FQKEST and stream. 



I^bb. 4, 1886. 



LATEEN RIGS FOR ICE BOATS. 



IN answer to inquiries concerning the lateen rig we republish a cut 

 of the rig as applied to a ca ooe, which first appeared In the 

 Forest and Stream of Aug. 7, 13SI. T ie shape of tne sail and 

 details of rigsiug can be applied to an Iceyacht as well as to a caao j 

 This rig. fitted by Captaiu George Price, of Boston, has two shear 

 legs, a a, hinged at the top. a yard, b, and ooom, c, united by a joint 

 at their fore ends. The halfi Wd d is made f tst to tne hook i. tn-n 

 leads through a block oa the yard, up over the sneave I and down 

 the s arboard leg. 



The boom is held down by a universal joint or link below the point 

 of suspension of tbeyard. so the sail swings freely, 



The topping lift', or lazv jacks, e, are made fast to the two 

 eyebolts. The sail is reefed by the lines g g, led through gromui^ts. 

 In a large rig the two sh*ar legs would fit in an iron cap, forged with 

 two sockets, the sheave. I and hook i. oeiug ret ained in their present 

 position but all being of iron. Two halliards would also bo used on a 

 long yard. 



THE! CRUISE OF THE BONITA. 



SUNDAY, Jan. 3 Bonita left Ohiucofeague, V*„ and went into 

 Watchepra rue Inlet at 1:3J P. Jl. Prom there we worked our 

 way down inside to rape Charles in very bid weather. Stopped at 

 the cape and got some line oysters and quahog*, lay oy Until 



Jan. 7. Sailed from back of the cape at 8:45 A. M. and arrived in 

 Norfolk at 11 P. M. Had very light wind from the N W. and when 

 we got over to Hampton Roads it came on calm with the ebb tide; we 

 could not make much headway, 

 Jan. 8. At the dock in Norfolk white frost and some ice, 

 Jan 9. Fortunately we lay in a good berth in Norfolk, the weather 

 very severe, making ice very fast, .he wind N.W. blowing a gale. 



Jan. 10. Left Norfolk ? A. M ; sailed up the Elizibetn River and 

 through the caual into the North Landing River; got through all 

 right and had but slight trouble from ice until we got on Black-water 

 Fbts at the head of Currituck Sound at 5 P. M. and here we are in for 

 it ifrozenin solid). 



Jan. lli. Still in the ice; weather warmer and ice breaking up some; 

 go ashore to exercise the dog and have some sporb witu her; when 

 , sailing she si s on the stem and watches the hirds that go by and 

 seems to sniff in disgust thit. we let good shots escape. 

 Jan 17. Broke the iee to the channel. 



Monday. Jan. 18. Bid good-bye to Bl ickwater Flats. The steamer 

 Orinda, of N. J., got up steam and backed down and took Bon'ta in 

 tow She steamed along • 'own Currituck Sound and had us into tat 

 short canal that connects Currituck Sound and North Rivpr. 



Jan. If, 1 o'clock A. M. The wind S E., fresh and rainy, we laid at 

 the bridge until 8 A. ft!., then went down North River. Orinda towed 

 us through Albemarle sound and Croat-m Sound by Roanoke marshes 

 and Cape Hatteras. At 4 P.M. we went into Pamlico Sound andarriv d 

 two miles northwest of the N. \V. Point Royal shoal at 11 P. M. We 

 tuen cast off from Oriuda. No wind, we rowed to the ligtit and 

 anchored at 1 :20 P. M. 



Jan, 20. 6:40 A. M„ had a goo 1 breeze from N.N.W. ; got under wav 

 and arrived at Harbor Island at 9:3 1 at the head of Cove Sound, N. C, 

 and arrived at Beaufort 4 P. M , wind fresu N.E. 



Jan. SI. We are having bad weather to-d*y, the wind S E. and 

 raining. It looks as though we should have to lay by two or three 

 days. They had a wreck here on the fl.h, a three-masted schooner 

 went ashore very near the Cap9 Lookout light; five or six men 

 drowned, onk oue saved to tell the sad story. They say hs hung to 

 the end of (lying jibboom 48 hours before obey got to him and fifty 

 men on the beach in sight of him picking up wreckage. 



CRUISE OF THE COOT. 



* *- . . k t^cr.- * 



IT was pa«t- noon before some matters of business bad been attended 

 to, wtiereupon the lines of the Ooot were cist off from the bulk- 

 head and the peak roused up for a drift up to the lock. The boat 

 could not be kept up to the light wind, but sagged broadside down 

 upon the bulkhead in spite of her board. For thi last hundred yards 

 she was shoved along by digging the b >at hook into the timber crib- 

 bing. The lock-tender opened the gates without a word, took my 

 line and mxde some cowhitehes about a post, anl then walked off to 

 his dinner. In due course of time the yacht got through. and sculled 

 up the artificial harbor to a berth near a small shipyard. A visit was 

 made to the office of the canal, where a pleasant young gentleman 

 was in charge. Through the pigeonhole he took the name, tonnage 

 and destination of the Coot, and handed out a receipt for $3 38, the 

 fee for passing through th? canal. This did not seem exorbitant, 

 considering the large number of locks and bridges and the attend- 

 ance at same. 



