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[Oct. 15, 1885. 



aggregate of three best.'scores counted as one continuous score, the 

 competitor making tlie higbest aggregate score to have first choice, 

 the other prize winners to chose in order of their respective scores. 



WDennison B3 86 88—257 W Fisher.. 71 71 70—212 



E F Uiohard.son 87 82 85-354 C EMack 73 69 f8-308 



CD Palmer 85 83 85-253 F J Drake 71 70 67—208 



A C White 83 83 86—251 C A Joslin 62 71 70—203 



O MJewell 83 83 63—340 John Jay 68 66 66-200 



A B Dodge 83 R3 84—349 AV Graham 66 66 65—197 



a F EUsworfh 81 81 84—246 J Hodge. 64 61 67—193 



T C William 75 80 82-237 J B Anthony 58 64 59-181 



1^ W Colby 71 78 78—233 John Mason, .. . , 61 57 63—180 



G A Leighton 72 74 75—221 S Jones 53 57 67—177 



E I Partridge 72 76 73—221 W Morris 53 48 54—154 



J Lawrence 72 73 74—219 L Dickerson 64 37 38— ll'O 



E Cole 73 70 69-217 D S Harriman 45 43 41-129 



Second match at Creed moor target. Open to all comers; 200yds : 

 position, standing; rifle, any within the rules: rounds, five; entries! 

 unlimited; entries. 25 cents; winners of prizes to be decided by the 

 aggregate of the best four scores counted as one continuous score. 

 Sixty-seven per cent, of the total entry fees will be divided into eleven 

 I)rizeg. 



W Denning ..23 23 33 34—92 E I Partridge 31 31 33 32—86 



W Graham 23 22 33 23—91 A B Dodge 19 31 24 33—86 



S N Johnson 32 23 23 33—90 R F Dillingham. .. .32 20 21 31-84 



Cole 22 32 23 23-90 W Morris 31 30 31 21-t^3 



J Mason 22 22 21 22-87 J Hodge 21 20 23 30— S3 



J B Anthony 22 22 22 31-87 



CREEDMOOR, Oct. 10.— The tenth marksman's badge match of the 

 season was shot to-day. The attendance was very large, but tlie 

 scores averaged much lower than u.sual, owing to the attendance of 

 a large number of new men, many of whom had never visited the 

 range before. The winners were: 



J F Klein, 17th Separate CoraDany. . 



A F Schermerhorn. 12th Regt 



H J Bice. 23k Regt 



GW Lotz, 13th Regt 



200yds. 



SOOyds. 



Total. 





33 



45 



20 



24 



44 



20 



S3 



48 



21 



20 



41 



21 



20 



41 



17 



23 



40 



.. 20 



30 



40 



16 



2;i 



39 



The next matches will be shot on Saturday, Oct. 24, and on Elec- 

 tion Day. 



IIARTFORD, Conn., Oct 8.— The rifle team of the City Guard, Com- 

 pany F, First Regiment, won the Barbour medal at the rifle tourna- 

 ment of the First Regiment, at FrankUn Range, to-day. It was a 

 very agreeable surprise to the team and members oE the company, 

 for tlie team contained five new men who were substituted in place 

 of .some of the bcit shots in the coir pany, who have recently been 

 discharged as their term of service expired. Nevertheless the team 

 did some excellent shooting and made the next to the highest score 

 ever made by a First Regiment company team at a prize shoot. The 

 highest, 5:35, was made by the City Guard team last year. 



The Barbour medal wa.s first competed for Dy teams from Compan- 

 ies A, D, E, F, H and K of the First regiment "and a team from the 

 fieJd and staff, on Saturday, Sept 13, 1879, at the Franklin Range. It 

 was then won by the City Guard team by a score of 441. The Light 

 Guard stood second with a score of 431.^ In 1880, Company E, of New 

 Britain won the m-.-dal and held it for two years, as there was no shoot 

 in 1881, the regiment again took it m 1882 and in 1883 Company K 

 took it from them. Last year the City Guard won the medal by a 

 score of 535, and as above stated they hold it imtil next .year, having 

 won it to day by a score of 523. The medal has been competed for 

 six times and the City Guard team has been successful fonr times out 

 of the six. 



