Oct, S3, 1«85.] 



f^ORESt ANt) STREAM. 



Pujitau B time, eorretited. . 

 Grade's Urae. corrected . . . 



H. M, S. 



6 37 25 



7 03 59 



Puritan wius by ... 35 :« 



Over tri.inguJar course. Sept. 18, entries t^enesta, Gracieaud others: 



Geuf"[?ta's tinie, corrected, t 4 ^ 40 



Qracif>'s time, corrected ... . 4 51 32 



Geuesta wins by..., ....j.^.. ...i .81 63 



So tliat over tnanfrular (bourse rtie Puritan beats the Graoie 4min. 



and 45i=pc. rnore ihan Gf^iifsta doc.>-\ alihouKh the weatber when the 

 r.enesta sailed was decidedly bettei- foi- fast sailiug than in the other 

 race, as time of (Iracie iii both races shows The triangle over which 

 the Ueuesia sailed was a few rniles- 1 believe five— .shorter than that 

 over which ihe Puritan and Gracie .sailed in the fij-.st race. 



But the Furihan beai. the Gracie worse even than this. Over tlie 

 forty-mile oiitside course, tiial race of Ang. 20, wi'h fair sailing 

 breeze of 12 mile.s an iiour— 



Puriiau's corrected time was 4 o7 05 



Gracio's corrected time was . 5 32 58 



Puritan won by 85 53 



Or, Puritan has heai;eii Gracie IS miii. 1 sec. more than the Genesta 

 beat her in the race Mr. Knnhardt is di.scussingr, but this was over a 

 diiferent course and with different, conditions of wind. Still it de- 

 serves to be reckoned against Mr. Kunhardt's broad statement. It 

 may he mentioned here that in tliis race the Puritan beat the cutl;er 

 Bedouin in absolute time over this course S7min. lOsec, and in cor- 

 rected time ITniiu. Si'sec. 



In the Cioeler Gup race of Aug. brisk wind, coiu-se about 45 miles. 

 Gracie was so badly beaten she withdrew. 



Id one of the highest scientific auihorities of America, the weekly 

 journal Science, of Boston, Mr. Ivimliardt can lind it stated that 

 •'Puritan never put her bowsprit inider and beat the cutter (Bedeuini 

 ofte hour in the twenty-mile thrash to windward," The italics are 

 ScieiLcf '!); the ruce the Goelet Cup ra.ce. 



It seems to me these facts have a large bearing on the relative 

 ability of tne Pm-itan and the Genesta. Kbadee. 



New York. Oct, 15. 



FAST HUNS UKDER SAIL. --Tne Queen Mab, 10 tons, made a nm 



ih. 44min. 36sec., at the rate of 11. 4G knots per hour, while Miranda 

 once made the same run in 2sec. less. The latter schooner is also 

 credited with an average of ll,!> knots on a run to BoidoRne and back 

 with wind a little forward going out, and aft coming home, the latter 

 half of the crip being; made at the rate of 12..3 knots. Livonia once 

 made the trip home from Boulogne to Dover at a speed of 12.8 knots, 

 and this summer Irex is credited with a rate of 12. 1 knots over a 50 

 mile co\irse. 



THE AMERICAN STEA3I YACHT CLUB RACE —Sir. Herreshoff 

 has sent the following letter to Commodore Pe Cordova in regard to 

 the disputed Cup: Bristol, R. I., Oct. 11, 18S5. Alfred De Cordova, 

 Estp, Commodore of the American Y. C. Dear Sir: In accordance 

 Avith our conversation at your office, I hei-ehy protest against the de- 

 cioion of The illegally constituted Regatta Committee, who met Sept. 

 17. I claim the Commodore's and Ishervvood Cups, which were 

 fairly won by the Stiletto on .Inly 16. I hereby request that you call 

 .a special meeting of the club at an early date to investigate and de- 

 cide the just awarding of the cups mentioned. Respectfully, J. B, 

 Hebre-SHOFF. a meeting will beheld on Oct. 27 to consider the mat- 

 ter and in the nneantimc the cups wiU not be presented. 

 ^ THE VOYAGE OF THE CABMELITA.- The schooner Carmelita 

 is now laid up in the Seawanhaka Basin waiting the return of Mr. 

