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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 2:i 1885. 



Lakes, tbrce little gems set in the woods about a mile from the river, 

 and camped there two m girts. As the lakes are. seldom if ever visited, 

 except by lumbermen, the bass Ashing is very fine. We caught all 

 we wanted for the sport of catching, and threw them back alive, as 

 We could not use them. On the river and at the lakes we saw a num- 

 ber oi deer, On one of the lakes we visited a beaver house and dam. 

 They were not at home, so we left our cards and marveled at the in- 

 genuity and human like handiwork displayed by these wonderful 

 builders. Alter leaving- the lakes we had one more day of the river, 

 Then home, stored our canoes in the b .»t house, and bidding these 

 faithful comrades a short good bye, went to work again. Pat. 



RUDDER GEAR FOR BOATS AND CANOES. 



TBE accompanying cut shows a form of rudder gear that is, we 

 believe, new in this country. The pin a is fastened permanently 

 in the lower brace on the boat, and reaches up to withiu an inch of 

 the upper brai c. Th ■:• rudder is fitted with two braces, the lower be 

 ing drilled to fit rod ft. while in the upper one a brass tube 6, also fit- 



ting over a is fastened. To ship the rudder, the lower brace on rud- 

 der is entered on the rod, the tube sliding: down a hole in upper brace 

 on boat, and at the same time ever the rod a. The rudder will rise 

 freely, may be quickly hung or removed, and the rod can never be 

 bent. We are indebted for the device to Mr. Geo. F. Holmes, Hull 

 England, who has used it for several seasons on his canoe yawl Cassy, 



AN ENGLISH CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



ENGLISH canoeists are feeling more and more the necessity for a 

 revival or reconstruction of canoeing, and the formation of an 

 association similar to the A. C. A. The average record has lately 

 been adopted by them, and judging from the results here, it will 

 remedy to a great extent the evils that afflict canoeing, but an asso- 

 ciation of some kind is necessary as well, to insure success. Mr. 

 Baden-Powell, in a la'e issue of the Field, has a letter in favor of the 

 average record and also of an association, that should waken canoe- 

 ists to the importance of doing somethiug ere they fall entirely to the 

 rear. It is but a few years ago that canoes, canoeing: books, ideas, 

 sails, all that a canoeist required, came from England; but now, 

 thanks to the Association, and also to some of the individual members 

 who helped to form it. we have models, rigs, ideas, and a canoe liter- 

 ature of our own. and far superior to that of England The advant- 

 ages five years since was ail o» their side, an established sport, a 

 Dation of sporting psople. a small field of labor, compared with which 

 we. were at a great disadvantage. A strong prejudice against canoes 

 prevailed here among all classes, the originators of the seheme were 

 personally unknown to each other, and the men whom it was pro- 

 posed to enlist were scattered over an area of millions of square 

 miles, and but few of them had been in a canoe. 



In spite oi these and other obstacles the American Canoe As«ocia- 

 Mqn, through the energy, enterprise, and perseverance of its 

 founders and later members, has become an assured success, while 

 at the same time canoeing abroad has declined. A similar work in 

 England should place canoeing on the same basis which it rests upon 

 here as an established and recognized sport, and now seems to be the 

 time for such a work. There are many canoeists but the clubs do 

 not seem to be iu a prosperous condition, and racing has declined to 

 the lowest t-hb. What is needed is organization, union, and a com- 

 mon set of ruies. The record racing will do some good, but alone it 

 is not likely to effect any great and permanent improvement, but an 

 English association similar To the American, is what is imperatively 

 needed if canoeing is to hold its place among outdoor sports, 



THE CANOE AURORA. 



