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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May 15. 1884. 



vice-commodore were, appointed to represent the club on the execu- 

 tive committee of the association, and to endeavor to secure a 

 change in the date fixed for the association regatta here. 



Work on the fitting out of the local tleet is being proceeded with. 

 The lolanthe has undergone considerable alterations'. Her spar has 

 been shifted forward, her cabin enlarged and the house lowered, and 

 she will be fitted with a wheel. 



The new rule of measurement, sail area and length, as adopted by 

 the L. Y. R. A., has been received with great favor here, as it is felt 

 that it will equalize rating much more satisfactorily than the old 

 length and breadth rule. 



There is one proposed rule of the L. Y. R. A. which I do not like. 

 that is, confining each yacht to her own class. For my part. I cannot 

 see why. if a small yacht is good enough to compete with her bigger 

 sisters, she should be debarred from doing so, the more especially as 

 she has to accept a handicap in order to sail in the class above. 



Bp.lt.kvtlle. tint., May 8, Port Taok. 



ISIS. 



THIS new cutter, built by Poillons, of Brooklyn, was launched 

 last Saturday. She is a fine, bold, flush deck craft, with mas- 

 sive material in tier framing and rather old-fashioned in construction 

 and fastenings, the gat-boards being merely treenailed, and most of 

 the work spiked. Built from lines by her owner, Mr. Cass Canfield. 

 She has a long bow and short run, which, in connection with large 

 beam and snug rig. will not be likely to result in a fast craft, though 

 well adapted for cruising, with more room on deck and below than 

 any yacht of her length m these waters. 



Length over all 60ft. lOin. 



Length on loadline 51ft. 5in. 



Beam extreme 13ft. 



Beam on loadline 12ft. 4in. 



Depth of hold 8ft. 6in. 



Greatest draft 9ft. 



Displacement 41.7otons. 



Ballast on keel 32.000tbs. 



Ballast inside 9,0001bs. 



Area three lower sails 2.3-25sq. ft. 



Length of lead keel is Sift.; width across top, 22iu., and depth, 19in. 

 at midships. Center of buoyancy abaft center of loadline, 1.97ft, 

 Meta center above same. 2.517ft. Center lateral resistance abaft center 

 of loadline, 2.02ft. Mast deck to hounds, 41ft, 6in. ; masthead. 7ft.; 

 topmast, heel to shoulder. 30ft. Bin.; boom, 47ft.; gaff, 30ft. ; bowsprit 

 outboard. 25ft. 9im; spinnaker boom, 47ft. 



LAUNCHED.— The new schooner building by Lawley & Son, South 

 Boston, for Mr. J. Matcomb Forbes, from desicrns bv A. Gary Smith, 

 was launched last Saturday. Length over all, 78ft.;' water-line. 05ft, ; 

 beam, 19ft. Bin.; draft without board, 6ft. 4in. Centerboard trunk of 

 boiler plate, 18ft. long. Displacement. G8 tons, with 27 tons lead bal- 

 last inside. Built of two skins, inner skin being lin. thick, outer of 

 oak, with yellow pine bends, both caulked and copper-riveted to- 

 gether, after paying over with crud* turpentine. An iron hog strap 

 is wrought over the frames in wake of the ehaiirplates. to take the 

 strain from the rigging. Keel of oak, 18x20in.; frames of oak, 21in. 

 between centers, sided 4in. and moulded 4>£ at heels, tapering to H}4 

 at head. Floors of iron, 2x3in. and 8ft. long. Deck of 2^'square 

 white pine. Locust stanchions and bits and mahogany fittings. Main 

 cabin, 16x9ft., with over 6ft. height under house beains. Two state- 

 rooms each side of centerboard. Berthing for six hands forward, the 

 iron berth frames tinning up against the side when not in use. Yacht 

 has long cutter fantail. Schooner rig. with fore staysail and single 

 stick standing bowsprit for one jib outboard. She is a splendid job 

 throughout, full of new ideas which have been well executed by the 

 builders, to whom she is a great credit. 



FIXED BALLAST.— The South Boston Inquirer wants ballast to be 

 sealed down in races to prevent surreptitious shifting. This does not 

 speak well for the honesty of those it apparen tly addresses. In Eng- 

 land shifting was abolished many years ago, and the rule is enforced 

 without recourse to any penal precautions. Are we less honest in 

 this country? The fact of a person's shifting could hardly be kept 

 secret for any length of time, and the disgrace of expulsion from the 

 yachting brotherhood will probably he enough to hold in check any 

 tampering with ballast, unless iu so' tew cases as not to require a dis- 

 agreeable reflection upon all hands in assuming them to be card 

 cheats in advance. However, anything at all to prevent shifting. 



