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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 9, 1885. 



fast, start for camp. Neoring camp, I hear a rattle of tinware, and 

 peering over the tops of the low palmetto scrub I find I have callers. 

 A large MUck sow and a litter of half-grown pigs have taken posses- 

 sion of my household, capsizing coffee pot, tin buckets, etc., and 

 breaking up housekeeping generally. I was mad. I dislike hogs ex- 

 ceedingly, and a Florida razorback particularly. I suppose it was 

 cruel, perhaps needless, but I did warm Those hogs with No. 8 chilled 

 shot, and how they did squeal. Things were soon righted, and as I 

 carry my stores in tin cans nothing was lost. Now for a brenRfast. I 

 skin my birds, clap them in the frying pan, half fill it with water, and 

 set on the bright coals, then heat more water for coffee. Watching 

 ray frying pan closely. I let the water all boil away, then dropping in 

 a pat of butter, I rake out fresh coals and brown my birds nicely: a 

 little pepper and they are done. My coffee made, I rake out the 

 sweet potatoe; it is done to a turn, and with birds, sweet potatoe, 

 crackers, butter and coffee. I manage to worry through. 



Breakfast over and dishes washed. T stowcanoe aud am ready for a 

 start. The Puss stretches away south like a river, on the left are the 

 lowlands of the mainland, covered with scrub palmetto, in the back- 

 ground rise the tall pines. On the right hand anarrow sand key, cov- 

 ered with dense mangrove bushes, and on the besch side with a narrow 

 fringe of tall palmettos, separate us from the Gulf. At some points 

 the. key is only a few steps in width, in others it widens to several 

 hundred yards. At the narrowest part of Rocky Pass lives Mr. Hend- 

 ricks. He has only been there two years, but already the wilderness 

 begins to blossom as the rose. Mr. H. keeps a large number of bees, 

 and I was much interested to hear him tell his experience in bee cul- 

 ture in Florida. 



After looking over his bee farm and his excellent garden, aud tast- 

 ing some of the finest honey lever saw, I paddle away south. Toward 

 noon 1 1 ast about for dinner. Some plover come circling up the pass. 

 1 drop a brace for a slew. Landing on a smooth sand beach, I kindle 

 a fire, and putting my birds in a tin bucket, with about a pint or so of 

 water, I set them over the fire to boil. Now, then. I will pare and slice 

 thin two Irish potatoes and two onions, dredging potatoes and onions 

 well with pepper. I set them on one side and look after my birds. 

 They are cooking finely. I add a little, more water, stir up the fire, 

 and getting out the pork cut off a generous slice, cutting it into small 

 dice. Now a look at the birds; tbey are getting tender; so I add the 

 potatoes aud onions, giving my fire a poke the while. Now the pork 

 must go in the frying-pan and he browned nicely, stirring in a spoon- 

 ful of flour when it is nearly done. A look at the kettle tells me the. 

 potatoes nnd onions are done. Now add the contents of thefrviug- 

 P in, stirring all the while. Let it cook a minute, and setting oft" the 

 fire drop in a piece of butter. 



Just as I get everything ready for dinner 1 hear the flap of a Rail. 

 Looking up I see a skiff containing one man and trying to sail, but 

 owing to lack of wind, doing nothiiig but drift. I hail the stranger 

 and invite him to dinner. He accepts, for it is a rule in Florida never 

 to refuse a proffered meal. PulPng his skiff ashore, he introduces 

 himself as Mr. Charles Carter, a native of Canada, but a resident of 

 Florida for some thirty years. Making an impromptu table of an old 

 box found at; the beach, we gather around and enjoy what w r ehave. 

 After fully testing my stew, with which, by the way, he expressed 

 much satisfaction, Mr. Carter says, "Now we'll have dessert." Going 

 to his skiff be produced a bag of oranges ; they were fine, and rounded 

 out the dinner complete. 



