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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 5, 1885. 



are requested to send their acceptance or declination, also their 

 opinions and suggestions as to changes in rules, etc., at an early date 

 to the undersigned. Dr. Carver suggests toe following important 

 modification of Rule 35, viz.: "In handicap sweepstakes there shall 

 be no class snooting. In championship matches there shall be class 

 shooting- and no handicap of previous winners." 



Suggestions are invited as to the best places for holding a series of 

 twelve inter-state tournaments— guaranteed purses— under the aus- 

 pice, of the National C4un Association, beginning at Cincinnati. May 

 5, with wild pigeons and clay-pigeons, guaranteed purses §500, Stock 

 certificates will be ready for delivery March 15. 



Subscriptions should now be sent, to me, either by pavmeutin full, of 

 8a per share, or 10 per cent. (60 cents per share), and the balance iu 

 monthly installment-: of $1 or 10 per cent, when more than one share 

 is taken, begin ning April 1 nest. Annual dues of $1 are payable May 1 , 

 1885, The first inter-state tournament will be given by the Associa- 

 tion May (i to 10 in this city. Total subscriptions, thus far. 310 shares, 

 $1,050. Full prospectus will be published about April 1 next. When 

 incorporated, the treasurer must furnish a $5,000 bond. 



J. E. Bloom, Treasurer pro tern. 



Box 1292, Cincinnati, O. 



WASHINGTON HEIGHTS YS. KNICKERBOCKERS.— Match be 

 tween the Washington Heights and Knickerbocker Gnu Clubs. Teams 

 of 11. 10 live birds, 5 traps, 15yds. rise, 80yds. boundary. The dav 

 being fine there was a good attendance. 



Washington Heights. Knickerbockers. 



JGlasser 1111001111—8 Lichtenhein 0100011111-6 



JDunseath lllllllOlO— 8 Raynor 1111011110-8 



ERoe OlOialllll— 7 Rilkingcon 1111101001—7 



B Gregg OOilOlClll— Elliot 1010111101—7 



LBreuner 1111001111— 8 Bassford 0101111111—8 



I P Martin, Jr. . .1101011111- S Russell 0011111110-7 



W W Disbro ,,'...1110011110— 7 A W Mott 0111111001—7 



D Oassibeer 1100111111—8 Baker 11 1101' 111— 9 



T Moore 1100011111— S Newkirk 1111010111—8 



J Male 1111111111-10 Ilsley 1100001101-5 



HHarrison 0111111111— 0—87 Onderdonk 1011011110— 7— 79 



Mr. Smith, of the Knit kerbocker Club, shot a match of 10 birds 

 with, Mr. C. R. Tervvilleger, of the Washington Heights Club, Smith 9, 

 TerwLlleger 8.— J. R, T. 



STAUNTON, Va., Feb. 24. -Score made by the Staunton Gun Club 

 to day in a match at 10 clay-birds, shot from the- fourth notch- no 

 bird broken under 50yds. All guns used were 12-bore: 



Dr Waymau 1111111111—10 H G Herring 0101001111— 6 



TBissell 0111111111—9 W F Summerson. ...0110101110— 6 



CL Cooke 1111110111— 9 W M Allen 01010 1 1001— 5 



E Berkeley lOllllllll— 9 J F Waymau 0100011101—5 



C Whittle- 111111 1100 — 8 J A Cochran OOlllOOOOO— 8 



W E Coons 1011111100— 7 W A Gushing 0010010000— 3 



TF West .00111 tOlll- 7 



Waymau winning silver medal, and Cushmg winning leather medal. 



EMERALD GUN CLUB. -Feb. 19. 18S4.-At New Dorp, S. I.- 

 Fisher, 31yds 0111001101—6 N Measel, alyds llllllllll— 10 



Sidley, 25yds 0111011110—7 Glaceun, 25yds lllOOU'OU— 6 



Regan, 21yds 1110001110-6 Veidt,21yds 1011110011- 7 



J P Connor, 21yds. . . .0010100111—6 Hudson. 30yds OOlOOlOllO— 4 



Murphy, 21yds 1110101111-8 J Measel, 31yds HlOllOniO— 6 



Often, 25yds 1111111100— S Cody, 25yds .0111100000-4 



McMahon, 21yds 10O1001O1O-4 Schermerhorn,2lydslll01lOllO— 7 



G Oonmi, 21yds . . . ,1101010010-5 Turner. 21yds 0010000111— 4 



Godfi ey, 25yds 0111001111-7 Sclirader, 21yds 1110111100- 7 



Butz. 21yds 0111100101-6 



Second prize won by Herman Otten. Ties for third prize: Sidley 

 0. Veidt 10, Godf i ey 0, Schermerhorn 11, Schrader 0. 



FORT WORTH. Texas- Dr. Carver has made a match with H. A. 