MICHIGAN Y. C— The new club of Detroit will consider adopting 

 the Seawauhaka rule of measurement. A gentleman writes from 

 Detroit very pertinently as follows: "I think the length and sail 

 area rule is what we want. The snug cruiser can stand someshov 

 wiih her big, over-rigged rival. It is time this "brute force" sailing 

 should end. A boat with half a ton of live, ballast on a six-foot lever 

 beats a fixed ballast boat with three men to Windward, and the boat 

 gets credit for it, when if the same boats were to sail singiehanded 

 over the same course and same wind, the fixed-ballast fellow would 

 beat her blind. Now is that a test of boats and models, or is it a test 

 of gymnastics?" 



SEaWANHAKA CORINTHIAN Y. C.-The club has decided upon 

 the following farther qualification of the method for obtaining sail 

 area, to prevent a relapse to broomstick topmasts: •■But the measure- 

 ment to tie recorded as the height of the perpendicular, shall in no 

 case be taken as less than the distance from the upper side of main 

 boom to the under side of hounds with nine-tenths of the length of 

 gaff added thereto." The c'tib has also induced the N. Y. Y. C. and 

 the E. Y. C. to join it in adopting a uniform signal code and svstem 

 of etiquette and rules for hoisting colors, etc. 



PAYING DECK SEAMS.— After caulking with cotton, pay with 

 care with mixture of whitelead and common whiting, mixture to 

 have consistency enough to be properly applied. See that the seams 

 are filled thoroughly, using an ordinary putty knife. "Murine glue." 

 an English preparation of tar, rubber and varnish, has been tried in 

 this country, but not with success, as the glue softens in our strong 

 summer sun. This marine glue cannot be bought on this side. Thick 

 whitelead can also be used without admixture of whiting. 



NEW SCHOONER.-Mr. Edgar Harding has had a new schooner 

 built on lines by Dwyer, of Portland. Over all 03ft., water line 57ft., 

 beam 14ft., draft 9ft., mainmast 61ft., foremast 60ft., bowsprit out- 

 hoard 18ft.. jibboom 13ft. beyond cap, mainboom 43ft.. galf 24ft. , 

 foreboom 18ft., gaff 17ft. Mastheads are 5ft, Sails by A. Wilson, of 

 No. 5 duck. Area, mainsail 1,820 sq. ft., foresail 625, jib 426. Staysail , 

 flying jib and two topsails 1,196 sq. ft. 



MADGE.— Orders have been received to fit out this famous eye- 

 opener, at Newport, for racing this year. Who is going to skipper 

 her? A green hand will make a mess of it. It takes years to become 

 an Al cutter skipper. The sloop matt has first to unlearn all he 

 knows and then beein over again. It requires the finest touch and 

 keenest judgment to tool a cutter for all she is worth. 



PASTE THIS UP.— Rule 26 of the New Englaud Y, R. A. reads: 

 "Shifting ballast shall not be allowed in anyrace governed bv the rules 

 of this association under penalty of the boat and the owner of the 

 boat, or any other boat belonging to him. being debarred from any 

 further entry or participation in any race given by any club affiliated 

 with this association."' 



CLUB HOUSES.— Buy an old schooner with sound bottom, build a 

 mansard roof over her from rail to rail, keep low ei ma sts and rigging 

 Standing. Construct large "tops" with railings at masthead. Then 

 you will have a cheap club house, roomy, appropriate, can be shifted 

 at will. Splendid lookout from aloft and exercise racing up and 

 down the rigging. 



STEAM LAUNCH.— Kirby, of Rye, has built a 45ft. steam launch 

 for Geo. Mem & Sons of Port Chester. She has 9ft. Bin. beam and 

 5ft. depth. Flat floor and quick bilge, as she will be required to lie 

 on the mud at ber moorings. 



ALGA. — This 32ft. cutter, which has been drying in Lawley's yard 

 for two years past, owing to Mr. Longfellow's absence in Europe, 

 will be launched and fitted out this season. She will have English 

 made spars and sails. 



JERSEY CITY Y. C— Will open the season with an informal 

 cruise May 30. Spring match fixed for June 12, which is an unfortu- 

 nate selection, as it clashes with the date of the New York Y. C. races. 