I found Mr. Carter a pleasant, well-informed and intelligent gentle 

 man. He related several little anecdotes which proved a thorough 

 knowledge of the "West Coast." He bad sailed it, as sponger, fisher- 

 man, coaster and pilot. I. of course, did very little talking, but I 

 listened for all I was worth, and prolonged our after-dinner chat as 

 long as possible. Some little episodes which came on during the late 

 unpleasantness were peculiarly interesting. I shall probably speak 

 of them again. 



About two hours are spent after dinner, and then I am swinging 

 the double blade again, heading due south. I soon reach what is 

 known as Indian Pass. There is no pass there now, having been 

 closed by a furious nor' wester several years ago. Just beyond I came 

 to a "rookerv." White aud blue herons, pink curlew (roseate spoon- 

 bill), egrets. Spanish curlew, etc., all find a lodging here, and make 

 night hideous with their cries. Five miles below the rookery is 

 John's Pass, aud on the mainland opposite is a little store, a few 

 dwelling hoises. etc., that it called the village of John's Pass. I 

 stop at the little store, and while there meet with an English gentle- 

 man. He is very much interested in canoeing, and invites inc to 

 spend the night with him and partner. We cross the little bay and 

 soon arrive in front of a neat little cottage almost on the beach, 

 where I meet the other member of the firm. I find them very pleas- 

 ant gentlemen, enthusiastic lovers of out-door sports, and ardent 

 admirers of canoeing as portrayed by Maegregor and Bishop. My 

 hosts had been in their new home but a fe»' weeks, but they had 

 already made many improvements, and had become quite attacDed 

 to their Florida home. We spend the evening in pleasant chat, re- 

 view canoeing and canoeists, speak of travels by sea ana land, dis- 

 cuss the books we have read, the sights we have seen, and finally at 

 a late hour we smoke the final pi re. swinging my hammock under 

 the wide, cool veranda, I turn in for a sound sleep. 



A PRACTICAL TEST.- On a Saturday afternoon lately at the club 

 house, the captain of the Boreas gave a lecture on the strength of 

 canoe materials in general, and spruce masts in particular. The lec- 

 ture was illusi i rated by experiments at his own expense. The first 

 experiment (aud the last) was to put his spruce mast, 13ft. Din. long, 

 aim a tride less than 1% in diameter, on two stools 13ft, apart; then 

 sitting on the mast in the center, he gradually put bis whole weight, 

 125Jbs., on it. The stick bent nearly to the floor but did not break. 

 Again and again the tost was made with success. But alas! that 

 pitcher went once too often to the well. Some new arrivals in the audi- 

 ence induced him to show off once more, and giving an extra jump 

 the climax was reached. Result, two dandy masts; expenses of ex- 

 periments, $2.25; receipts, nil. Canoeists are an ungrateful lot, they 

 didn't even make a collection. Joking aside, all the T. C. C. men are 

 now satisfied I hat spruce from the Province of Quebec is hard to 

 beat for canoe use in paddles masts, knees, etc. The Boreas has now 

 a new mast lift. long. 1 J^in. diameter, but the thickness is carried up 

 about 8 or 9 it. This stick will stand any strain that can be put on it by 

 her niuety feet of canvas. 



MOHICAN C. C— A meeting was held on April 1, at which Messrs. 

 Ho warn Brown and Henry Dwigbt were elected members. A resolu- 

 tion to authorize the executive committee to purchase the canoe 

 Henrietta tor a club canoe, and to pass rules for its use, was passed. 

 An invitation from the New burgh 0. C. to camp at Plum Point was 

 accepted, the secretary being instructed to reply to it. It was also 

 resolved that Mr. Lloyd Thomas should prepare a flag for a. prize at 

 the same camp. A communication was received from the Regatta 

 Committee, A. C. A., asking for the nomination of a measurer, and 

 Mr. P. M. Wackerhagen was appointed. After the meeting Com. 