 Penrose, of San angelo, Tex. The match wili be shot in this city. 

 March 8, at 100 live pigeons, for $350 a side. Penrose lias put up §100 



J&chting. 



May 



88 



May 



80- 



June 



u- 



June 



15- 



June 



17- 



June 



20 



duly 



li- 



July 



lt) 



Julv 



25 



Aug. 



1 



Aug. 



15- 



Sept. 



5- 



Sept. 



19- 



FIXTURES. 



-Dorchester Y. C, Club Uace, Dorchester Bay. 



-Fait River Y. C. . Open Regatta, 

 -New York Y. C, Regatta. 

 -S. C. Y. C, Annual Regatta. 

 -Dorchester Y. C, Open Regatta. 

 -Hull Y. <'., Pennant Matches, 

 -Hull Yi O.j Cruise. 

 -Hull Y. G. Club Race, 

 -Hull Y. G," Ladies' Day. 

 -Hull Y. C, Club Race. 

 -Hull Y. O., Open Race 

 -Hull Y. C Champion Race. 

 -Hull Y. C, Champion Race. 



THE AMERICA CUP. 



THE long-expected challenges from Genesta and Galatea have at 

 length been received and accepted, and it is now a certainty 

 that there wili be one if not more contests for the Gup next Septem- 

 ber. As the challenges did not arrive on tbeAurania with Com. Ben- 

 nett, he had cabled to London, and in return received the challenges 

 given below. At the meeting of the N. Y. Y. C, on Thursday, Feb. 

 26, Com. Bennett, presided, a large number of members being pres- 

 ent. The challenges were read and Genesra's was accepted, and a 

 eommit-tee. consisting of Messrs. Philip Schuyler, J. F. Tarns, Jules 

 Montant, O. H. Stebbins and J. R. Busk, were appointed to attend to 

 all the business of the race. Galatea's challenge was also accepted 

 and referred to the same committee, so that if Genesta fails to win 

 the Cup a race or races will be made at once with Galatea, the six 

 months' notice being waived. 



Mr. Geo, L. Schuyler, the only survivor of the original owners of 

 the America, and donors of the Cup, spoke of the fair treatment that 

 the America had received when in England, and gave some incidents 

 of her races there, expressing a wish thattheir representatives might 

 meet with a similar reception here. 



The full text of the challenges was as follows: 



18 Ciunby Gardens. S. W., London, Feb. 26. 

 To Charles Minton, Secretary of the New York Y. C.l 



DEAR, Sir— Referring to my letter of the Cth of December last, 1 now 



Kicnard Sutton challenges on behalf of the Royal Yacht Squadron, of 

 which he is a member, and Lieut. Henn on behalf of the Royal 

 Northern Y. 0., of which he is a member. The regatta courses of 

 both these clubs are on the sea or upon the arms of the sea. and are 

 practicable for yachts of 830 tons. I inclose letters from the secre- 

 taries of the Royal Yacht Squadron and the Royal Northern Y. C, 

 authorizing Sir Richard Sutton, Bart., and Lieut. Henn, R. N.,to 

 challenge as representing these clubs. 



Sir Richard Sutton's Genesta is cutter rigged, and her oUtnensions 

 are. length on load waterline. Hlffc ; beam, loft.; depth moulded, 11.75. 

 Her tonnage, according to the Yacht Racing Association rules, is 80 

 tons. It is not possible to comply literally with paragraph 11 of the 

 conditions, as there is no such thing in this country as a Custom 

 House certificate Of measurement, but I inclose a certified extract 

 from the ship's register in which her dimensions and tonnage are 

 stated. The register itself, being the title to the vessel, obviously 

 cannot be sent. The Geucsta's dimensions are also given in Lloyd's 

 Yacht Register for 1B84, which register is deemed official. 