CHICAGO Y. C— Annual cruise fixed for July 3, sail for Milwaukee. 

 A subscription has been raised to purchase a fine yachting library 

 and photos from Halifax. Mr. Miles Nixon is now recording secretary. 



SOUTH BOSTON Y. C— Circular for Decoration Day races having 

 been issued before the formation of the New England Yachting As- 

 sociation, shifting ballast will be allowed on that day. 



ROYAL CANADIAN Y. C— Will establish a system of junior mem- 

 bership, enabling young men under twenty -four to become members 

 on an annual subscription of five dollars. 



ATALANTA.— Mr. Isaac R. Thomas has bought the 27ft. catboat 

 Ahbie A., of Marion, and changed her name to Atalanta. She will fly 

 the burgee of the Beverly Y. C. 



SALEM BAY Y. C— Has arranged for matches as follows: First 

 champiouship, June 26; second, July 26; open races, Aug. 16; third 

 championship, Sept. 4. 



GALLEY FIRE.— The owner of the schooner Gaetina accomplishes 

 all his cooking over two oil stoves swung on gimbals. 



NEW KEELS.— Borden, of South Boston, is altering the center- 

 board sloops Ellen and India to keels, 



fytumng. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Fores* and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signals, etc . od 

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

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

 requested to forward to Forest and Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local waters, 

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

 t o t h e spi >r t . 



FIXTURES. 



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

 June 1 .—Hudson River Meet at Newburgh. 

 June 1.— Connect lent River Meet. 

 June 14 to 16.— Merrimack River Meet. 

 July 9 to 15.— Chicago C. 0.. Club Cruise. 

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

 July 24 to 26.— Lake George Meet at Lorua Island. 



1ANTHE C. C. 



TANTHE C. C, Newark, N. J. Organized 1880. Secretary, John B. 

 J- Russell, No. 51 Mt. Pleasant avenue, Newark. House on Passaic 

 layer, at Woodside. Twelve members. Nine canoes. Signal, blue 

 field with white arrowhead. 



THE SPRING MEETS. 



MERRIMACK RIVER. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



I noticed in a recent issue of Forest and Stream that it was pro- 

 posed to hold a local meet on the Merrimack, and it struck me as 

 being a first-class idea, and, for one, T should like to attend. 



If there is any canoeist in this vicinity who would like to make the 

 cruise to the meet in company, let him' ship his canoe and himself to 

 Sterling, and I will take him to the head of canoe navigation on the 

 Stillwater River, a tributary of the Nashua, and a cruise from here to 

 Lowell will be very pleasant. E. H. Coolidge. 



West Sterling, Mass. 



NEWBURGH. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



New Yorkers may find the following a good wav to go up to the 

 Newburgh canoe meet: Get afloat with everything stowed about 

 slack low water and lay for a tow of canal boats or barges anywhere 

 between the Battery and Thirty-fourth street. Paddle alongside one 

 of the rearmost boats of the tow and make arrangements for a 

 deck passage with the skipper. The crew will cheerfully lend a hand 

 in getting the canoe on board, and you can turn in as comfortably as 

 if you were camped on shore. I have been treated with great 

 courtejy on several occasions when availing myself of this means of 

 transit: but don't try it if vou are a snob, or anything of that sort, 

 The bargees are a rough set and won't be patronized. I advise you 

 to wear trousers over your knickerbockers and not to part your hair 

 in the middle if you would have them regard you as a being fit to 

 associate with them. A supply of cigars will go far to cement 

 friendship and secure the. favor of all hands. An afternoon start 

 will secure an arrival off Newburgh at an earlv horn- in the morning 

 if no serious delay occurs. C. L. N. 



New York City. 