 Oliver spoke about canoe fittings, illustrating his remarks with the new 

 Mohican No. 2. Marion B. and her remarkable outfit, all of which was 

 on show at the. club room. The new rig also excited much attention, 

 as did that of the Snake, just completed. The evening was concluded 

 by Mr. Gibson reading the revised rules and giving some very accepta- 

 ble explanations of them, with many diagrams on the blackboard 



ANEW CANOE JACKET.-The latest in the way of canoe clothing 

 is a jacket of knit Jersey cloth, the material showing a knit surface 

 outside and a a rough woolly oiie inside. It is not knit in one piece, 

 but is cut and made up like a cloth jacket and makes a very light, 

 warm and serviceable coat, while easier to put on and off than the 

 knit jersey. The makers are Devlin & Co., Broadway and Warren 

 street, New York, who also deal largely in uniforms for canoe clubs. 



PHILADELPHIA C. C— At the annual meeting of the Philadelphia 

 C. C, held March 31 last, a new constitution was adopted. Election 

 of officers resulted in selection of Commodore, W, II. Falkner; Vice- 

 Commodore, Samuel J. Creswell, Jr.; mrser. F. S. Westcott. A club 

 cruise will be made on Decoration Day, clown the river to Reel Bank, 

 N. J. Jas. 0, Harrison was appointed official A. C, A. measurer from 

 the club. The club now numoers thirty members. 



PERSONAL.— Capt. Gibson of Albany, aud Com. Jones of Hartford, 

 were in .^ew York last week. Mr. H. Parker Fellows of Boston, a 

 cruiser of renown, though not a canoeist, paid us a visit on Friday. 

 Mr. Fellows has cruised fo<- some years past in rowboats, and has 

 written some interesting logs of Ids trips. 



A. C, A. BOOK. -Dr. Neidc will have the Association Book ready 

 next month. In the meantime Che sailing rules, as published in the 

 Fobest and Sthkah of March 20, have been printed in pamphlet form 

 and sent to canoeists in all parts of the country. 



BROOKLYN C. C— The Brooklyn Canoe and Sailing Club will meet 

 at their rooms, 371 Fulton street, on Tuesday, April 34, at 8 P.M. 

 Prof Fowler, K. C. C, wil, read a paper on "Why we Prefer the 

 Canoe." 



MAINE RIVERS.— A good map of the Kennebec and Dead River 

 region of Maine is published with the "Guide to Tim Pond and the 

 Seven Ponds," published by A. W. Robinson, No. 33 Winter street, 

 Boston, Mass. 



BRASS CENTERBOARDS.— The Tramp has had an after center 

 board of brass added this winter, and the Surge will put in one of %m- 

 in place of her present iron board, 



KNICKERBOCKER 0. C.---A fleet of half a dozen canoes turned 

 out on April 2 for a cruise up to Yonkers and back, the first of the 

 season. 



A FISH CHOWDER,— In our yachting columns -Dorsal Fin" tell, 

 now to make a fish chowder, a valuable, accomplishment to a cauoeist 



Jzchting. 



FIXTURES. 



April 22— Annual Meeting N. E. Y. R. A., Parker House, Boston, 8 

 P.M. 



April 25— Pacific Y. C, Opening Day. 



May 2 -San Francisco Y. C, Opening Day. 



May 25-N. J. Y. C. Match— Catamarans. 



May 30— New Haven Y. C, Opening Day. 



May 30— South Boston Y. C. Regatta. City Point. 



May 30— Knickerbocker Y. C. Regatta. 



May 30 -Newark Y. C Regatta. 



May 30 -Dorchester Y. C, Club Pace. Dorchester BaF 



May HO— Fall River Y. ('.. Open Regatta. 



June 9— N. J. Y. 0„ Annual Regatta. 



June 11— New York Y. O. Regatta, 



June 13— Boston Y. C, First Club Race. 



June 13— S. C. Y. C. Annual Regatta. 



June 16 — Atlantic Y. C, Annual Regatta. 



June 17— HarPm Y. C. Annual Regatta, Oak Poiut. 



June 17— Paatucket Y. ('. 



June 17— Dorchester Y. C, Open Regatta. 