The following are the scores of the teams which shot yesterday : 

 Company F.— 200vds., 257; .^OOyds., 266; total 523. Company K.— 

 .200yd8., 247 ; 500.yds., 346; total, 493. Company H.— 200yds.. 253: 

 500yds., 216; total, 469. Company B.— 300yds., 238; 500yds., '167; total, 

 405. Field, Staif and N. C. StaCE.— 200yds., 229 ; 500yds.'; 160; to*.al, 389. 



THOMii.STON, Ct., Sept. 26.— Weekly shoot of the Empire Rifle 

 Club for a badge, 200yds.. ofthaud. Little wind, bright light and just 

 the day for target practice. 



Canfleld 10 10 11 10 12 11 10 12 10 13—108 



Lemmon 10 11 12 11 8 10 12 12 13 8—107 



Dunbar 10 8 11 11 12 11 9 13 11 11—106 



Thomas 12 10 11 10 9 9 11 12 7 12—103 



North 10 8 8 9 8 10 10 9 8 11- 91 



Oct. 13.— On!y two were at the range; nearly all the remainder of 

 the club were trying their skill with the birds or squii-rels. Condi- 

 tions, windy; very bright light: 



Lemmon 11 10 12 10 10 11 13 9 10 13—107 



North 10 10 10 8 10 9 9 10 6 10— 95 



JAMESTOWN.N.Y., Oct. Regular medal match, SOOyds., off- 

 hand, Creedmoor target. Wind light at 8 o'clock; light, bright. 



J R Brow 5552.355154—16 R H Burns 5444544455—44 



A F Ward 5443444555—43 JD Curtiss 3444345444—39 



L HazelUue 5445415444—43 W II Sprague 3441515444—41 



J G Honngreu 8451.544444—41 



A PROTEST DECI1.>ED.— The directors of the National Rifle Asso- 

 ciation at their meeting on Tuesday last disallowed the protest 

 against awarding the first pr ze of ,$100 to Corporal Tates of the reg- 

 ular army in the President's match shot at Creedmoor. It was 

 alleged that he had shot the llrst stage of the match witha si x-groove 

 Springfield rifle instead of the three-groove. 



THE TRAP. 



OXFORD, Mass , October 9.— The tournament this week under the 

 auspices of the Oxford Gun Club was very successful. The attend; 

 ance was good. Among the visitors were, H. W. Webber, E. I. Smith. 

 6. G. Tidsbury, C. B. Holden, W. L. Davis and L. R. Hudson, of 

 AVorcester. Tne only draivback was a very strong wind. The 

 several events and winners were as follows; 



Fir.st event, 6 clay birds, 9 entries; B. b'ranklin, first, W. Emerson, 

 M. J). vVhittier and H. Waters divide second, A. R, Bowdish, third. 



Second event, 5 glass balls, 17 entries: W, W, Webber, Whittier 

 and E, T. Smith divided first; Bowdish and W. R, Dion, second; G. 

 G. Tidsbury and C. H, Parker, third. 



Third event, 5 clay -pigeons, 16 eniries: Webber and Emerson divide 

 first; Smith and Frankhn, second; Whittier, third; Watei-s and A. 

 Ingraham divide fourth. 



Fourth event, 5 glass balls, 16 entries.— Tidsbury first, Smith, Web- 

 ber and C. B. Holden divide second, Waters third, Franklin and 

 "Whittier divide fourth. 



Fifth event, clay bn-ds, 15 entries.— W. L. Davis first, G. Jones 

 second, Tidsbury third, Webber fourth. 



Sixth event, 7 glass balls, 15 entries —Bowdish first, L. R. Hudson 

 second, Emerson and AVebber divide third, Wliiitier and Dion divide 

 fourth. 



Seventh event, 6 clay birds, 13 entries— Emerson, Smith and Davis 

 divide first. Tidsbury;second, Bowdish third. Waters fourth. 



Eighth event-6 glass baUs, 14 entries. Dean and Bowdish divide 

 first. Hudson, Smith and Webber divide second, Whittier and Waters 

 divide third, Davis fourth. 