LEAKS IN BIRCH BARK CANOES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



To stop a leak in a birch bark canoe, turn her bottom up and let 

 her get dry. Have a mixture of pitch and lard which will be just a 

 little soft when it cools. Heat this and plaster it over the leak. By 

 wetting the finger and rubbing the pitch therewith, a smooth paten 

 can be made. If the crack is a large one, a few coarse stitches should 

 be taken through its edges with string or strip of bark before apply- 

 ing the pitch. If very large a patch of birch bark is sewn on, and the 

 seams paid over with the pitch mixture. C. L. N. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In answer to "What will stop leak in birch bark canoe," will say: 

 Have made many trips in them m the Maine, waters where bottom has 

 been broken by rocks in swift waters or by a knot hole. The guides 

 always had a small tin cup of pitch and built a fight fire, melted it, 

 and turned canoe over and had it perfectly dry. Applied the pitch 

 hot with flat stick and wetting the ends of their finger's rubbed the 

 pitch smooth. It sticks like a poor relation, If the break is a long 

 one or on the bow of canoe, or at a seam in the back, take a strip of 

 strong cotton cloth or canvas, cover it with pitch and apply it to the 

 spot hot, then cover it outside this patch with hot pitch and rub 

 smooth while cooling with your thumb wet, and you have no fear it 

 will ever come off unless coming in contact with rocks. Allow me to 

 congratulate you upon the excellence of your Forest and Stream. I 

 have bought and read every copy. J. H. W. 



Corning, N. Y. 



CANOE RIGS. 



THE Snake has got her new mainsail rigged after the Stoddard- 

 Oliver plan with some modifications. It is an endeavor to get the 

 rapid and easy reef on or before the wind, which the lug affords, with 

 the weatherly qualities and lightness of the lateen, and it seems to he 

 very successful as an all-round sail, not too large or heavy for cruis- 

 ing) being about 56ft., nor requiring too high a mast — 5ft. lOin. above 

 deck. It has besides the sheet only a combined halliard and reefing 

 flownbaul, practically one rope. Tack and jackstay are dispensed 

 with, and a jaw or hook on boom working between two collars on 

 mast holds the boom in position. It is detached from the mast in five 

 seconds, and a smart flat sail not perceptibly different from the 

 lateen. 



In fact, the Snake's sail and the Marion's are both lateens by Rush- 

 ton, differently mounted. The Snake found that the 60ft. lateen 

 with spars big enough to stand the strain of her manner of working, 

 was too heavy to be manageable with the ring and pin arrangement 

 at masthead.' The limit for that pattern seems to be about 50ft. and 

 then the spars must be very deftly made to be light enough without 

 weakness. Therefore advantage was taken of Gen. Oliver's and Mr. 

 Stoddard's experiments. The Snake will come to Newburgh with 

 87ft. of sail, comprising main 57ft., dandy 17ft., jib 14ft. The main 

 reefed shows about 3Sft, 



AIRTIGHT BOXES FOR CANOES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



As airtight boxes seem to me the best means of securing a canoe 

 from sinking, 1 venture to report the results of my recent experi- 

 ment to malone them. The ends of a canoe are the best places for 

 such tanks; they occupy there space, that is not very available, and 

 that ought never to be rilled with baggage,. if the canoe is to carry 

 her load easily. As my new canoe is 15ft. long she gives me room 

 enough, after filling the stern with a box 2ft, Sin. long. 1ft, 5in. wide 

 on top, llin. deep at its forward end, and shaped like the end of the 

 canoe, and putting in the bow another box 2ft. 3in. long, ll^ia. w ide 

 on top, and Sin. deep at the after end. This forward box is quite 

 shallow, to allow the spars to run forward to the stem. 



These boxes are made of niekeline silver No. 3. gauge 32, the manu- 

 facture of the Holmes & Wesscll Metal Co., West Twenty-fourth 

 street. New York. This alloy is so strong that even this exceedingly 

 thin sheet is able to withstand the pressure of the water when the 

 tanks are submerged. The larger box weighs only 41bs. and floats 

 7IJ^lbs. above the water; the smaller one weighs l^lbs. and floats 



They are held in place by light, removable bulkheads, screwed or 

 buttoned to a carline and" the keelson, so that the boxes may be 

 taken out easily for repairing the canoe without taking off the deck. 

 They were made by a tinsmith, over frames shaped like the space 



they occupy, but the frames were not left in the tanks. As this nick- 

 el nie silver will not rust much in one lifetime. I shall henceforth feel 



perfect security in the buoyancy of the Allegro. 



Milton. N. Y., April 2S, lss.i. ' 



C, n. Pabnhaki 



A NIGHT ON A LOG JAM. 



ONE bright morning in early September two ardent canoeists 

 started on a short cruise, part, or: which has been more pleasant 

 in remembrance than it was in actual experience. The trip proposed 

 was on a small stream in Northern Wisconsin, called the Waupaca. 

 which flows into the Wolf River, then down the Wolf to Lake Winne- 

 bago, across the corner of the lake and down the Lower Fox As we 

 were to pass i hrough several small towns we went m a single canoe 

 with a 9ft. cockpit, and trusted to find sleeping quarters for the two 

 or three nights we expected to be out in some farmhouse, barn or 

 tavern. 