 Coleman fj-oni Europe, when she wiU probably scare a.erain for San 

 Francisco, ( apt. Snow was taken sick in Rio Janeiro and a new 

 captain was shipped, who took her as far as Cape Horn and then re 

 turned to Montevideo. She laidiheresome time until ordered to New 

 York. On the trip up she put into a number of ports, arriving here 

 on Oct. 6. She is reported to be a very fine sea boat, and made the 

 entire voyage without dfl.mage to spars or gear. 



A GOOD RECORD.— The open sloop Atalanta has made an excel- 

 lent record this season, winning il first prizes and one second prize 

 out of 13 starts. She has also won the Beverly Y. C. fh-st class cham- 

 pionship pennant, the Buzzard's Bay pennant and the Hull Y. C. 

 championship pennant in her class. .Her dimensions are, length, 

 soft,, on waterline 2i)ft. fjj^in., beam lift, llin,. Draft ;ift. Ciu, boom 

 36ft. Gin , gaff 21ft.. hoist 2frt,, bowsprit to end of mainboom, 57ft. 

 Bin. Area of mainsail 7!t5ft., a' ea of jit), SlliOft. 



THE LAUNCH OF THE WHIM.— The schooner .yacht "VVhim, de- 

 signed by Ml-. A, Gary Smith, was launched from Poillon's yard on 

 Wednesday last, and Is now fitting out for a trip to Florida.' She is 

 a curious craft, bcdit with the idea of obtaining good accommoda- 

 tions with very little draft. Her length is .55ft.. beam Itift., deptli of 

 hold 5ft. and draft yft. 8in She has over 6ft. of headroom with a 

 high cabin house, and is fiiced \ip very comfortably in.side. As soon 

 as she is completed .she wdl start for Florida. 



YACHTING NOTES.— Genesta's sails and Stores were shipped on 



the Ludgate Hill last week Maggie is laid up at Piepsrass' Yard. 



-■Eolns, sloop, laid up this week iu the Seawanhaka Basin. . . Muriel 

 and Mona are stih iu eommtssion off the Basin . . .Wanda nas laid up 

 at Sixth street, Brooklyn. 



GENESTA.— The City of Rome reports that on the night of Oct. 13 

 a small vessel with one mast was passed, which it ie supposed was 

 Genesta. The City of Rome was then about 1,100 miles east of Sandy 

 Hook. 



"GENESTA" is pronounced wltai a soft Q. 



Address all cominwnications to the Forest and Stream Publish- 

 iwg Do. 



Canoeists are inmted to send us notes and full reports of cruises, 

 club meets, information about canoeable waters, and other comnm- 

 nieations of interest. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signals, etc , of 

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

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

 requested to forward to Forest ano Stream their adtiresses, with 

 logs of cruises, n-iaps, and information concerning their local waters, 

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

 to the sport, 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



SECRFIARY^-Dr. C. A. Neide. Schuylerville. N. Y^. Candidates for 

 membership must lorward their names, with $3 for initiation fee 

 and first year'.s dues, to the secretary, who will present names to the 

 the executive committee. Money should be sent by registered letter 

 or money order. 



A RACE BETWEEN A CANOE AND A SHARPIE. 



AS "Guenn" agreed to Mr. Clapham's acceptance of his challenge 

 the race was sailed laso week, starting fr.Dm the Seawanhaka C. 