Lieut. Henu's yacot, the Galatea, is to be cutter-rigged. Her di- 

 mensions are: Length on the load waterline, 86.80ft. ; beam, 15ft. ; 

 draft extreme. 13.50ft.; depth moulded blank in copy. Ace; 

 copy of her dimensions is inclosed. It is intended that Sir Rich- 

 ard Sutton's challenge shall take priority of Lieut. Henn's chal- 

 lenge. Therefore if Sir Richard Sutton's yacht is fortunate enough 

 to win the Cup, Lieut. Henn's challenge, under the conditions of the 

 contest paragraph, necessarily falls to the ground; but should Sir 

 Richard Sutton's cutter be beaten, it is proposed that the match with 

 Lieut. Henn's vessel shall take place as soon as practicable after 

 those with Sir Richard Sutton's vessel. It is further proposed that 

 the matches with the Genesta shall be sailed between Aug. 30 and 

 Sept, 1, and those with the Galatea before Sept. 16, the latter date 

 being within-seven months of the date of this letter, as required by 

 the eighth paragraph of t he conditions. It is also proposed that eacu 

 match' shall consist of three races over the same course on different 

 days, with at least one intervening day, either yacht winning two out 

 of "the three races to be the winner. As it was the intention of the 

 donors of the Cup. as expressed in Mr. Schuyler's letter of Jan. 4, 

 J8S2, that the eonrest for its possession should be sailed over an open 

 SHJ course, it is the wish of the challengers that an ocean course 

 should be. selected free, so far as practicable, from all complications 

 as to tides and shallow water. The challengers further suggest that 

 the time allowance between the Competing yachts should he the 

 mean of the time ascertained by the New York Y. C. and the Y, R. A. 



tile of measurement and time allowances. 



It is very important that the details of the races should bo settled 

 under the ninth paragraph of the conditions, because in the following 

 paragraphs there is a condition which might give advantage tc the 

 holders of the Cup, namely, the condition which would enable them 

 to name their representative at the time of the start, and then to se- 

 lect their vessel according to the weather. The challengers them- 

 selves do not attach mueh importance to this condition, but it is ob- 

 viously desirable to avoid anything in such contests which mitrht 

 have the appearance of giving the advantage to one side. The chal- 

 lengers the re tore respectfully suggest, for the purpose of settling the 

 details referred to in paragraph nine, that each party should name a 

 representative with a referee mutually chosen. The challengers think 

 that Mr. G, L, Schuyler, the surviving donor of the Cup, would be the 

 most appropriate person, if he would undertake the office, to act as 

 referee; and if this suggestion meets with the concurrence Of the 

 members of the Now York Y. C, the challengers name J. M. Wood- 

 bury, Fleet Surgeon of the Seawanhaka Y". C, as their representative. 



In conclusion. I am to add that the challengers, desiring that these 

 contests should be a true test between the American and English 

 types of yacht, will do everything in their power to insure that result, 

 and they feel satisfied that their views will be fully appreciated and 

 re- iprocated by the members of the New York Y. p. 



1 shall he happy to furnish any information that may be required. 

 I remain, dear sir, for Sir Richard Sutton. Bare, and Lieut. Henn., R. 

 N., yours faithfully, J. Beavor Webb. 



Mr. A. Gary Smith was present with the model of a new sloop 

 which he had prepared at the request of the Bag officers, and from 

 which they proposed to build. The dimensions of this boat are: 

 Length on waterline 85ft., beam extreme 23ft. 5in., draft 7ft. 9in. 

 She is, of conr-e, a. eenterboard boat, the handsomest trio lei Mr. 

 Smith has yet designed. She has the- plumb stem and stempost of 

 Mischief, but a longer and lighter counter, and it will be noticed that 

 her proportion of length to beam is very nearly four to one. Her rig 

 will he by courtesy a sloop, but with mast well alt and double head 

 sails. The details of her construction have not yet been decided on. 

 but she will probably be of iron. The plans and specifications are 

 ready, and the work can be commenced at once. The New York Y. C, 

 has shown every disposition to meet the visitors in a fair and sports- 

 manlike manner, and to accord them every opportunity for a fair race; 

 It. is possible that other sloops may be built by members to compete 

 for the Cup, and Boston also is anxious to take a hand in the fight. 