It was about 7 o'clock when we put our heavily loaded canoe into 

 the water at the pretty village of Waupaca. The Waupaca River 

 offers much that is pleasant for a one or two days' cruise. It runs 

 almost entirely through a thickly wooded country, with banks vary- 

 ing from one or two to fifteen or so feet in height. It is as crooked 'a 

 stream as can be found in the United States. 



It would be impossible to make out its aeneral direction from cruis- 

 ing on it, as it never keeps any direction more than three or four rods. 

 It doubles and turns and twists until an exact map of it would look 

 like a row of S's tied in double bow knots. As an instance of this, K , 

 who had been on the stream before, called my attention, as we got 

 under way, to a barn not many yards away, and ten minutes later wo 

 whizzed passed the same barn with a five or six-mile current, having 

 made a detour of a mile. 



After b n hour of easy paddling, but of great progress, owing to the 

 swiftness of the current, we were interrupted by a portage over some 

 accumulated driftwood. As we were pulling the canoe over a loe an 

 unlucky movement at a critical moment caused her to careen so that 

 a capsize seemed inevitable; but as she slid into the water on the 

 other side she righted bravely, and the only thing which went over- 

 board was a package of crackers, which floated calmly on the surface 

 of the water for a moment and then, caught on a rock, tore open, and 

 for as much as half a mile, as we lazily dipped otir paddles, we en- 

 countered now and then swollen and uninviting looking fragments of 

 what we had expected would go, in company with plenty of milk, in 

 very different channels. 



On we went through apparently uninhabited country, darting 

 around bends, passing under the branches of trees which leaned 

 almost completely across the narrow stream, now slacking up as we 

 passed through some little stretch of rapids, and encountering occa- 

 sionally a log so fallen as to necessitate getting out and drawing the 

 canoe over it, just enough of these to afford a pleasant variation, and 

 none requiring us to go ashore. 



Toward noon we came suddenly upon a brick yard and a dam six 

 feet high. The canoe could not shoot this, loaded as she was. but as 

 neither of us had ever jumped a dam, K. was anxious to try So tv i 

 unloaded, and getting a good start he. went over successfully, and 

 carrying the canoe around again I also went over without accident. 

 much to the disappointment of the workmen at the brick yard, who 

 left their tasks and watched us with great interest. 



There was here a good illustration of the crookedness of the river. 



The water which furnished power for the mill escaped by a tail race 

 only a few yards long into the river again, while from the dam to the 

 same place, as the river ran, was more than a mile. To make, up for 

 the time spent at the dam, we portaged over this neck of land. 



About noon we came to an immense pond, thickly studded with 

 tree stumps. There was a gentle breeze in the right direction, and 

 we let the canoe drift and ate our dinner on board, occasionally inter- 

 rupted by the canoe's gently bumping against a stump. 



At the end of this pond, which we reached just as we finished our 

 meal, we had our last portage on the Waupaca. From there to the 

 Wolf, we had free water with the exception of a newly fallen tree. 

 which occasioned some delay. Toward : j , o'clock we reached the Wolf 

 River, having come no less than 65 or 70 miles since 7 o*"lock. 



Here the prospect was entirely changed. The river was larger, and 

 the current much slower, and the chanuel contained a great many 

 logs. They seemed to float much faster than the eurient, and we 

 were bothered considerably by them, as sometimes they took up al- 

 most all the channel, though they were loose and we managed to pick 

 our way among them at a pretty fair rate. 



We began to feel a little anxious, however, and made inquiries of 

 some men we met, but received indifferent answers. As we went on 

 we found the logs getting more and more numerous, and a row of 

 piles was driven down tne middle of the channel and a boom stretch- 

 ing past them divided the river lengthwise. All the logs now went 

 into one side, and we rejoiced for some time in clear water. But be- 

 fore long we found that every half mile or so the other side of the 

 river would be full of logs so that we were obliged frequently to pull 

 the canoe over the boom into the clear side. 