 Y'". C. Basin. The com-se laid out was from the basin out around buoy 

 18, and hack, twice around, making 10 miles, the time limit being 4 

 hours. Mr. Claphatn sailed down in the sharpie Plover, having his 

 small sharpie in tow. The latter is a new model, a cross between a 

 sharpie and skipjack, with a bottom a little like a sneakbox. She 

 was 15ft. long and tift. beam, drawing nearly bin., thus being wider 

 than the ordinai-y sharpie. Her floor was convex, Uke a sneakbox, 

 but to a less degree, and her sides were each of one board, tiaring out- 

 ward. She cariied a catrig of over 200 sq. ft. She was in every war 

 a larger and more powerful boat than the Guenn. and the latter was 

 also fitted with only a cruising sail in place of her racing rig. Both 

 started well, Guenn going over first and holding a lead for a short 

 time, but the S. W. wind, dead aft, was very hght, and the high sail 

 of the sharpie soon took her ahead. She rounded the buoy nearly a 

 minute ahead and started on the wind for home, both going down on 

 starboard tack to midchannei, with the last of the ebb, and then 

 going inshore on port tack in the flood. The wind liatl freshened at 

 the buoy and sent them along, Guenn doing very well, but she had 

 mt breeze enough for her reduced rig, At the end of the flr$t round 



she was so far astern that she gave up, and the race was called. It 

 was no test, as a canoe has no business with a large sail boat; and all 

 that it proves is the fallacy of a length rule, under which they wotdd 

 be rated alike. 



MOHICAN C. C. RACES. 



THREE races were set for Oc. 15 as follows: 1. Championship, 

 twice over a coui-sc of V/^ miles. 2. 75ft. limited sail, 8. Oliver 

 cup race, fiOft. liujit of sail: 2"aod 3 once over the course. Thetis, 

 P. M, W.ackerhagen; Annie O., H. L Thomas; Snake, R. W, Gibson, 

 and Marion B , R. S. Oliver, presented themselves as competitors andit 

 M'as decided to sail No. 3 first, a fresh N.W. blowing. Messrs. Palmer, 

 just returned from Europe, and jt'ernow acted as starters and time- 

 keepers. The Annie O. crossed the line at 2:43J/>, closely followed by 

 the Snake, 2:44, Marion B. 2:44M. and Thetis 2:44%, the Annie O, 

 kept the lead tbrouehout, also once or twice she came near sailing 

 with keel to the wind, and recros.sed the line as winner of the cup at 

 3:02, the Snake following at 3:0234, Thetis at 3:03, and Marion B. at 

 3:04. The Snake broke her tiller at the start, and after this race de- 

 cided not to compete, and as the aii- was rather too chilly, the others 

 were induced to postpone the races to some more favorable afternoon. 



Fernow, 



SHATTEMUC C. C. FALL REGATTA. 



THE fall regatta of the Shattemuc 0. C, of Sing Sing, N. Y., was 

 held on Saturday afternoon, Oct 10, and was witnessed by a large 

 number of ladies and gentlemen friends of the members. The races 

 were called at 3:45 P. M. The following was the programme with the 

 results ; 



First event, Class 2, Paddling, with the following entries: Dawn, 

 W, M. Carpenter: Cricket, ,1. K. Hand; Regina, G. F. Secor. Cricket 

 won, with Kegina second. 



Second event. Class 4. Paddling: Entries were: Gypsie, H. M. Car- 

 penter: Katydid, T. J. Hand, Jr.; Dingbat, W. S. Pbraner; Winnakee, 

 G. O. Totten. Won by Gypsie, Winnakee second. This was a very 

 closely contested race. 



Third event. Tandem Race. This race bron,E:ht out the following 

 crews: W. S Phraner and G. O, Totten in the Dingbat, Messrs, Hand 

 in the Katydid. J, H. Carpenter and G. F. Secor in the Whinakee, and 

 Messrs. Carpenter in the Gypsie. The Winnakee won, with Katydid 

 second, Gypsie fouled Dingbat as they approached the finishing line. 



Fourth event, Class A, Sailing, over a trlangtllar course; the entries 

 were: Regina, G. F. Secor : Midget, . I. K. Hand; Dawn, W. M. Car- 

 penter. Won by Blidget, Regina came in second. Dawn did not finish. 



Fifth event, class B, Sailing, over same course as Class A. The 

 following were the entries: Dingbat, W. S. Phraner; Gypssie, H. M. 