THE many canoeists who, anxious to get afloat once more, have 

 Been kept ashore by the late season, need wait no longer for the 

 ice to melt and rivers to open, but can start at once witho ut fear of 

 weather on a cruise "From the Adirondack^ to the Gulf" with the 

 pleasantest of fellow- cruisers and thorough canoeist, the skipper of 

 the Aurora and secretary oi the American Canoe Association. Not 

 only the many friends of Dr. Neide in the Association, but all who 

 are devoted to camping and cruising will take pleasure in accom- 

 panying him on his long journey through the means of the "Log of 

 the Aurora." just issued by the Forest and Stream Publishing Com- 

 pany. The' book is a condensation of the essence of cruising, varied, 

 amusing, bright; taking one into the open air and the outdoor world, 

 away from cities, smoke and business, until thereader isready to be- 

 lieve that there were three instead of two in the party, and he him- 

 self is side by side with the Doctor and Barnacle on the oily waters 

 of Pennsylvania, amid the ice of the Ohio, or tumbling on the waves 

 of the Gulf of Mexico. 



Dr. Neide is a careful observer, and has grasped the interesting 

 features of everything he has seen, and shows them, not as so many 

 dry facts backed by dryer statistics, but as he would point them out 

 to a companion. Wherever he goes he takes the reader with him 

 and shows him all he sees himself. While a mere itinerary of such a 

 long and varied cruise would be of interest to canoeists, it would be 

 tedious reading to others; but the "Log of the Aurora" appeals to 

 the general reader as well as to the cruiser, and a man need be neither 

 a canoeist nor sportsman to enjoy fully the varied narrative. The 

 book is neatly and tastily made, and forms a valuable addition to the 

 Forest and Stream Publishing Company's series of handbooks on 

 camping and canoeing, of which the first two, "Woodcraft" and 

 "Canoe Building. " have already appeared, and the fourth, "Canoe 

 Handling," is now in press. 



BROOKLYN CANOE AND SAILING CLUB. -The Brooklyn Canoe 



and Sailing Club gave a reception to the boating men of Brooklyn on 

 Tuesday. April IS, at their rooms on Fulton street. Nearly sixty gen- 

 tlemen were present, many being canoeists, while a number were 

 sailors and rowing men who came to learn what the new sport was 

 like. A canoe with sails set served to ornament the dining room, 

 while the main room was decorated with large club flags of the New 

 York, Knickerbocker and Brooklyn clubs, and many private signals 

 and troubles. Mr. Hull. President of the club, introduced Prof. Fow- 

 ler, of the Knickerbocker 0. C who --ead a very able and interesting 

 paper on the subject. "Why We Prefer the Canoe." Speaking first 

 of the tendencies' of the present time to hurry and overwork and their 

 consequences, he showed the necessity of relaxation and exercise, 

 and reviewed the popular sports and amusements of the day, with 

 their characteristics and results, contracting them with canoeing. The 

 canoe and its uses were fully described, also the dress of the canoe- 

 ists and the many charms of cruising, illustrated with anecdotes and 

 incidents from the speaker's log book. The guests present could have 

 had no more fitting expo-ition of the sport, and even old canoeists 

 present felt they had not yet realized all the possibilities which the 

 padole opens to them. After the lecture a supper was served, the 

 meeting breaking up at 11 P. M. The club have taken active steps to 

 procure a house, and will soon be ready for boating from their own 

 float. Members are coming in, and the club has every prospect of 

 success before it. 



THE CHILDS CENTERBOARD.— Mr. Childs has retired from the 

 firm of Wm. Childs & Co., and the board formerly known by his 

 name will in future be called the Radix board. The demand for 

 boards this season has been very large, but the company expect to 

 make them more rapidly than before, and to be able to fill orders 

 more promptly. 



CANOE UNIFORMS.— Canoe clubs who are providing themselves 

 with uniforms for the coming season will find a strong, reliable arti- 

 cle in the shirts made by the Brokaw Manufacturing Company, of 

 Newburg, N, Y. They make a specialty of shirts for yachtsmen and 

 canoeists. 



PITTSBURGH C. O.— The new burgee is 12x18m., white ground, 

 narrow border of blue, and letter P in blue also. The club have also 



adopted a sailing signal, a red crescent with profile face. If any club 

 has already chosen similar designs the P. C. C. would like to know it. 

 The new uniform of the club is of gray flannel, with brown stockings. 