 Should other boats be ready iu time, a series of trial races would 

 probably decide who shall defend the Cup, but the chances now are 

 that Mr. Smith's boat will have that honor. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I read in yesterday's Uoiiuuercial Advertiser that Gary Smith has 

 got out the design of a cutter-rigged boat of four beams to be used to 

 defend the America's Cup. Great heavens! Can yachting m Amer- 

 ca have come to this? What can the New York Y r .' C. be about? 



We don't want any such boat, or any new-fangled foreign rig. Cut- 

 ter rig forsooth ! Give me a good, wholesome jib and mainsail, such 

 as the old Maria had, and a boat that will sail on top of the waves 

 instead of dragging fathoms of useless bottom through the water, and 

 above all let her have plenty of beam And just think of it ! Victory 

 by chance in such a boat as' Mr. Gary Smith's would mean defeat; for 

 would we not have taken a leaf out of the foreigner's book? Go to 1 



New York, March 3. Ptinchbowl. 



THE CRUISE OF THE TAME GOOSE. 



THE hay seed, which sailors claim sticks along time in a lands- 

 man's hair, was pretty thick in mina when I undertook a cruise 

 in the Tame Goose, and it was natural that it was so, for I left the 

 hay field where with the men I had harvested a big crop, and with two 

 stout, middle-aged friends went off for a few days' cruise. My fritnds 

 thePoliui-ian and the Legal Luminary, were entirely inexperienced in 

 the art of sailing, so in blissful ignorance trusted implicitly in me, and 

 were unsuspicious of danger. They expected a jolly good time, free 

 from care, and full of lazy enjoyment, They pictured bright summer 

 skies, gentle, favoring breezes and smiling waters, and as we jogged 

 along -'over the miles of road that led to the bay in a wagon loaded 

 without oirfit, many a bright picture did they conjure up in their 

 fertile imaginations of the delights of. open-air life, and a cruise on 

 the water in the lovely summer weather. 



The sight of the bay reminded me of an occurrence I had seen there 

 a few weeks previous. Two gentlemen, one a lawyer from a large 

 city, the other a professor in a school, obtained permission of a friend 

 to sail his yacht, a sloop-rigged craft some twenty eight feet long. I 

 suppose they deemed themselves sailors in theory, at least, if they 

 were not in practice, for they relied enfrely on themselves in their 

 operations. In fact, they were rather distant in manner. They got 

 the boat from its moorings to the wharf, and set all sail. There was 

 a fair sailing breeze blowing, but a little puffy as it, dipped down from 

 the bluffs to the water. The wind was from the west, and the two 

 professionals headed the yacht due cast. As they sailed away, the 

 trim of those sails was a sight to behold. The port jib sheet was 

 trimmed down and the mainboom hung over the starboard quarter 

 and held there by the main sheet firmly fastened to a cleat. The 

 gods smiled on them for a while, for they wen t safely straight across 

 the bay about a mile. There the shore stood in the way and they 

 must needs turn. They choose to go north, and shifting the helm 

 without touching the sheets, brought the entire surface of the large 

 sails square to the wind. A wandering puff came along just then, and 

 over they went. At this the boys on the wharf who had been watch- 

 ing the performance without much comment, as if under a kind of 

 restraint, awoke to the ludicrous view of the situation, and indulged 

 in a hearty burst of merriment. 



"Oh Lordy, ' said a kind, looking old lady, "them men are upset and 

 they'll drown, why don't, you hurry out and save 'em." 



A' good-natured captain of a tug steamed leisurely out and towed 

 the craft in, with the two amateurs, who were really not wet above 

 the knees. 



My boat was of the same type. Built for use. on rather contracted 

 and landlocked waters; built for smooth waters and puffy winds; 

 broad, flat, low, unballasted and air-chambered, whichever side up 

 she wouldn't drown one in such waters. She was 16ft. long, 6fc. 

 beam, 2ft. deep, had eenterboard and jib and mainsail. But now we 

 were to take her out for a cruise on the great lakes, and— well, if I 

 had misgivings I didn't share them with my companions. 



We completed our preparations on the first day. but the morning 

 of the second found us on a sandy beach at the mouth of the bay. 

 Our course down the great lake was nearly due east, and we intended 

 to hug the shore pretty close. It is a bluffy shore with deep water 

 clo.se up, and no shelter from an incoming storm, except in the harbors 

 where ships go in. The wind was off shore on our starboard quarter 

 and a fine, strong morning breeze. I set all sail, and the way we 

 skipped down that shore for two or three hours was exhilarating. 

