For gun barrel browning 'recipe see 

 issue of Jan. 31, 18S4. 



W. H. S., Philadelphia.— Miss Sarah McBride is not making flies 

 now. She is in Australia. 



J. W. O, Brooklyn, N. Y.— You will find no snipe shooting within 

 100 miles of New York in July. 



C, Hartford City, Ind.— Where can I buy trout fry? Ans. Address 

 Eddy & Co., Randolph, N. Y'„ or James Annin, Jr., Caledonia, N. Y. 



Constant Reader.— Yacht you inquire about costs, hull, spars and 

 rigging, $1,500, and completely fitted out. $2,300. Is perfectly safe 

 for cruising along the coast and well adapted to such service. 



R. A., St. Louis— The celebrated English gunmaker, Joseph Man- 

 ton died in 1835. His guns were the most famous of, the day, being 

 the highest development of the flint-lock and the pioneers of the per- 

 cussion cap arms. 



W A. R.. New Haven.— The route to Grand Marian, N. B., is from 

 Boston, by steamboat to Eastport, Me.,. thence by steamer. Consult 

 Osgood's '"Maritime Provinces," an admirable guide book. Wc can 

 send it to you. Price $1 .60. 



J. G. D„ Ohio —The arm is in process of manufacture. It will 

 form the subject of one of our illustrated papers on the rifles of the 

 day. Your suggestion about other papers has been considered 

 before, and will probably be put into execution. 



S. B„ New York.— Where can I have good treut fishing in the Cat- 

 skills and also which flies are most killing. Ans. At Big Indian you 

 will be near many streams. Write Mr. Butcher, Giant Ledge House. 

 Take a general assortment of flies, as professor, coachman, cowdung, 

 etc. 



W. S. V.. Quebec.— 1. Use light drilling for tent, waterproofing 

 with boiled linseed oil and tereben. We cannot give you ihe oilier 

 recipe. 2. Your gun can probably be changed from muzzleloader to 

 breechloader. Write to some of the gun dealers whose addressesare 

 to be found in our columns. 



F. W. W., Grovetown, Ga.— Will you please inform me as to the 

 manner of fishing for the leather or mirror carp? Ans. Carp are 

 very shy biters. They are taken with a fine line and a small hook on 

 single gut. Bait with boiled peas, dough worked into cotton, or 