 R. W. Bailey was appointed measurer. The club will hold a camp 

 from Friday to Monday, May 29 to June 1, on the Mouongaheia River, 

 with races. The design for the prize cup to be presented by Messrs, 

 Howe and NimicK has a canoe under sail, with crew ou deck, engraved 

 on one side, with two crossed paddles and the A. C. A. and dub bur- 

 gees over them. 



WHITEHALL C. C— Editor Forest and Stream: The annual 

 meeting of the Whitehall C. C. was held on April IB. The following 

 officers were elected: Commodore, E. P. Newcomb: Yiee-Comniodore. 

 AY. C. Blodgett; Secretary and Treasurer, W. W, Cooke ; Measurer, 

 E. R. Bascom; Cook, Frank C. Cooke. Two new members were ad- 

 mitted to the club. Some of the members have been out in their 

 boats, and notwithstanding the coolness of the weather have enjoyed 

 it immensely. The club will turn out fo.- inspection some time this 

 month, and no doubt will have a race to Warm the boys up.— Will 

 W. Coork, Secretary. 



A CANOE CLUB AT OSWEGO.- Oswego. N. Y.; ApiiilO.— Editor 

 Forest and Stream: It is with pleasure that I report the organization 

 on the 8th inst. of the Oswego 0. C. with a membership of ten. Our 

 officers are: J. R. McMurrieh. Captain: CI N. Burt. Mate; W. G. 

 Thrall, Purser; M. 0. Worts, Measurer. Our club signal is of the reg- 

 ulation sifce. a 10x15 burgee with blue field, containing the letters O. 

 (.'. 0. in white. We have four canoes, and other., are being negoti- 

 ated for. The Oswego River presents unsurpassed cruising grounds, 

 and we are waiting for the time to come when we shall make our first 

 cruise.— J uno. 



LAKE MISTASSINI.— Col. Rhodes, of the Quebec Geographical 

 Society, was in New York last week and called on us. He is interested 

 in the canoe expedition mentioned a short time siuee, to explore Lake 

 Mistassini in Upper Canada. The expedition is now preparing to 

 leave Quebec in June. The address of the New York agents is Walter 

 Watson and Alex. Lang, 59 Wall street, from whom all information 

 can be obtained. 



THE CANOE LALOO.— Editor Forest and Stream: I see in a late 

 issue that a canoe on the model of the Laloo is being built in Michi- 

 gan. I am also building one of canvas from the same lines for one 

 of the club, and intend to build one for myself at once, of cedar.— 

 Senorita. 



THE A. 0. A. BADGES.— Dr. Neide writes us that he has received 

 but forty-six orders for badges. Members will please send their or- 

 ders at once, so that the makers wdl begin work on the dies. Forty- 

 five new members have been proposed since October. 



N. Y. C. C— Com. Munroe has purchased the sloop Venture from 

 Mr. E. C. Neal of Boston, and is now cruising in her in Florida waters. 

 She will be his home next season. 



jjfzchting. 



WOODEN OR IRON MAST HOOPS. 



Editor Forest and. Stream; 



The question before us is whether iron rings for small boats, 16ft. 

 and under, are belter than wooden rings or not. With iron rings one 

 has nearly always to keep the mast greased, for if not kept so, the 

 rings stick in hauling up the sail, and after a time make ugly black 

 mark on the mast. And sometimes, after a few days' of rain, if the 

 rings are not well galvanized, they rust, leaving spots on the sail, and 

 rotting the marlin wherewith the sail is lashed" to the rings. 



But on the other band, with wooden rings and the mast well greased 

 none of these thiugs happen, as the wooden rings are fastened with 

 copper fastenings, and in way of marks on the mast, of course wood 

 rubbing against wood will make no mark. 



Then another important question: as boats as small as the above 

 mentioned generally carry comparatively small masts, whether the iron 

 rings will hold with more, surenessin a heavy wind than wooden rings. 

 Of course iron rings are never used on boats over 20ft., and wooden 

 ringa are able to he made for masts of these boats strong enough, 

 but when it comes to have wooden rings for masts some 4 or 4J£in. 

 in diameter, will they hold as well as iron ones? 