 The bluffs moved behind us in a steady, solemn procession. My 

 crew lounged forward in high spirits, then they lit their pipes and 

 smoked, and finally, as the sun got higher, took a nap. Bur, the wind 

 strengthened with the suu, and pressed the outspread wmgs of the 

 Tame Goose hard. She began to show her distress by efforts, when 

 hardest pressed, lo turn and face tier tormentor. Once or twice she 

 ran her lee rail down, and my crew were uncommonly quick id plac- 

 ing their heavy weights on the weather side. It was a clear case of 

 shifting ballast. 



"Look here, captain." cried R. from his perch on the weather rail, 

 ''can't you take a tuck In this canvas? It draws powerful, aad it's 

 most too far to swim ashore." 



"I guess I can," I answered, and let up on the tiller, and she came 

 round until her head was square in the wind, the sails shaking and 

 she bobbing up and down and spanking as if mad on the choppy 

 waves. 



"Now," said I, "you fellows lay along that boom and tie down the 

 reef points lively,"' and 1 started to slacken the halliards. 



I've held the opinion ever since that time that the Tame Goose saw 

 a good opportunity to shake some of the afore-mentioned hay seed 

 out of my hairs. And sae did it too. Tne ere.v scrambled into the 

 cockpit to tackle the boom, but the boom met and tackled the crew. 

 A heavy puff caught the jib with her sheet fast, causing; the yacht to 

 pay off on the port tacit, the mainsail tilled, and the boom went over 

 to starboard with the swing of a sledge hammer. I ducked and es- 

 caped with the loss of my hat, R. got a blow on the ear that tnade him 

 think night had come and the stars were out, and the Luminary s 

 shoulders aud head were pressed down on the starboard rail as the 

 swinging boom went over him. Before he recovered positiou a wave 

 struck the boat with a vicious thud, and sent about a barrel of water 

 square into his face. When I recovered the tiller we Were tearing 

 along square before the wind, heading straight for Canada HJ miles 

 distant ocross the lake. The Luminary was snorting and sputtering, 

 audi caught a side look from him with an expression such as I have 

 seen him bestow oil an adversary in a court room. 



"By the life," said R,, using a favorite expression of his, "that was 

 a skinner. It appears to me we are run away with, and we'll bring 

 up in Canada if vou can't halter break this critter we are riding.' 



"We'll halter her yet," I answered, "if you'll obey orders; but if 

 you two stout fellows are going to let a light pine stick, that you could 

 walk off with on one shoulder, beat you, why, I think the sooner we 

 run ashore, the better." 



You see I didn't propose to give my reputation as a sailor away to 



un the deck forward lay snugly coiled a, light line thirty-five or 

 forty feet long. One end was securely fastened to the knightheads 

 and to the others was attached, by three cords of equal length, a 



hoop of round iron two feet in diameter. When shaken out a strong 

 canvas hag, four feet long and terminating in a point, depende 1 front 

 the hoop, and there was a lighter line somewhat longer than the first, 

 fastened to the point of the bag. It was a drag or water anchor. 



I explained the use of this to R„ and sent bim forward to handle it. 

 Then 1 directed the. Luminary to let go the jib sheet, His eyes turned 

 aloft ;>s he stooped in the cockpit out of respect to the mainboom, and 

 Scanning the canvas he ejaculated: "If you menu me to let go any 

 of those sheets up there I'd respectfully inform you I haven't got 'em 

 to let go." 



Proper explanation at last induced him to cast off the jib sheet 

 Close to his hand, and bringing the Tame Goose once more to the 

 wind R. let go the drag, the mainboom was lashed amidships, and we 

 put reefs m the sails without, further trouble. 



We goi (he drag and stood on our course again and made very fair 

 weather Of it, though the wind strengthened till past noon, Then it 

 grew fitful and shifting, Now we wmld rush along at a tremendous 

 rate for a few minutes, then the sails would Hap and the boat toss 

 Without way on her. We had run by a couple of harbors and none 

 were within several miles of us; we were hungry and the. beating of 

 the h ot July sun was fierce. Down on the shore a strip of sandy 

 beach in front of a few cool-looking trees caught the eyes of the 

 crew and they were bent on landing there for dinner. My proposal 

 to take the oars, as it had become dead calm, and row a few miles to a 

 harbor where wecould anchor for the night, was rebellioir-iy rejected. 