Ninth event— 7 clay- pigeons, 8 entries. Webber first, Bowdish and 

 Tid.sbury divide .second, Smith third, Whittier and Emerson divide 

 fourth. 



Tenth event, 7 glass balls, 9 entries: Dean and Tidsbury divide 

 first; Da-vis, second; Hudson, third, Bowdish and Franklin divide 

 fourth. 



Eleventh event. 9 clay-birds, 12 entries: Tidsbiury and Jones divide 

 tirst; Smith and FrankUn divide second; Davis and Emerson divide 

 third; Dion aud Bodish divide fourth. 



Twelfth event, 9 glass balls, 13 entries: Davis, first; Jones and 

 Smith divide second; Tidsbury, third, Holden fourth. 



Thii'teenth event, 7 clay-birds, 10 entries— Franklin and Jones 

 divided first, Webber second, Smith and Dixon divided third. 



Fourteenth event, 7 glass balls, 14 entries— Franklin and Smith 

 divided first, Jones and Ingraham divided second, Holden third, 

 Dean fotirth. 



National Gun Association Todbnaments.— Special Notice.— Mem- 

 bers desirous of oi-ganizing tournaments in their vicinity, under the 

 auspices of the Association, are requested to notify the undersigned. 

 All the expenses of the same will be paid by us. Make your arrange- 

 ments for 1880. We propose to establish a circuit of tournaments 

 annually. Claun your dates now. General office and headquarters, 

 Macon, Ga.— Matt R. Freeman, Vice-President and General Manager; 

 F. C. Ethpidge, Secretary, Macon, Ga. Send 10 cents for handj book 

 oontatniug rules, constitution, etc. "Faii-ly started and its future 

 depends entirely upon the manner in which the sportsmen throughout 

 the country respond."- C. M. Stabk, April 18, 1885.— ^dx>. 



AN OUTRIGGER FOR CANOES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Having had several inquiries how to rig outriggers on narrow boats 

 and canoes I send a description of a st 1 1 fitted to one of Joyner's 

 coasting canoes. Inclosed you wUl find a sketch of the outriggers; 

 they are simple, stiff, strong aud very easy to put on and take oflC the 

 boat. 



A is the outrigger, made of flat steel, J^in. bylj^in. D is an oak 

 block with a groove cut for the outrigger to slide in, C is the inwale 

 of the boat. E is an oak strip about 3ft. long fastened flrraiy to 

 the deck I r'opB, on which also the seat rests. The inwale has a 



CHICAGO BICYCLE TOURNAMENT.-The Ulinois Di- 

 vision of the League of American Wheelmen will hold a tour- 

 nament at the Base Ball Park, Chicago, Oct, 16 and 17, 



piece of sheet brass put underneath the outrigger block so it will not 

 wear. On the deck is ecrewed a brass plate with a slide to stop up 



the hole when the rigger is not in use. A piece of gas pipe, B, about 

 lin. long, is brazed into a hole at the end of the outrigger forjthe row 

 lock to work in, a J^in. steel rod can be fastened to the deck 1ft, aft 

 of the outrigger to form a brace. I would always advise the use of 

 cast-t-teel in making outriggers, as it is very much stifller than iron. F 

 is a sere w to hold up the outrigger, so it wul not go down further than 

 required ; by having several holes tor that screw the rigger can be 

 raised or lowered at will. 



In putting on the outrigger no part of it ought to bo fastened to the 

 skin of the boat, as the continual strain might catise a leak. Canoe- 

 ing is almost unknown in our city, although we have the mighty 

 Mississippi we might say almost at our door. Now I must give you a 

 description of my canoe. She is bmlt of white cedar i^in. planking; 

 ribs elm, 2in. apart; Spanish cedar deck, .3-16in. thick; deck: beams 

 and knees 6in. apart; the boat is 16x36, 1.5in. deep at bow, lBy,'m. at 

 stern; steel centerboard 30m. long, drop nidder and two balance lug 

 sails of 9514 sq. ft. The hull was built by F. Joyner, of Glens Falls, 

 N. Y., Diamond model, with his smooth lap novelty joint. She is a 

 fast and powerful boat, will come about with the mainsail alone; the 

 centerboard is under the forward deck, the forward end being only 

 3ft. from the bow, the mainmast tube 20in. from bow. The cockpit 

 is 8ffe. long, with a hatch at after end; cockpit combing lin. high. 