June 20 - Boston Y. 0. , Second Club Race. 



June 20 -Hull Y. C, Pennant Matches. 



July 4-1 1— Pen tucket Y. C, Annual Cruise. 



July 8— Beverly Y. C, Nahaut, First Championship Regatta, 



July 11 -Hull T. C, Cruise. 



July 11 -Hull Y. C, First Cruise. 



July 16-Boston Y\ C, Third Club Race. 



July 16-Cleveland Y. R. A., Annual Regatta. 



July 17— Cleveland Y. R. A., Cruise to Ballast Island. 



NEW CATAMARANS. 



THE present season promises to be a lively One with these peculiar 

 craft. It is extremely improbable that they will ever become 

 generally popular or that we shall see a large fleet of them in New 

 York waters; but for racing purposes they have some advantages, in 

 spite of their cost, and they may find a limited use where speed is l he 

 main requisite. Two are now building at Yonkers, one for Mr. hu- 

 man with hulls 42ft. long, and one for Mr. S. D. Field 41ft, long, both 

 of which will be fitted with the jib illustrated last week. Several 

 matches are already arranged, one for $100 a side, between the Iris, 

 Mr. Field's boat, and the Duplex, Messrs. Longstreet & Ogden'sboat, 

 Mr. Inman's boat has three races on hand, a series of three with the 

 Jessie for $250 a side, one with the Duplex for $50, and one with the 

 Hermes for $50. 



Mr. Geo. P. Everson, of Jersey City, owner of the Columbia, has 

 lately built a new keel craft of a larger size to be called the Nemesis. 

 The hulls are each 39ft. Gin. long, 2ft. 6in. deep, and are spaced 18ft. 

 center to center. The draft is 15m. aft and TVan. forward; the hulls 

 are planked with cedar on oak frames ; the mast is 34ft. long, boom 

 30ft., gaff 14ft. 6in.; the mainsail is 24ft, on luff, 29ft, Bin. foot, 14ft. 

 head ; the jib will be 29ft. (iin. on stay, 25ft. on foot. 



RICHARDSON'S STEERERS. 



rpHE accompanying cuts show two forms of steerers for yachts aud 

 JL other vessels of all sizes made by Nathan Richardson, of Glou- 

 cester, Mass. 



In the smaller sizes, which are fitted for rudder heads of 3>£ to 10in., 

 the wheel on rudder head is held by a worm gear on each side, lock- 



longest diameter being athwartship, to admit two boilers side by side. 

 The engine room coamings join these but are oblong. These coam- 

 ings are about 3ft. high, and paneled with mahogany. Abaft them 

 are the skylight and companion to the ladies' eabinj also of mahogany. 

 Five tons or iron ballast, moulded to fit, are ready to go into her. She 

 will carry a metallic lifeboat 20ft ;<5ft, 3 in. .fitted with sails for gen- 

 eral use, a steam launch 22ft. >; 5ft. 6in.. built by Wright &Son. a boat 

 on starboard quarter 10ft. x4ft. 6in. and one on port quarter 14ft. x 

 3ft. 9in. The bunkers will carry 60 tons of coal, and the tanks 3.B00 

 gallons of water. The Cora, as before stated, was built by Poilien 

 Bros, from designs by Mr. Phillip Ellsworth. Her boilers and engines 

 are by Wright and Son. of Newark, joiner work by Vander veer, patat- 

 ing by Clark and sails by Sawyer. She will be schooner-rigged, with 

 no bowsprit. Captain John H. Breitfleld wil" 



will carry a crew of 8, all told. " 



will command her, and she 



ing-it firmly and preventing any movement of the rudder when the 

 wheel is left free by the helmsman, while the powerful gears lessen 

 the labor of steering. The entire mechanism is simple and strongly 

 made, with little liability to be broken or damaged. 



The Challenge steerer. shown below, is fitted for rudder-heads of 

 414 to 16in., for large vessels. As will be noticed, the gearing is very 

 powerful, while all parts are so proportioned as to stand the heavy 



strain to which a steerer of large size is often subjected. A locking 

 attachment is fitted near the wheel by which the gear maybe 

 clamped fast, preventing any possibility of movement. 