A great many of the fishermen on Long Island Sound use "fike- 

 boats" for fishing and iron rings for their sails. Again a great number 

 use spritsails. But on the whole, for small pleasure boats of the 

 above length, and tenders of yachts and other craft,! ask again which 

 is the better? E, C. Hammond. 



New London, Conn. 



[The wooden rings are better for the reasons stated above, and 

 also because they can be placed on the mast at any rime and riveted 

 there. Perhaps the friends of the iron rings may have something to 

 say in their favor. 



A FOLDING DINGEY. 



THE question of a tender or dingey for a small yacht, say from 

 30ft. downward, is always a difficult one. A boat on deck, how- 

 ever small it may be, is always a serious nuisance, and when towing 

 it is hardly less so, beside it is often necessary to have the boat 

 aboard. A small lightly built bateau, somewhat after the fashion of 

 a dory, is as compact and easily handled as any ; but even if so small 

 as to be really of little use, it is greatly in the way when on deck. It 

 is of course necessary to have some means of getting ashore from 

 any yacht, and this necessity, coupled with the difficulty mentioned 

 above, has led to the construction of many varieties of folding boat. 

 Abroad the Berthon boat, invented by au English clergyman, has 

 been largely used for yachts, though having some serious disadvan- 

 tages, and lately we have tried a boat on a similar principle, but dif- 

 fering in detail", the invention of Dr. C. M. Douglas, well-known to 

 canoeists as a cruiser and boating man of large experience. This 

 boat consists of a frame of bent wood, the stem, stern and keel being 

 in one, with the gunwales hinged at the ends to the stem and stern, 

 and folding down flat against the keel. This frame is covered with 

 stout canvas, made thoroughly waterproof. Four sets of ribs running 

 fore and aft, are fastened to the canvas on each side of the keel, each 

 rib being in two halves, inside and outside of the canvas and riveted 

 through. These ribs protect the outside of boat when drawn up. The 

 boat, when opened, is kept in shape by two bent frames or ribs, their 

 ends slipped under the gunwales and their middles resting on the 

 keel. On these two floor boards are laid, holding them in place, and 

 a thwart is also fastened to one of them. When in shape the boat is 

 very stiff and strong, while the lmes are remarkably good for a fold- 

 ing boat, having a flat floor with round bilge and straight sides. The 

 weight of the smallest size, 9x3ft., is but 40 pounds, and the boat will 

 easily carry two persons. The next size, 9x3ft. 6in., will carry three 

 persons. When folded the boat makes a package about Sin. thick, 

 and of such shape as to be readily stowed on deck or passed down 

 below, while it can be unpacked and launched in two or three min- 

 utes. The boats row easily and steadily, and may also be propelled 

 by paddles, while from their model, being stiff and buoyant, they 

 make excellent tenders for yachts. They are made by the Ontario 

 Canoe Company. One may be seen at Mr. Stephens's shop, at West 

 New Brighton, S. I. 



WINTER CRUISES. 



THOUGH schooner racing has certainly fallen off greatly in the 

 past two years, the twostickers are by no means idle, but are 

 coming forward more and more each year as cruisers. Two large 

 vessels, the Brunhilde at Nyack, and Mr. Bush's schooner at Poil- 

 lon's are now building expressly for cruising, and during the past 

 winter several large schooners have made cruises to the West Indies. 

 The Wanderer, Mr. fi. W.Weld. Ghana, Mr. W r . F.Weld, and Mohican, 

 Mr. H. D. Burnham, have, all returned lately to New York after ex- 

 tended cruises. The latter yacht left Boston on Dee. 29 with her 

 owner and Messrs. Nathaniel' Curtis, Herbert C. Leeds, Prescott Law- 

 rence and John Lindsev on board, under command of Oapt. A. S. 

 Whitteaaore. On the third day out she lost her jibboom. New Year 

 and the following days were stormy. On Jan 5 she arrived at Ber- 

 muda. Anchoring in Hamilton Harbor, she was visited by the Gov- 

 ernor and staff and a number of residents. After fitting a new jib- 

 boom, the Mohican sailed on Jan. 18, but lost the jibboom in leaving 

 the harbor. She put in to St. Georges and replaced it for the second 

 and last time, as the third stick is still in her, Sailing on Jan. 14 for 

 St. Thomas, her course was subsequently changed for St. Kifts, where 

 she arrived on the 20th. A tour of the island was made, and on the 

 22d she sailed for Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe, arriving the next day 

 and remaining for two days, which were spent by the party on shore, 

 and then she sailed for St. Pierre, Martinique. Leaving here on Jan. 