 Carpenter; Katydid, T. J. Hand, Jr.; Winnakee, G. O. Totten and 

 Tuneta, .J. H. Carpenter. The wind was very light; the first side of 

 tne coui-se was close-hauled. Gypsie led from the start to first turn, 

 with Katydid, Tuneta, Winnakee and Dingbat following in order 

 named. Tuneta was doing the best windward work, and was thus 

 gaining oti the leaders. Katydid worked to windward of Gypsie and 

 took the lead, a.nd turned the mark flr.st. Tuneta was very close be- 

 hind, and being nearest to buoy tried to get around first, but there 

 not being enough room between her and Katydid, fouled the buoy 

 and gave up and retumed home. Gypsie, after making two furtile 

 attempts to get around the buoy, at last succeeded, and on the second 

 side of the course gained some of the distance she had lost, and 

 turned the second mark only a short distance behind Katydid and 

 gained still more on the run home, coming in about a length behind 

 Katydid, the winner, Winnakee came in third. She was unable to 

 beat to windward on accoimt of her rig, which was improvised on 

 the moment. 



The concluding event was an upset race betAveen the Cricket, T. J. 

 Hand, .Ir.. and the Midget. Cricket did not finish, the crew being un- 

 able to regain his boat for some time. After the races the prizes 

 were awarded to the winners by the commodore. Gypsie, 



HARTFORD C. C. REGATTA. 



ONE of the most prosperous of the Eastern clubs is the Hartford 

 O C, whose new quarters were illustrated in the Forest and 

 Stream last spring. Located on the Connecticut River at Hartford, 

 with a handsome and convenient house, the club offers specially 

 good facilities to canoeists, and its growth of late has been very en- 

 couraging, the active members now numbering fourteen and the as- 

 sociate twenty, or a total or thirty -four, most of them enthusiastic 

 canoeists. ThJs year the club has cruised extensively on the Con- 

 necticut River, and a number of its members have also made long 

 cruises on Long Island Sound. The annual fall regatta, held on Oct. 

 10, brought out good entries in almost afi of the ten events on the 

 excellently arranged programme, and was an entire success. The 

 first event, a boys' saiung race, the first prize being a fishing rod, 

 second prize "Canoe Handhng." The distance was half a mile, sailed 

 in a hght N. W. wind. The entries were: 



A W. Gi Iber t Oahu 1.3min . 



H. L. WUliams Phyllis 15J^min 



C. H. Saunders Petrel — 



George Forest Quonehticut — 



E. Talcott Hartford Upset. 



Oahu won, with Phyllis second. 



The second event was an open paddling race, half-mile; prizes 

 double paddle and toolholder. Won by Venture: 



L. O. Jones Venture L. Ingraham Joker 



W. F. Glrard, Jr Phyllis E, B. Gaylord Kismet 



The Petrel won the thh-d race, a boy's paddling race, 320 yards, the 

 prizes being a flag and camp knife. 



0. H, Saunders Petrel A. W. Gilbert Joker 



H. L. Williams PhyUis E, Talcott. Hartford 



No. 4 was a novice's sailing race for members only, distance 1 mile. 

 The prizes were a flag and a Chester anchor. Only two canoes 

 entered, the Leiiah leading over most of the course, but being beaten 

 at the last by the Quonehticut. 



C, R. Forest Quonehticut 19mln. 



W. G. Abbott LeUah not taken 



The standidg paddling race, 100 yards, was open to single and tan- 

 dem eanoes, the prize being a single blade paddle. 



W. F. Girard, Jr, . . , Kismet L. Ingraham Joker 



A, W. Dodd I vi«inn John Bowles Gluck 



W. B, Davidson f ^ L. Q. Jones Y'enture 



Eight canoes entered for the sailing race, 1 mile, with no limits, the 

 prizes being a flag and a copy of ''Practical Boat Sailing." 



John Bowles Gluck 21m. 46s 



L. Q. .lones Venture .Z. 32m. 26s. 



A. W. Dodd Vision 48s 



A. W. Gilbert Oahu S4m. 19s' 



W. F. Girard, Jr Phylhs 35m. 26s. 



E. Hart Fenn Rambler 38m. 50s 



L. R. Ingraham Rambler2 ..47in. 



C. R Forest Quonehticut . . .".did not finish 



Mr, Bowles is a member of the Springfield C. C. The hand paddling 

 race. 100yds., prize a camp axe, was quite exciting and was anew 

 feature in the programme. Venture won with Gluck second: 



L. Q. Jones Y^enture ., ]m. 30s. 



John Bowles Gluck 



G. H. Saunders Petrel ' "". 



E. B. Gaylord ... Kismet .Did not finish. 



L. R, Ingraham Joker Did not finish. 



A. W. GUbert Oahu Did not finish. 



W. F. Girard, Jr Phyllis Did not finish. 



The tandem paddling race for one-half mile was well paddled, the 

 Vision finally winning. Phyllis, Messrs. W. F. Girard, .Jr., and H. T. 