 They didn't, propose to woi k on this trip. If the wind blew we could 

 sad, if it didn't we could lie still, That beach was a good-looking 

 place for a picnic, aud they had been in the boat long enough for one 

 time. 



We made a landing easily enough, for, with the eenterboard up, we 

 drew only one, foot of water and there was nearly a dead calm, and 

 set about getting dinner. R. proved a genius at camp cookery, and 

 by the aid of a small, snug fire, made of driftwood, of which there 

 was plenty, we had a dinner that we dubbed good enough for any^ 

 body. There is a charm about this open-air cookery and eating that 

 forms one of the finest pleasures of a trip. Only those who have ex- 

 perienced it can appreciate it. It is of too subtle a nature to be con- 

 veyed by description to one who has no experience in camping, and 

 he who has. doubtless would rather remember his own good tiroes 

 than read of others'. The Luminary summed up a logical discourse 

 on the subject with this conclusion: "The pleasure," said he, sen - 

 tentiously, "arises from a sense of manly independence. In addition 

 to What we could do before, we are conscious of having conquered 

 the domain of the kitchen." Lucky for his peace that his wife didn't 

 hear that. 



We determined to camp for the night. There was no wind on the 

 lake, the high bluff behind us cast a cool shadow on the beach. 

 and a spot of the smfJoth sand was picked out, on which to pitch our 

 wall tent. To my suggestion that, there was no shelter for the boat in 

 case an Incoming storm should arise, thereply was that such a storm 

 was not likely to arise in this pleasant summer weather. They were 

 tired, and here was deUcious rest to be had and no mosquitoes. But 

 "it is the unexpected that happens." Observing mv anxietv about 

 the boat, R. offered to draw it on to the beach, and we set to work 

 under his direction. Among the drift wood near by were some 

 smooth, round sticks, and we took three of these for rollers to be put 

 under the boat as she came up on the sand. Stretching a line from 

 the knightheads to a tree a hundred feet distant, R, took another 

 round stick four feet long and about three inches in diameter. At 

 about the middle of the line he got two or three turns of it around the 

 stick and wet and sanded the coils to keep them from slipping. Then 

 a couple of handles were lashed to the ends of the stick at right 

 angles with it, and R. had a really powerful windlass, by which two 

 men could easily draw the boat onto the beach if it was kept on the 

 rollers and on an even Keel. This was the work of the Luminary, and 

 we soon had the boat up where it was thought safe in any event. 



The L iminary selected the spot whereon to set the tent. The sand, 

 he observed, would be soft to lie on; it had the proper slope to 

 slightly elevate the head; it was an easy spot to drive the tent pins 

 in; it was close to the' water and a gentle air even would fan the 

 mosquitoes away. The pipes were smoked out, the blankets spi- ad . 

 and three tired" men sought rest. But the Luminary tossed and 

 moaned, "hum this sand," he broke out, "I can't make it fit my body 

 any way. I thought it a soft bed to lie on, but I believe 1 could rest 

 better oil a rock. There's no give to it." lie learned for the first 

 what old campers know, that a bed of sand is about the worst one 

 can spread a blanket on. 



As the Luminary afterward expressed it, "Somnus must have 

 roosted with us that night aud shadowed us with his wings till the 

 storm god drove him away," 



It was about half an hour before daybreak when I awoke. There 

 was a sullen roar of surf in the air. Surges of rain beat on the tent, 

 which was Happing and swaying to the strong gusts of wind. A tre- 

 mendous northeas.er had sprung on us out, of the slillness of the 

 night , and our camp was exposed to its full fury. It happened that 1 

 had thrown myself across the rear end of the tent, and consequently 

 occupied higher ground than the other two, who lay up and down the 

 slope of sand with their feet to the lake. So when a monster wave, 

 that had gathered its strength out on the lake, rolled on the beach, it, 

 rose to the front of the tent, glided under, and with soft but chilling 

 embrace engulfed to the hips the half-awakened R. and Luminary. 

 What might have been said by them the reader must imagine, for 

 another catastrophe, choked their speech, Willi the powerful wave 

 came a gust of equal strength, and in a twinkling the tent lay fat on 

 the sand, burying us all under its folds. A few seconds later three 

 scantily dressed men stood on the beach, in Che gray daybreak, ex- 

 posed to the pelting storm, 1 wo of them perhaps querying where the 

 fun of a cruise was to come iu. 