CORA. 



THIS steam yacht, lately launched at Poillon's yard, will go to 

 Newark this week for her engines and boilers. As she is de- 

 signed chiefly for use in a warm climate her interior has been so ar- 

 ranged as to' secure light aud fresh air in plenty. The yacht below is 

 divided into three bulkheads. Forward of the first is a large forecastle, 

 with good head room, and well lighted by side lights of large size. 

 The finish is in varnished ash. In the extreme bow is a paint locker, 

 and at the after side of the forecastle are two large closets. Between 

 the forward and the second bulkhead, the latter being just forward 

 of the engines and boilers, is the main saloon, bath room . galley and 

 crew's mess room. A winding stairway from the social hall on deck 

 leads down to a large saloon, fitted for a dining-room by day, while 

 at night folding beds at the sides are let down, making sleeping 

 quarters for the gentlemen. This saloon will be finished in mahogany 

 and lincrusta, A large bath and toilet room extends across the 

 yacht at its forward end. The saloon is lighted by large side lights 

 In the sides of the vessel, and also from above by similar lights in the 

 sides of the social hall, as hereafter described. Aft of the saloon on 

 the port side is a store room and the galley, the latter extending 

 to the second bulkhead, while on the starboard side is a companion 

 leading to the deck, and also the crew's mess room, the latter 

 being furnished with a large refrigerator. Under the Door of the 

 galley is a box for 8 tons of ice. Aft of the third bulkhead is 

 the ladies' cabin. 15ft. long, and of the full width of the ship, lighted 

 by a large square skylight on deck, and entered by a separate com 

 panion. On the port side of the stairs is a toilet room, and on the 

 starboard side is a room for the maids. The cabin itself is finished 

 in mahogany and has four bedsteads, two ou each side, the space 

 between them, 3ft., being fitted with dressing cases and mirrors. 

 The yacht is mainly intended for the use of Mr. Morris's daughter, 

 an invalid, and her comfort has been the principal consideration in 

 planning the accommodations. Aft of the ladies' cabin, m the run. are 

 the quarters of the captain and engineer, entered by a square com- 

 panion well aft. These are very neatly fitted up in varnished ash. 



All the fittings on deck are of mahogany. Forward is a declc house, 

 the fore end of which is divided off into a roomy pilothouse. Just 

 aft of this is a win ling stairway leading below, while the entire, after 

 portion of the house is devoted to a smoking room or social hall. 

 Three sides of this are fitted with seats, the deck tinder them being 

 left open. The sides of house are pierced with side lights, giving 

 light and air through the spaces under the seats to the dining hall be- 

 low The coamings of the boiler-room hatch are oval in shape, the 



CRUISE OF THE CORA. 



[Continued from page 156.] 



AT 7 A. M we were off Pilot Island and entering Les Portes ties 

 Morts. This is an exceedingly picturesque part of the shore line of 

 Lake Michigan. The bold, rugged shore of the peninsula which sep- 

 arates Green Bay from Lake Michigan, is covered with tall pines and 

 thick underbrush. The w T ater is deep, cold, and so clear that the 

 huge rocks and fissures on the bottom are plaiulv visible, though 

 much deeper than one would suppose. We. seem to be sailing on a 

 surface of molten crystal, the wind mostly above the water, which is 

 only slightly disturbed, and we amuse ourselves by 1 ring flat on deck 

 and peering do,vn over the side at The wonders of the clear depths be- 

 low, over which we were sustained by the transparent fluid thatiuc'i- 

 venes, but which obstructs the view so little that, where the rising 

 sun's rays strike under the vessel, one cotdd almost see to pick up a 

 pin could one. reach the bottom. The northern extremity of the Pen- 

 insula stands out like a rugged, shaggy head in the lake, About two 

 miles across "The Door," as the entrance to the bay is called, is Pilot 

 Island and its lighthouse. A short distance to the N. W. is Detroit 

 Island, and still further Washington Island extends a long distance to 

 the north and east. 