I read with much pleasure every week the canoeing items in the 

 Forest and Stream and am glad to add my httlemite to them. 



Burlington, Io wa. John J. Ohbt. 



A SHOOTING TRIP IN THE MUD TURTLE. 



AS the .shooting was good down the river, four of us. A., H.and my- 

 self, with our old dog Bob as No. 4, determined to start for a 

 few days with the ducks. We all packed into our old canoe, the Mud 

 Turtle, and it was a very tight fit, A. bemg a large man and fond of 

 much baggage, while H. and I are not very moderate in our desires 

 in that way either. The canoe was verj' low in the water, not a quar- 

 ter of an inch to spare, and every little ripple that we saw caused us 

 much anxiety, as we feared we should be swamped if a sea pot up; 

 but luckily there was hardly a breath of wind and the river was as 

 smooth as a millpond. 



Our destination was the R Islands, where we hoped to get some 



duck and woodcock shooting, but not much of the former, as it was 

 very early in the season. When we arrived at the camp ground it 

 was too late to try shooting, so we devoted what remained of daylight 

 to making our camp comfortable, as we meant to st^y there several 

 days. We cut rushes for our beds, brought in a good supply of wood, 

 and made things snug generally. 



After supper W8 laid down at the fire to chat and enjoy ourselves, 

 but soon a canoe with two men in it glided up to the landing place. 

 We went down to see who the new comers were, and found that they 

 were T. and C, from M., who we knew slightly. However, it wasn't 

 long before we were chatting away like the oldest of friends. Such 

 is the influence of outdoor life. They camped a few yards distant 

 from us, and when we had helped them to the best of our ability to 

 get things to riahrs we left them to get a meal in private. We had 

 just laid down again at o'lr fire, when we saw a tremendous blaze at 

 their camp, aud on running over found that their tent had caught 

 flre from a spark, and was burning rapidly. T., who had been par- 

 alyzed by the extent of the calamity, when he heard us coming re- 

 gained his presence of mind, and catching up the first vessel which 

 came to hand, and which happened to be their teapot full of tea, 

 threw it on the flre and succeeded in putting it out. They were very 

 doleful at having their tent burnt, their tea gone, and everything in 

 a mess, buii when we told them that we had a good supply of provi- 

 sions, and could no doubt give them something- to eat, they cheered 

 up wondei-f ully and came over to our camp. We sat until late in 

 front of the fire spinning yarns. It was not a very wise thing to do, 

 as we meant to shoot next day, but we became so' interested in di.*- 

 cussing our plans that we forgot how time Hew. T. and C. told us 

 that they were expecting two old shooting chums of ours down that 

 night, or to speak more correctly, morning, and wondered why they 

 didn't turn up. 



At last, tired of waiting we turned in, agreemg tnat the first man to 

 wake should arouse the rest. After sleeping a couple of hours I woke, 

 and, on looldng at my watch, found it was time to be stirring, so got 

 up. Not so A. and H., who would not leave their warm blankets for 

 the cold, foggy morning outside; so getting into my clothes, I took 

 my gun, and calling the dog, walked over to the other camp. I saw 

 a canoe hauled up on the shore, covered with a rubber sheet, which I 

 pulled aside and discovered our friends sound asleep, thev having ar- 

 rived after we had turned in. They said they had not left M. all late 

 in the evening, and, as tney were very tii-ed, fell asleep in the canoe 

 after paddling ten or twelve miles. The canoe, left to itself, drifted 

 down the river, with the bow pointing up stream. When they woke 

 they thought they had only been asleep a few moments, and set to 

 work again paddling up stream, the night being so dark that thev 

 could not discover their mistake. After going several miles J. thouerht 

 something was wrong, and on going ashore discovered then- error. 

 Hence their lat-e arrival. In spite of their hard night's work they 

 were ready to come out shooting, T. making the fourth, 0. being too 

 lazy to come. 