 StanclifCe, Jr., did not finish. The prize was a pair of Poncho blankets, 



W. B, Davidson and A. W. Dodd Vision 



John Bowles and Emil Knappe '. .'. ..Gluck 



0. H. Saunders and A. W. Gilbert Petrel 



E. Talcott and Geo. Forest Hartford 



The paddhng race for all canoes, prizes double paddle and himting 

 knife, came next, with three entries: 



W. P. Girard Quonehticut S. W. Burchmore Kismet 



L. Q. Jones Venture 



The wind was so light that the final race for the Commodore's Cup 

 was postponed until Wednesday. The races were managed by Messrs. 

 L. Q.Jones, E.Hart Fenn and C. R. Fore.st, Regatta Committee; 

 Dr. G. L. Parmele, starter: Mr. C. H. Lawrence, judge, and Rev. 

 Francis Goodwin time keeper. 



At half -past 4, Oct. 14, the race for the Commodore's cup was called, 

 when four contestants appeared ready to cross the line: The Vision, 

 sailed by W. B. Davidson; Phyllis, by W. F. Girard, Jr.; Rambler, by 

 E. Hart Penn: Quonehticut, by Geo. Forest, a lad of sixteen years, 

 son of her owner. The wind now dropped to a gentle breeze, until 

 were entertainod of being able to finish. The Phyllis was given a 

 time allowance of 20sec. and the Quonehticut 43sec. The Phyllis led 

 strongly on the beat to windward, and it was supposed by all that she 

 had the cup, as she was the first to roimd the buoy, a mile from the 

 club float, but the Vision gradually crawled up on her on the run 

 home and she crossed the line after a close and exciting contest, and 

 the Phyllis lost the cup (deducting her time allowance) by just 20>^ 

 see. The wind continued to decrease, so the remaining boats made 

 very poor time: 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



Vision 4 87 OOU 5 00 12 23 llj.^ 



Phyllis .4 36 81^ 5 00 231^ 38 63 



Rambler 4 27 00 5 83 Om 4S Om 



Quonehticut 4 87 JT 5 43 Oj J 04 60 



Corrected, 

 83 lii^ 

 33 33 



46 02J4 



1 04ar 



CRUISE IN A CANVAS TANDEM. 



BEING a constant reader of the canoo columns in the FokkST and 

 Strisam I could not fail to notice a short account of the cruise 

 made by my friend and mvself during the month of August, and I 

 thought perhaps the log of the cruise would be interesting to some 

 readers of the Forest and Stream. 



We started from Washington, N, J. on the morning of Aug. 4 in our 

 tandem canoe Mischief, with a shelter tent, cots, provisions, and all 

 other articles needed by a camping party that we could stow away 

 under the deck and along the gunwales, leaving just enough i-oom to 

 sit in comfortably. After bidding good-by to tl'ie numerous friends 

 who had assembled to see us olT, we made "the first mile in good style 

 until we came to plane No. 7 West, where we bad to make a portable, 

 as there wa,s nobody .at the plane who could take us over in the car. 

 but we had no more trouble of that kind until we came to plane No.' 

 10 and had to hunt up the plane tender, who at first said he had 

 orders not to let any more boats over on account of a liad break in 

 the canal near Hackettsto\vn, but after we had stated the circum- 

 stances to hint and showed our permit, be canied us over all right, 

 and everything went smoothly until we arrived at PhnfipsVuirg, where 

 we gave up om- permit and were carried down to the 1 Delaware River 

 on tlie plane car at the terminus of the Morris Canal. 



The river was very high, on account of the heavy rains the day 

 before so that we had no difficulty in running the rift just below 

 Easton, soon after which we went into camp on the Pennsylvania 

 shore in a very pleasant spot near a good spring of fresh water, 

 which is something not always to be found, at least we have had that 

 experience heretofore. After putting up otu- tent and getting every- 

 thing ready for the night, we cooked a good hot supper of ham and 

 coffee which soon disappea.red under the Influence of a good healthy 

 appetite. We turned in about 9 P. M, and slept the sleep of the weary 

 tmlil 5 A. M, the next morning. 