At 7:30 the yachts had passed through "The Door" and were close- 

 hauled on the bay side of ihe peninsula pointing for Chamber's 

 Island, away up the bay. At Table Bluff, just inside "The Door" and 

 at the entrance to a small bny called Hedge Hog Bay, is a most re- 

 markable echo The crews of both yachts amused themselves as we 

 passed, hallooing aud listening to the echoes as they came back from 

 the shore. 



The gun was fired, and the response from the rocky shore was 

 fairly astonishing, as it crashed along down the Bay until it died 

 awav. seemingly a mile distant. Breakfast and pipes were now over- 

 atS:30a flue breeze sprung up fromS. E.,we bore awav toward 

 Chamber's Island under full head of canvas. 



Just here the Doctor poked his head up the companionway and 

 announced that he was ready "to tackle that chowder." So the mast- 

 er's mate went below and began preparations, and this is how he did 

 it: First, he selected a dozen good-sized sound potatoes and clipped 

 a small slice off of each end, he put them in a pot of cold water, set 

 it over the fire and sprinkled in a large tablespoouful of salt. Let me 

 here pause long enough to remark, don't ever peel a potatoe if you 

 wish to boil it. Always boil them with the "jackets" on, merely cut- 

 ting each end, and boil them as hard and fast as you can. Unless you 

 are fond of that miserable, soggy, vile smelling mixture of cabbage, 

 saturated potatoes, meat, and all other odds and ends cooked up in 

 one mess in the same pot called "a boiled dinner." If you are, go 

 ahead, hut if you get the dyspepsia you have no one to blame but 

 yourself, as for me, if there is anything that will induce me to stay 

 downtown and go to the lodge, it's wash day and a boiled dinner. 



Well, let's belay and get back to that chowder which was barely 

 begun, After puttiug a cover on thepotato pot the M. M. laid out 

 the Mackinaw trout on a table and oaretully cleaned it, split it down 

 the back, took out all the fins so as to take bones below the skin as 

 well as the rest. Then the backbone and all other bones were eur, 

 out, leaving only the firm, clean, pink meat, This he cut in pieces 

 about one inch by three inches, all as nearly alike as possible, and 

 taking a tin pan laid them in it. and sprinkled them with salt, then 

 he sliced up three good sized Bermuda onions in a dish, and putting 

 a large iron pot on the fire he proceeded to slice enough bacon to line 

 the bottom of the pot nicely, and then with a fork stood by until tbey 

 had browned, when he turned each piece over. When all were nice 

 and brown he took the pot from the hre, forked out, the bacon on a 

 plate, poured away all the grease that had tried out, and set the pot 

 back on the stove where it would keep warm. Then he chopped up 

 the browned bacon in pieces about the size of dice and set them on 

 the back of the stove to keep warm. By this time the potatoes were 

 done, and pouring off carefully every drop of water he set them back 

 on the stove, while he and the Doctor took them out one at a time to 

 peel. I say peel, but don't mean it exactly, as the moment they were 

 laid on a plate the skins almost fell oit and left the inside as white and 

 ui'-alv us one could wish. They were then thoroughly mashed and 

 seasoned with butter, pepper aud salt. 



Ail was now ready for the Anal touches, upon which all (so he said) 

 was to depend. Taking the pot that had f tied out the bacon— with- 

 out washing, mind— he proceeded to "erect" the chowder. Draining 

 off the water from the fish that had been salted he laid a layer of it 

 in the bottom, then scattered in a spoonful of the chopped brown 

 bacon, then a few slices of the onion, and poured over it a spoonful 

 of tomato catsup, dusted it with some pepper aud salt, then a hand- 

 ful of broken crackers, and over this he put a layer of the mashed 

 potatoes. Then he began another layer of fish, chopped bacon. 