On arriving at the fli-st marsh we divided, T. taking the right hand 

 side, I taking the left, J. walking some distance behind ine. and B. 

 staying at the end to get any that might turn back. We put the 

 tliree spaniels, one clumber and two cockers, into the reeds to put the 

 birds up. We had only gone a few steps when a duck got up on T's 

 .side, who bagged him handsomely, his dog retrieving in fine style. 

 AVe had hardly started again when another got up. which T. also 

 knocked over. The next bird also rose on Ms side, but somehow he 

 missed him clean with both barrels. G. also cut loose at it, but he 

 also scortd a miss. 



As he passed me at very lo"g range, I fired and dropped him. Old 

 Bob now put one upon my side, and, letting him get well away, I 

 fired and togged him. T. now got another opportunity, which he 

 improved on and bagged another. After this our luck seemed to 

 desert us, and we worked for a couple of hours, not seemg a feather. 

 At last Bob put up another for me, which was also brought to bag. 

 In making a short cut between two points I got '-bogged," and only 

 with the greatest difficulty sueceedea in extricating myself, my long 

 wading boots hindering me greatly. J.'s luck now turned, he getting 

 a couple of shots at ducks, both of which he knocked over. 



The others were now getting tired, so wjut back to camp, leaving 

 me alone. I was not satisfied yet, so wen: back to the first marsh we 

 had tried, hoping to get a bird or two which had evaded us before. 

 Old Bob got on a scent at once and tracked a woodduck on to the 

 shore, from which he soon put it up. He also was brought to tiag. 

 The heat was now intense, so I went back to camp, A. and H. being 

 glad to hear that we had had some sport, and sorry they had not 

 come with us. Although the ducks are very scarce here at' this time 

 of the year, it is very good sport shooting them, as they get up from 

 the reeds like snipe before the spaniels, giving very pretty shots. Ag 

 we had not expected to find many ducks, we had only brought two or 

 three rounds of heavy cartridges each, and these we had used, so we 

 had to give up trjing for ducks. 



After breakfast Q. took T.'s gun and went off hj himself. Half an 



hour afterward we heard a shot fli-ed aswe thought by him. I must 

 here explain that C. is not used to the woods or to a gun. As hour 

 after hour passed and C. did not put in an appearance, we became 

 very anxious, and pictured him weltering in his blood, having shot 

 himself by accident, etc., etc. At last we could bear it no longer, and 

 all went out to search the woods for him. We looked for .in hoiir or 

 more, and at last got tired and went back to camp to rest before set- 

 ting out again. Who should we find on our return hut, O. sound 

 a-sleep. We woke him up and made him tell ns what hud happened 

 to him. It seems he had gone from the island wo were 011 to anothpp 

 much larger one, and bad lost himself on it, and had wandered about 

 until, by a lucky chance he bad got on to the trail that he had made 

 going in, and following it back managed to find the camj) 



At noon J., B., T. and Cleft, they having to attend a pigeon match 

 down the river next morning, and we were left alone again. The 

 weather now was very hot, and anything but lying in the shade and 

 dozing was aluiost an impossibliity. My appetite, however, never 

 deserts me, so I made a savory mess of bacon, onions and potatoes. 

 When I asked A. if he wanted some dinner he came over to see what 

 was going; butwhenhe saw the bacon he gave a piteous moan and 

 rushed back to his seat, saying: "Well, I've a pretty good appetite 

 generally, but I'll be shot if I can go fat poik when it's 110 in the 

 shade.'' So, as I didn't like to see good food wasted, I ate his share. 



In the morning 1 tried for woodcock and bagged a couple, the 

 oihers being too done up with the heat to come. We turned in early 

 and slept well. It was too hot next morning to go out shooting, so 

 we did not get up tUl late. & & & > 



At midday we started out on our long and hot paddle home. It 

 was very rough on the main river and we found it very dangerous in 

 our heavily laden canoe, so decided to land A. and the dog and they 



were 10 walk to T aud catch the night boat for home, while Bt. 



and I took the c inoe on, as she would be able to ride out the rouerh 

 weather, now that she was Ughtened. We sailed all the rest of the 

 way, so got on very fast, reaching home in good time. F. M. 