Aug. 5.— After eating a good hearty breakfast and packing our 

 dunnage in the canoe we started on down stream stopping now and 

 then to visit some small town or to take a look at some rift before 

 we ventured to run it, as the river is very much broken by rapids or 

 rifts, as the old raftsmen call them. The worst one passed was called 

 Old Sow, near Rleglesville. N. J., where the river iivakes a very sharp 

 turn. After taking the current for our propeller the most of the time 

 we arrived at Frenchtown about 4 P. M,, where we soon attracted 

 quite a crowd who did not make any odds of asking pointed questions, 

 but we answered them all to the best of our abiUty. 



After leaving Frenchtown we soon found a good camping spot on 

 an island where we soon had our tent up and wei-e preparing our 

 supper when we happened to notice some young ladies on the other 

 side of the river, waiching us very cmnously, and when the.y saw that 

 we observed them they commenced waving their handkerchiefs at ua 

 and we retumed the salute by waving our tablecloth and giving them 

 a very cordial invitation to come over and eat supper with us, but 

 they declined witb thanks, much to our sorrow. 



Aug. 6.— This morning dawned bright and warm, ana as the sun got 

 higher in the heaven it commenced to tell on our arms and faces, 

 malting them quite sore before night. About 10 o'clock we arrived at 

 Point Pleasant, Pa., opposite Bull's Island, N. J., where the Trenton 

 Feeder has its head, and between there and Lambertville, N. J,, we 

 passed several small rifts, but none so bad a? the Well's Falls or New 

 Hope Falls, as they are called sometimes, these are considered to he 

 the worst rifts on the river by old raftamen, and we were advised to 

 carry around them, but we found out the channel and ran them with 

 no more inconvenience than a slight wetting, which did not bother us 

 a great deal. About 4 o'clock P. M. we ran another bad rift called 

 Gunterman's Falls, about six miles above Trenton, and in another 

 hour's time we had arrived in sight of the State buildings, and went 

 into camp quite near the road. 



Aug. 7.— We were awakened this morning by the produce wagons 

 going to Trenton, and 'after eating a camper's breakfast we started 

 for the city also, where we soon arrived after running Trenton 

 Falls, left our boat in the care of a boatman and made the tour of 

 the capital of our little State; then called upon some friends and 

 passed a very pleasant day, starting down the river again about 5 

 o'clock and going into camp at Morris Island, about two miles from 

 Trenton, which is a very pretty spot. 



Aug. 8. — We started tnis morning on the slack of ebb tide, and when 

 we got to Bordentown the wind came up from the east, so we got out 

 our sprit sail and made first-rate time till we got as far as Bristol, Pa., 

 when the tide commenced to run in so strong against us that we 

 stopped and got our dinners and took a good rest before we put off 

 again, which we did about 2 o'clock. As the wind was stronger than 

 ever, it did not take long to leave Bristol in the distance, and after 

 passing some ver.y fine residences on the banks of the river we 

 arrived at Philadelphia and put up near the Chestnut street wharf, 

 then proceeded to find a hotel. 



Aug, 9.— After spending the first part of the day looking around 

 the city and taking in the sight*;, we again took to the canoe and put 

 her bow up the river. With a good sailing breeze we arrived opposite 

 Florence Heights and began to look for a camping spot, but could 

 not find any to suit us, until it began to threaten rain; then we soon 

 found a place near the Penn House, where we procin-ed some very 

 good milk. 



Aug. 10.— On getting out of bed this morning we stepped ankle-deep 

 in v?ater, for when we had landed the night before It was low tide, 

 and we did not get far enough from the water's edge. Some of onr 

 stuff got wet, so we laid over until 10 o'clock to get dried out. Blade 

 Bordentown at noon, and after stopping at the collector's office of 

 the Delaware and Raritan Canal to procure our permit,- we pad- 

 dled on through the canal to Trenton, but did not stop until we found 

 a bridge tender who would take care of our canoe while we went 

 back to the city. 