 29, she reached Kmgston, Ja., on Feb. 6, and on the 10th continued to 

 Cienfuegos, where she arrived on the 12th. Here her owner and two 

 of the party left her, going to Havana by rail, while the yacht 

 reached the same port on Feb. 30. Here her owner rejoined her, but 

 two of his guests went on to New York by steamer. 



On Feb. 28 the Mohican sailed for New Orleans, arriving on March 

 4, and after a stay of two weeks she continued to Fernandiua. reach- 

 ing there on March 23. The Gitana was also at anchor here, and 

 both left together on the 38th for Charleston. < m April 1 Mohican 

 and Gitana left in company for a race to (.'ape Henry, 875 miles, the 

 prize hemga gold cup, Mohican allowing Guana Ihr. Bin. At 9 A. M. 

 on April 1 they left the sea buoy of Charleston bar, and the Mohican 

 was off Cape Henry at 7:12 A. M. of April 4, Gitana arriving at 7%S0 

 P. M. On the 11th the Mohican sailed from Hampton Roads for New 

 York and Boston, where she will overhaul for the summer. The 

 Wanderer's cruise in the same direction was shorter, as she left New- 



port about the middle of March, running down to Bermuda, thence 

 to St. Thomas, Santa Cruz, and across to Fernandina and home. 



When, if ever, our schooner fleet will regain its old-time celebrity 

 due to its racers, is very doubtful; but there is still a large and pleas- 

 j^d field open to the owners of large yachts in such cruises as these 

 to the South In winter and te Canada and Labrador in summer be- 

 sides the Mediterranean and longer voyages, and their boats may 

 become as well known abroad as cruisers as they once were £S 

 racers. 



LOG OF THE NlNETTA. 



A T the close of a few months' sojourn in Los Angeles during the! 

 £r^ I ,y f ^ bE ^SS iBt closetl - l determined not to leave thesemi-tropies of 

 the State without paying a long-threatened visit to Catalina Island, 

 situated about twenty miles off the coast here, and famed in these 

 parts for boldness of coast-line, crystal sea water, mildness of air and 

 general healthfulness. 



Accordingly, securing the company of my old friend Kit, who had 

 years ago some acquaintance with Catalina waters, I packed mv 

 blankets and boarded the S. P. R R. train for San Pedro at 10 A M 

 Monday, Feb. 2, 1885. Arriving there a little before noon, we began 

 to cast around for some sort of a •■hooker - ' for the. proposed cruise 

 Presently I met my frieDd Gen. B., Collector of the Port here, who 

 fondly volunteered the use of his "packet," a smart-looking yawl 

 ■ iig to her cable in the stream. She had just been launched, 

 after having been hauled out and painted, and with the help of old- 

 time friends, Charlie K., Billy M. and Charlie D., her iron ballast was 

 put aboard and sails bent that night. Deferring further preparations 

 until next morning, we unrolled our blankets and turned in on the 

 seats of a passenger car, obligingly tendered by the railroad agent. 