Ottawa, Canad a. 



SMALL YACHTS VS. CANOES. 



WE have received the followmg letter from "Guenn" in answer 

 to Mr. Clapham's challenge. The original challenge issued hy 

 "Guenn" was to be a very different boat, andjit woiUd be interesting 

 to learn how big a boat Mr. Clapham proposes to substitute for 

 "Deja's" 11x3 cutter canoe. The Guenn is 15ft. on deck, SlJ-Riu, beam. 

 14in. depth of ho\d and 6}i>in. draft, with 140sq. ft. of sail and folding 

 centerboard: 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Mr. Thomas Clapham, of Ro-slyn, L. I., boat and sharpie builder, 

 seems to have a perpetual mortgage on your reading columns, to 

 ^'udge by the amount of free advertising he obtains for his specialty 

 m the shape of letters to the editor. What relation my chaUenge to 

 "Deja" as a canoeist, disputing the extravagant ciairas made for his 

 paragon at the expense of afl present canoes, bpars to the superiority 

 of the sharpie over everything that floats, as claimed by him, I fail 

 to see. 



But as I enjoy a good raee beyond most things, 1 will accept his 

 challenge, the race to come off from the Siawanhaka Y. C. house 

 .some day this month, the Forest and Stream editor to judge and lay 

 out a course; distance and time limit as before named, viz., about 5 

 miles either to leeward or triangular and return, aud two hours to 

 make the race in. The A. C. A. Inteinational cup fond to be the 

 beneficiary from the pocket of the loser. The race to be singlehanded, 

 no ballast to be shifted. Forest and Stream has my address. 



Guenn. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



When "Deja" first made his attack on the canoe in the Forest and 

 .Stream he professed to voice the views of a thousand or more dis- 

 gusted canoeists. Now that "Dot's" one or two thousand have come 

 out in sufficient numbers to keen "Deja" in races for some time, we 

 would like to hear from "Deja's" constituents. Rob Rot. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



"Seneca" seems to think that the conclusions arrived at from my 

 limited observation of the sailing qualities of the sneakbox are incor- 

 rect. Now, if "Seneca" is prepared to state that a canoB will not out- 

 point and outfoot the box to windward, and also beat her frcf\. I 

 shall be obUged to believe him. for I was never in a box in mj' life, 

 and my canoeing experience does not extend over one-quarter the 

 length of his; but I have seen three sneakboxes badly beaten by sail- 

 ing canoes, and have never seen a canoe with the slightest pretension 

 to speed beaten by a box. So my statement was not entirely base- 

 less. "Seneca" says a box will carry twice the sail a canoe will. 

 Unquestionably she will; but on the 31st of last July, upon Eel Bar, I 

 saw the Nirvana, a 14ft. x27J^in. canoe, with about GoCt. of .sail, ab- 

 solutely run away from the "lirooklyn yacht" with 115ft. So I should 

 say that she needs considerably more than twice as much to keen up 

 with the procession. 



I have not written the above with the ide^i of convincing any one 

 that the canoe is superior to the box, because I consider their quali- 

 ties do not permit them to become rivals at all. Thev belong to utterly 

 different spheres. I am much indebted to ".Seneca" for his invita- 

 tion, and, should the chance offer, shall certainly .avail mvscif of it; 

 but why does he talk of an introduction? It is less than a yea,v since 

 I bad two or three letters from him direct, though since he left Wash- 

 ington I have never heard where he has taken up his abo lH, If it 

 were not that he speaks of my nearness to him, 1 should suppose he 

 did not recognizeme imder my present signature. 1 shall con.sider my- 

 self most highly favored by a chance to cruise with such an old hand, 

 and shall gladly welcome any communication from him. Katrina. 



PiTTSBtTRGH, Oct 9^ 



A PURITAN KEEL BOAT. 