Aug. 11.— Last night we spent at a hotel on Broad street, Trenton, 

 and this morning we met a young man at the table who offered to 

 show us through the State House, and wo were not slow in accepting 

 the invitation. Started in our canoe again this afternoon on the 

 canal, where we passed numbers of steam barges, sloops and 

 schooners, besides many canal boats, all going either to or from New 

 York, We came across one bridge tender who refused to open the 

 bridge for us, but on showing our permit he soon came to terms, and 

 we passed on till near sundown, and went into camp at Rocky Hill. 



Aug. 12,— Although it was a pretty rough place we slept well and 

 felt ready for the day's paddling ahead of us. This morning we 

 started about seven o'clock and soon passed a number of boats, most 

 of them being schooners. After paddling a couple of hours we came 

 to the small city of IVUllstone, where we stopped for a few minutes, 

 drawmg quite a number of young men, who informed us that a 

 couple of canoeists had just passed. Leaving the town behind we 

 soon had the pleasure of meeting a canoeist and bis son from Pater- 

 son, and after passing an hour or two very agreeably with them we 

 passed on, as we wished to reach Perth Amboy by night. We soon 

 arrived at New Brunswick where we entered the Raritan River at 

 nearly low tide; after a hard paddle we reached what we thought a 

 good camping spot near Perth Amboy just as the tide began to flow. 



Aug. 13,— By the time daylight had put in its appearance we were 

 satisfied that the mosquitoes were more at home here than we were, 

 so left the place as soon as possible. We soon passed through 

 Raritan Bay with a strong breeze which filled our sail and laid our 

 boat well on her side, taking us up the Sound with flying colors, 

 entermg Elizabethport about 12 M., where we stopped for dinner, 

 after which we soon entered Newark Bay, hoping to pass through it 

 with the good breeze, but we wei-e disappointed, for as we passed 

 under the railroad bridge it began to blow a small gale and threatened 

 rain. 



We had gone hardly a mUe when we were stnick by a squall which 

 nearly swamped us, but we got before the wind and ran up on the 

 meadows, not stopping for anything, but jumping out over the deck 

 and hauling the canoe clear up out of the reach of the ivaves, which 

 were very rough. After spending a couple of hours very comfort- 

 ably sitting on our boat in a heavy thunder shower, we concluded to 

 try the waves again, as the wind bad gone down a little, and it had 

 stopped raining. At first the boat pounded considerably, but after 

 we had passed the lighthouse the wmd was more in our favor, and 

 we arrived in Newai-k aU safe, but very wet. We put our boat in a 

 boathouse and siarted off to find our friends, for we intended to 

 spend a few days in the city. 



Aug. 20,— After spending a very pleasant week in Newark we started 

 for home on Thuraday morning. Entering the Moms Canal through 

 the Deep Lock (near Center street) we passed under the market at 

 Broad street and stopped at the High street plane and had our permit 

 sealed and dated, then bidding good bye to some friends who had 

 come to see us oft", we soon left Newark behuid and after an hour and 

 a half of paddling we pass through one side of Bloomfleld. Stopping 

 a few minutes to fill our water vessel, we resume our paddling and 

 soon reach Paterson, where we replenished our larder and took dinner 

 just outside of the city. After stopping at Little Falls and viewing 

 the falls and .scenery, we got under way again. Reaching Boonton 

 quite late in the afternoon, we found a very nice spot to pitch our 

 tent near the town, and after supper Ave walked over to see the place, 

 which did not take very long. We were soon tired of it and went 

 back to camp. 



Aug. 31.— We awoke early in the morning to find the air cold and 

 damp, with indications of rain. After eating breakfast and pack 

 ing away our dunnage we proceeded toward home ana had no ad- 

 venture of note until we crosssed the plane east of Stanhope, and 

 broke our rudder, which we had to repair when we reached Stanhope. 

 After an hour's delay we were again on our way, not stoppmg-(ex. 

 cept for planes and locks) until we reached Haefcettstown, near where 

 we stop for the night. As it looked very much like rain we got out 

 o«r rubber blankets, thinking we would surely need tbenj before long, 