1 uesday , Feb. 3.— We were up in good season. Kit producing a blue 

 woollen shirt and woollen stockings for my benefit, the stockings 

 from the untiring fingers of his dear old mother, way back in Mount 

 Desert, Me. (Kit spent last year there.) Commissary stores en- 

 grossed our first attention, and we obtained them at a store in the 

 little town. Towing our shin into the steps, we proceeded to pass in 

 cargo, and by noon we were ready to throw our tow line to Capt. C, 

 of the tugboat, he having offered that good service if we would take 

 our chances with the bar, which was, and had been for several days, 

 tmpreeedentediv rough. At 12:30 P. M. we started, the tug ahead, 

 towing a large lighter, while we brought up the rear. As we neared 

 the bar, about half a mile out, and about opposite Dead Man's Island, 

 we began to experience the effect of the long and heavy southwest 

 swell, which was breaking on the spit to the west of the bar in fierce 

 and ugly-looking combers. We kept our weather eve open, however, 

 and met her yawing with the helm, though at times we sulked until 

 our tow line tautened like a harp string, and, with the momentum 

 thus acquired, were forced to luff past the ponderous rudder of the 

 lighter to avoid a collision. At length we were over and dry as a 

 bone, and the tug dropped us to transfer Los Angeles passengers to 

 the steamer Santa Rosa, lying at anchorage, and bound for San Fran- 

 cisco. We got mainsail, jib and mizzen on her in the order named, 

 and after a short leg on the starboard tack, with a S. W. wind, we 

 "bout ship, and with port tacks aboard stood up for Point Firmin. On 

 this tack we went athwart hawse of the tug, and swung good-by to 

 them with elevated hats. Getting in close to the kelp, w^e againcame 

 in stays, and close-hauled on the starboard tack could point up only 

 to within about two points east of the easterly end of Catalina. This 

 was not satisfactory, for our destination was the isthmus, opposite 

 Catalina harbor, near the west end. 



Now, while the breeze is light. Kit getting dinner, and yours truly 

 at the helm, let me describe our ship more particularly. 'She is 32ft. 

 waterhne, 7ft. beam, and 3ft. draft, with good freeboard and round 

 stern. She is decked forward and aft. with a 5ft.xl0tt. cockpit 

 amidships, with a coaming around it and decked from coaming to 

 gunwale on each side. There is a small steering hatch in the after 

 deck, with mizzenmast stepped forward of the hatch. The cockpit 

 has a 10-in. wide seat on each side running :the whole length, the 

 covers of which being raised discloses lockers below. Her rig Is 

 main, jib and mizzen. She steered with a light weather helm, and in 

 a light breeze slipped along like oil. Charley K. had extemporized a 

 memorable stove for us which worked admirably. Taking a coal oil 

 can, hemade.a2in.x4in. aDerture in one side about 4in. from the 

 bottom, leaving the piece cut out fast by the lower edge and project- 

 ing for a miniature hearth. Then the can was filled with dry sand 

 even with the bottom of said aperture. This arrangement produced 

 draught aud a cool bottom that the stove could stand on without in- 

 jury to its support Two pieces of hoop iron were bent down and 

 booked across the top to support kettles, cans, etc., and completed 

 the instrument. The chowders, boiled potatoes, coffee, etc., turned 

 out by this apparatus under Kit's practiced baud, were its best recom- 

 mendation. We trolled for baraeouta across the channel, this being the 

 season for them, but did not find their schools. We caught some 

 Spanish mackerel, however, which we added to our stores. As we 

 drew out into the channel the wind hauled more westerly, and we 

 bore up for two peaks near the center of the island. At 3 P. M. I re- 

 quested Kit to turn in, which he did promptlv, making his bunk on 

 the floor of the cockpit, sheltering his head under the fore deck, while 

 I kept the fire going at his feet. Our breeze soon left us with but 

 Steerage way, bnt kept drawing northward, and although we made 

 the laud and heard the hoarse welcome of surf by 9 P. M., we did not 

 know our ground well enough to attempt au anchorage at night. So 

 I kept her looking at the wind and edged along the north shore toward 

 our destination, the isthmus. Kit's watch from 13 to 4 A. M. was 

 passed in almost a calm, and morning showed but little headway. 



Wednesday, Feb. 4.— An easterly wind soon helped us close in shore, 

 and lazily dawdling over beautiful groves of kelp waving in the 

 watery breeze, sending their bright red, russet, and pale sea green 

 foliage up through fathom upon fathom of transparent water, to the 

 very top, we crept to the westward. Then Kit, a fisherman of varied 

 experience, ft om Bay of Chaleur to Grand Banks, got out his lines, 

 and inveigled red fish and white fish into our boat, to show up in 

 curiously wrought and toothsome chowder later on. Anon we floated 

 over long reaches of hard sand bottom, and saw piles of jetsam, 

 etc., lying peacefully in their long bed, unruffled by any far away 

 surface commotion. "How deep do you suppose that isr 7 ' says Kit. 