FIFTEEN years ago there was a fleet of small kael sailboats in Ply- 

 mouth harbor, used largely by the lobstermen. I have no 

 doubt the same boat is still in u.se there, but cannot sav for oprt.ain, 

 as it is several years smce I last visited thR rock on which the Pil- 

 grims landed. These boats ai-e from 15ft. to 20ft. long wirh a lieam 

 from 4 to 6ft. They draw about 1ft. of water tor .vard ant^ -M (o -iiun. 

 aft. The keel proper is 3 or 4in. deep forward, running u, n foot or 

 more at the sternpost. The boats have an overhang of about 3t't. at 

 the stern, a raking sternpost and plumb stern. The ballast is usually 

 iron, placed as low as possible inside. The cockpit is about 8tt. long, 

 eUiptical in form, and has a high coaming aU round it. Some of the 

 boats are fitted with a hatch or movable deck, which is used in rough 

 weather, over the forward part of the cockpit. This hatch fits dowu 

 over the coaming and has considerable arch 10 it, and when in posi- 

 tion only leaves about 4ft, of open cockpit for helmsman and crew 

 or passengers. The mainmast, which is forward, is stepped very 

 near the bow and carries a large sprit sail, or a regular fore-and-aft 

 gaff sail peaked up very high. This sail has no boom, as the lower 

 end of the leach runs aft of the mizzenmast, but has two sheets at 

 the clew, one on either side of the mizzenmast. The mizzenis about 

 one-third the size of the mainsail, and in heavy weather is not used. 

 The mast steps through a fixed seat in the middle of the cockpit, 

 running athwart ship. The sail is generaUy laced to the mast. The 

 mast is fifted bodily out to lower sad, and stowp.d below. The mizzen 

 has a boom. The entire rig loote very much like that of the modern 

 canoe with lug safls. the placing and proportion of sails being exactly 

 siinihu-. A flush deck extends the entire length of i be boat; being 8 

 or lOin. wide amidship outside of coaming, and luis considtrable 

 cambre. The boat has a good sheer and high bow. 



This is the boat I learned to sail in, aud it "Dfija" thinks I don't 

 know anything about keel boats and sailing, 1 have' only to refer him 

 to Capt. Watson, of Plymouth, if he is still alive, who built the 

 Grecian Bend, and of whom 1 chartered her for a season when at 

 school. If the Captain don't report that "Kuapii's boys" got the 

 most woi'k out of that boat m the shortest time during that summer, 

 I am much mistaken. In 1871 four of us took a cruise irora riy- 

 mouth in a similar boat— the Black Ball, belonging to Mr. Rolibius-- 

 to.Welltteet and back, around the shore of Cape Cod Bay. We look 

 our time going, five days, entering every harbor and inlet, aud visit- 

 ing all the points of interest on the north side of the Cape. Bel uru- 

 ing we made the run, following the shore all the way, in a day and a 

 night. 



The boat sails very close to the wind, as the mainsail can be sheetel 

 in wonderfully Hat; and before the wind there is not the pull on the 

 rudder that there is with the catboat. The lack of a boom on the 

 mamsail, however, necessitates close watching when running free to 

 prevent a prematm-e jibe. 



The tide has a mean rise and fall of over ten feet at Plymouth. At 

 low tide the harbor is a mixture of vast mud aud sand flats with deep 

 winding channels between. We fellows knew all the channels in 

 Pl.y mouth harbor proper, where we generally sailed, but over Dux- 

 bury way the location of channels was unknown to us. Eieht of us 

 sailed over to Dnxbury one afternoon and were prevented from re- 

 turning the same day by a gale of wind. Starring back at daylight 

 next morning we intended to get home to breakfast and in time for 

 school. The tide was jusr beginning to ebb. When in the very 

 middle of the bay one of the four boats grounded, aud in a few min- 

 utes the tide had left her hard and fast. Before the others (umhi get 

 to a channel a like fate befell them. In two hom-s we touucl ourselves 

 on an island perhaps a mile long and more than half a mile wide, and 

 worst ol all, a deep channel between us and shore. We had brought 

 with us only enough provisions for a supper, and that supper had 

 been eaten the night before. We had no water fit to di-ink. At low 

 water one of the fellows swam ashore and got a couple of bottles of 

 fresh water for the rest. Between two and three in the afternoon we 

 floated off, and got home an hour later, sadly demoraUzed, 