 onions, etc., the same as before, seasoning each layer the same until 

 all Ihe material was in the pot, after which he poured in enough 

 warm (not hot) water to cover the contents an inch or more, and 

 having done, set the pot on the fire where it woidd simmer or boil 

 only slightly. When it had ccokei long enough so the slices of fish 

 were done— about two hours— he stirred m a cup of condensed raiU 

 and half a pint of claret, tasted it, stirred it, and added o little sea- 

 son ing Of salt and pepper, and it was ready to serve. When the 

 Donor announced "Dinner" the Mamie was hauled up— she still had 

 our line astern— all the crew but one at the wheel came, on board by 

 way of her bowsprit, and all hands went below to eat, the, chowder. 

 It was declared to be "fine," "splendid," 'best lever ate," etc., as 

 each person expressed it in his own way. We had a royal dinner, 

 and when it was all gone but the portion reserved for the man at the 

 wheel and the Doctor, we lit our pipes and sang: 

 Oh, a little more chowder too, 

 A little more chowder, for Miss Dinah, 

 A little more chowder too. 

 At 11 -45 P. M. the wind died out fiat, and we came to an anchor 

 three miles off Long Tail Point Light aud all turned in below, At 4 

 A M next morning piped all hands to make sail, wind south, and at, 

 9 A. M. when a few miles off Green Hay light, the schooner Gaston, 

 of Chicago came along in tow of tug Peesaukee, and as the water 

 was getting shoal and the channel narrow through the mud flats, we 

 took a line from them and towed up into the river, where we cast 

 anchor opposite the city. The gig was lowered and Cap'-. Bussey, 

 with some of the rest, went up to the telegraph office, aud reported 

 arrival to Commodore Muneer, in Chicago. 



Soon after Commodore Neville, of the Green Bay Y. C, came off 

 and made us a short visit, and at 5:30 P. M.. having shifted ballast so 

 as to lighten up aft, we weighed anchor and prepared to tow up Rock 

 River aud through the big locks for Lake Winnebago, for as the 

 middy expressed himself when it came his tr-ck at the wheel, 

 •■I'm a Green Bay pilot. 1 am. b' tosh. 

 Just look in my eye while I head for Oshkosh." 

 We took a line from the tug Dennison, aud were soon skimming 

 along at a fair speed up tin- river. At 7 P. M. we passed through the 

 first of the large Government locks, and at 10 P. M. we laid up at 

 W T rightstown, for we could not risk running in and out of stone-faced 

 locks in the night. Besides we were about tired out. There are, 

 eighteen of these locks between Green Bay and Lake Winnebago, 

 which lies nearly two hundred feet above the waters of Lake viichi- 

 ga • , They were constructed by the Government to allow the passage 

 of vessels between the lakes, and aside from the labor of snubbing on 

 lines, holding fenders and warding off to avoid scraping against the 

 stones, it is a pleasant and interesting trip f or a yacht. At a little 

 place called Kankakee, Capt. Stevens of the Oehkpsh Club met us 

 with a tug and took us in cow. As there was no wind on reaching 

 Lake Winnebago, we did not make sail but kept on tip the Lake tor 

 Oshkosh. where we arrived at midnight, and received a most hearty 

 welcome from Commodore Burnell and Vlce-Uotnmodote Harshaw. 



Every yachtsman of Oshkosh, I will venture to assert, either owns 

 a yacht or an interest in one, and has besides a gun and a rod and reel. 



hence cracked jokes, and had a royal time till almost morning, and 

 sang a little comic refrain of the middy's to the tune of "Villikens 

 and his Dinah," which ran thus: 



••We arrived at Oshkosh about early morn, 

 We blew off the gun and tired the fog hoin; 

 Burnell bade US welcome, and Heushaw said aye, 

 And bade us all summer in Oshkosh to stay." 

 Tired and sleepy we turned in, our hearts full of the warm reception 

 by our friends. The regatta, our pleason' stay and our trip back to 

 the bay, and the cruise to Mackinac, 1 must leave to a final chapter. 

 v - ? ' Dob- I : 