 "Oh, about 20ft., I guess." "Yes, it looks about that." But the lead 

 tells a different story, 8 fathoms. Such is the deception of this diaph- 

 anous Catalina water. What with our loafing and lying to, and fish- 

 ing, we fetched the Isthmus only about 5 P. M. Sailing into within 

 50yds. of the beach, against an off -shore wind, we dropped anchor 

 and got supper. On rising from our repast we found we had drifted 

 out at least 100yds. The few beaches around the island are very 

 steep, and furnish poor holding ground, with their generally smooth, 

 hard bottom, especially when an off-shore wind gets a down-hill pull 

 on your anchor. So we hoisted jib and slipped down a mile or so to 

 Fisherman's Harbor, just east oi the Isthmus. We had seen a skiff 

 moored there when passing up, and as we had no tender, she proved 

 a "bonanza." It is a pretty lit! le cove, the best harbor on the North 

 Side, and is sheltered from all but N. VV. winds We found a strong 

 mooring that the skiff was fast to, and made use of it rather than 

 risk our anchor among the huge boulders on the bottom. Bailing 

 out the skiff, which was waterlogged, we made a landing on the 

 gravelly beach, replenished our stock of wood, which was low, from 

 driftwood and roots, and also discovered a "tank" of water iu a 

 natural depression of the rock, in the little canyon. Returning on 

 board I turned in very tired and sleepy, not having rested well in my 

 new surroundings since leaving home. Kit stood the racket better, 

 but he can sleep almost any way or where. I made my bed on the 

 floor boards of the cockpit, with a tarpaulin throwu over the main 

 boom, suspended between the two masts, for a shelter, while Kit pre- 

 ferred the more airy location of the after deck . Turned iu at 7 P. 30 . 

 and slept until 7 A, M. 



Feb. 5,— Kit got breakfast while I filled the demijohns from the 

 ■tank" discovered the night before. These "tanks," so-called, are 

 the "springs of gladness" iu the arid regions of Arizona, and, strange 

 to say, always contain good water. After breakfast we landed and 

 struck out over the mountain side and through deep gulches for the 

 isthmus. The sun was hot, and when we reached the harbor, the 

 head of which runs within a quarter of a mile of the north shore of 

 the island, we were glad to refresh ourselves with a sea bath in the 

 sparkling, clear water, Frank W., superintendent of the island 

 (whiob belongs to the estate of James Lick), was putting anew fore- 

 foot on his schooner, the Keywee, which he had beached, and he 

 kindly lent us his skiff to take a look around the harbor. Ho was 

 living in the old barrack buildings at the, isthmus, built for theregular 

 army some twenty years ago] Spending a couple of hours there, and 

 on the north side "beach, orospecting shells and pebbles, w T e retraced 

 our steps for Fisherman's Harbor, eating of the bright red pigeon 

 berries hanging in heavy clusters from a low shrub on the hillsides. 

 From these high cliffs we noticed the color of the sea bottom, which 

 gave sti-; own hue to the over- lying glassy water. We looked almost 

 vertically down on the, decks of our little ship as we fetched the har- 

 bor and soon scaled Hie heights; and, boarding her, made sail for 

 the East End. Baffling winds and calms used up the day and most of 

 the night until -I A. HI., when, in the moonlight of my watch. I made 

 bold to beat into a beautiful cove which I felt sure must be Timms', 

 against a brisk little breeze coming directly out of the cove from the 

 southward. When within seventy-five yards of the beach I sung out 

 to Bit and asked him to turn out, get over the anchor and tell me how 

 he liked the looks of the. country. He didn't exactly recognize it, but 

 we both turned in for two hours, and on rising at 6 A. M.. Kit knew 

 his ground, and remembered the old buildingSQjni *■ alKl 



the rolling benches of the romantic and beautiful little valley stretch- 

 ing south, and pronounced it Timms' Cove. 

 Friday, Feb. 6.— As my plan included sailing for San Pedro to-day. 