At every furn matters became worse, and gangs of river men were 

 seen on the booms letting the logs out. Becoming now quite anxious, 

 we made inquiries of every one of these rivemien we overlook as to 

 the logs ahead, chances of ontaining sleeping accommodations, etc. 

 but from these we could only learn that the logs did not extend very 

 far ahead, that we could find several farm houses along the river, 

 and that at the "cut" three or four miles below, there was a river- 

 man's cabin, where we would be welcomed. One of them shouted to 

 us, "You had beti er get ahead of this jam to-night. It'll be a mile 

 and a half long before morning." 



The river now ran through an immense marsh stretching away as 

 far as we could see, through which we pushed on as fast as possible. 

 About 5 o'clock we ran on to a large jam of logs about 40 rods I >ng, 

 There was nothing to do hut go over the top of it. To go through it 

 was impossible, but thinking that our troubles would be over after 

 passing them, we went to work vigorously and pulled the canoe over 

 the slippery rolling logs, without any unpleasant result beyond wet 

 feet. 



Believing that we were now ahead of all the logs, we took things 

 inore easily, keeping a sharp lookout for the riverman's cabin. Just 

 as it was getting too dusky to see distinctly further than across the 

 river, as we rounded a bend another jam met our gr.ze. Getting out 

 on the edge we strained our eyes to see the further end, but in the 

 gathering darkness it seemed to stretch away indefinitely, and no 

 clear water was visible. We even walked along the logs a few rods, 

 but could see nothing. 



Coming back to the canoe we found that the logs had floated in 

 from above and inclosed us in the jam, so that advance and retreat 

 was impossible except over the tops of the logs, which in the 

 darkness would be attended with much danger. We were left to 

 choose between two alternatives; either to walk on the logs till we 

 reached the riverman's cabin, providing the jam extended that far, 

 leaving the canoe in the marsh, and trusting to find it in themcrniug, 

 or else to make a night of it on the jam, where we were. 



Choosing the latter, and finding two large logs on the edge of the 

 marsh close together, we placed the canoe between them and sat 

 down to a cold supper. When we were ready to turn in we placed an 

 immense shawl over the whole cockpit, to keep out the mosquitoes. 

 Besides this we had a small wolf robe which we placed in the middle, 

 and as it extended as far as our hips, our feet at least were comfort- 

 able. As for the rest of us, he who had in his valise the greatest num- 

 ber of shirts or socks, slept that night the most softly. Spreading all 

 such things in the bottom, as K. expressed it, 1:3 feet nf canoeists 

 crawled into 9 feet of cockpit 28 inches wide. 



The dew falling on the shawl made the cockpit so nearly airtight 

 that now and then one or the other of us would raise up a corner to 

 get a breath of fresh air, and then the mosquitoes would come in. 

 As to the size of these mosquitoes silence had belter be strictly pre- 

 served. In these degenerate days no one can say how la 

 mosquitoes were on the trip ho took and be believed. At any rate. 

 they were large and numerous, and but for them the night would not 

 have been very unpleasant. K. said they kept him awake all night, 

 and from an incident which occurred the next day I am inclined to 

 believe him. 



Some time in the night we were startled by a tremen Ions noise, 

 which we were at first unable to explain. I thought it was a steamer, 

 liu! K declared it was another baud of mosquitoes. In either ease 

 our situation was unpleasant, if it was a steamer and attempted to 

 break the jam we would be capsized ; if it was another regiment of 

 mosquitoes we would be eaten up. But, whatever it was, it made no 

 further demonstration. 



With the first appearance of dawn we got up and surveyed the 

 scene. Up the river the logs, which had come in during rhe night 

 silently and cautiously, stretched away, thousands and thousands of 

 them, beyond the bend, and I have no doubt for two or three miles 

 further. Down stream, not more than thirty or forty rods a v 

 the end of the jam. with clear water bfcj ond. and at its edge was the 

 riverman's cabin on a raft of logs, furnished with mosquito bars and 

 all that a tired canoeist could desire. 



There too was the steamer whose whistle had awakened us in the 

 night, We had come the evening hef' ue to the first of all the logs, 

 but it had been too dark to see either the open water or the cabin. 

 Leaving the canoe we made our wav over the logs to ascertain our 

 exact whereabouts. As we were walking along the event occurred 

 which made me flunk the mosquitoes had really kept K. awake all 

 night. I was a little ahead and heard the logs behind me bumping in 

 a rather lively manner. Looking around I saw him executin 

 animated double shuffle on some small and veiy slippery looking 

 logs. When he had regained his equilibrium I asked him the cause 

 of ids unwonted gayety. With a rather sheepish air he a 