But our uncomfortable plight was soon reversed. The tent was 

 speedily p'tched again on a spot where some hushes and rocks 

 afforded shelter Co windward: the leeward end was thrown open, and 

 a rousing fire of driftwood cast its genial warmth and cheer inside. 

 We made a pot of coffee, boiled some fresh eggs, and wanned some 

 rolls in an oven consisting of a tin pail turned down to the coals, and 

 once more warm, dry and comfortable, feasted and Smoked, and 

 looked on our situation with composure. 



The northeaster lasted all that day, but on the morning of the next 

 the heavens were filled with sunshine, a balmy land bre"e'2e was play- 

 ing over the bluff's, and the level surface of the lake covered with 

 flashing ripples. We were soon under sail, standing down the take. 

 It was a day long to be, remembered by us for the pleasure it afforded. 

 The wind just right, off shore, the water smooth, and the air, the 

 finest tonic that ever braced and soothed tired nerves. The storm 

 had washed and purified it. At noon we made a lauding on a shaded 

 beach and trot dinner. Chen set sail again. A couple- of hours after we 

 ran into the port of the city at the mouth of the river. Our stay there 

 was brief. 



As I watched the boat while the crew were away for supplies I saw 

 a, life saved by prompt action and the presence of mind of a tug cap- 

 tain. Seventy-five or eighty yards below me a rowboat was moored 

 close to Che wharf by a short line, and a boy seven or eight years old 

 playing near by took it in his head to get into the boat, and going to 

 the Stern began a gymnastic performance which, terminated in his 

 pitching overboard twenty or twenty-five feet from the wharf. I ob- 

 served ins maneuvers, and though I did not feel that, it was my duty 

 to exercise paternal care over all the youngsters that reckless natu- 

 ral guardians choose to let peril their lives ou the wharf, I started 

 toward him just before he tumbled overboard. He went down and 

 came up, struggled and again went down. I am no swimmer, aud I 

 knew that a plunge for bim by me was out of Che question, and it, 

 was doubtful if 1 could avail myself of the rowboat iu time, But a 

 tug was approaching the wharf obliquely, and the wheelsman took 

 in the situation. A sharp scream of the whistle, a quick word to a 

 man, who threw off his hat, and boots and stepped to the bow of the 

 tug, the throttle was thrown open, and the boat seemed to spring 

 toward the drowning boy. Within a few feet from where he had 

 gone down probably for the last time, the tug sheered aud the boat- 

 man plunged. The tug swung round iu a circle and headed again tor 

 i he spot, and the diver broke the surface of the water and grasped 

 the rowboat with the rescued boy in his :arnis. The boy was uncon- 

 scious, but soon recovered. It was neatly done. In the crowd that 

 quickly collected no one claimed the boy. The tug left directly, and 

 it is doubtful if the rescuers received even a "thank you' tor their 

 deed. „ , ' . 



A crowded port did not please us at all, we seemed to be in every- 

 body's way when we were coming in and going out. I guess the hay 

 seed in the captain's hair showed plainly. He couldn't exactly tell 

 when he had the right of way and when he hadn't. On the whole, he 

 tried to dodge every craft he met. Once he was stubborn and the 

 crew were scared, and a niutlnv was immiueut. We had cleared the 

 harbor outward hound, and were on our course. But the wind was 

 light and there was just way on the boat. A large steamer was com- 

 ing iu and we were precisely in her path. She advanced straight on 

 us with a majesty and power that threatened our destruction. 



"What are you going to do, Captain;" cried R,, as he watched the 

 monster advancing straight on our port side, 



"Do?" I answered, "what can I do? The wind wont send us out of 

 his way; we are on our course; we've a right here; we can't set out 

 Of the way. sue can. let her, tbVn. Thai's common sense, and I guess 

 ifslaw. We won't touch aline or move the tiller a jot; we'll try 

 bluffing. R, you know how that works sometimes." 



"~fiy the life'," said R,, "our hand is too plain for that game, and it 

 ain't good enough." 



"If she runs us down," remarked the Luminary, "we 11 sue her; it« 

 will be a fine case to take before a jury." 



The steamer drew nearer, and my crew stood up and were about to 

 begin very vigorous speeches, when I observed the huge, oncoming 