Tue official volunteered with noticeable alacrity to point out the 

 "team office," where animals for a tow were to be secured. I felt 

 like a fly in a spider's web. There seemed to. be a mutual understand- 

 ing between the two offices and I was to be the victim. A little 

 wooden box witii a very modest sign over the door held the monarch 

 of the mule path, to whom I applied for the needed assistance. It 

 required but one animal, I urged, the Coot was so small. But he 

 could nor, break up his teams, so he said. They were in gangs of 

 four, and I must pay for a whole gang. The expense would be §7. 

 the autocrat replied with a vacant gaze ahead, the same terms as 

 provided for a "chunker boat," and tie was pleased to offer me the 

 benefit of the lowest rate. This was very kind; but as loaded Erie 

 boats came through with only one pair of horses digging their hoofs 

 into the path, it seemed ludicrous to birch four prancing mules to a 

 little thing 1 could almost haul through myself; "'Ah, but would that 

 be allowed?" he queried. He knew better than I did whether it 

 would or not, and his cool demea-nor assured me there was no 

 escape from his clutches. Before giving in I sought out several 

 canal boats for a tow astern, but noueofthem volunteered for less 

 than $5, as they understood the situation quite well To sail through 

 •was against the regulations. So I pushed the money through the 

 hiclosure with whicn his majesty was hedged about to resist the 

 onslaught of fierce canallers, and in return receive I a formal receipt 

 with the assurance that the team would be on hand as soon as fed. 

 Of course, it was not. The aay was raw and damp, and it was any- 

 thing but agreeable waiting till late in the afternoon for the appear- 

 ance of four disconsolate but very knowing representatives of the 

 race limited to one generation. They stalked gravely across a bridge 

 and up the tow-path a few rods, when they halted and cast inquisi- 

 tive glances across the water. Tne driver followed in an old army 

 coat. Like the mules, he had uothmg to say. He was hailed twice, 

 then he made a tired motion and the Coot was sculled across to suit. 

 The line was no sooner hove ashore than it was hitched with a bowline 

 to a hook in the whiffle tree dan ling from the wheeler and the whule 

 four launched out with a wdl which would have parted the line like 

 a cord had I not sung out to the driver to ho<d on. When the mules 

 again made a break it was witb such a tush that the boat could not be 

 kept clear of the bank with the helm, but sheered in till she caromed 

 off after brushing along the inviting si oue f icing, which badlj scarred 

 thetopsides. The driver was sullen and did not care a rap for forci- 

 ble remonstrances. He had not received his customary half dollar, 

 and this was his way of making his wishes known. For a half mile 

 the canal is virtually a narrow harbor to the town of New Brunswick. 

 On one side the buildings stretch along, their yards coming down to 

 the bank. Wharves, basins and landings are numerous Many 

 schooners, barges and can iers of all descriptions loaa with the pro- 

 ducts of the city's varied manufactories. On the opposite side rises 

 the embankment which preserves the level of the canal considerably 

 above that of the river flowing turbulently beneath. Above the city 

 is the fi st or deep lock of the canal proper. Beyond this the water- 

 way contracts and assumes its artificial aspect. Before reaching this 

 lock the county and railroad bridges have io be passed under. The 

 Coot's mast obliged the attendants to open the draw, and i he first 

 structure was quickly left astern. But at the railroad bridge travel 

 was so incessant that we had to wait fifteen minutes before a chance 

 offered to swing the draw. Train followed train in such rapid suc- 

 ce-sion that it seemed marvellous so few accidents should happen, 

 with the roar of one scarce out of your ears before the advent of 

 another darting across your vision. Red flags were posted at the 

 ends of the bridge, and the heavy iron span opened. The mules were 

 whipped up and the Coot slipped through just as a passenger tram 

 came to a dead stop, warned by the red bit of bunting. 



There is more prose than poetry towing through a canal, and little 

 remains to be said beyond tne information already given. The dusk 

 of ihe evening was soon upon us. The mules kept stepping along at 

 regulation pace as they trod for perhaps the thousandth time the 

 path, every fcot of which tuey knew so well. The driver leaped upon 

 tne rear animal, pulled the cowl over his head, and I broke out my 

 oilskins, a nasty, cold drizzle making the prospects for the night very 

 unpleasant. The distance to the next lock was ten miles, and as there 

 was a "station" for man and beast at the lock, which we would not 

 reach before 7, 1 determined to tie up for the night. No green lantern 

 being on boas d, a white light was displayed after dark. It is not 

 difficult to shoot into the locks at uigut. They are all alike; their 

 white-painted caps and posis and the shape of the approaches being 

 guides which are easily discerned. But the weather was so raw (and 

 I had missed the noonday meal) that a stop was imperative. Teams 

 are changed at these "stations'" and a fresh driver taken on. A voiu 

 ble sou of Erin announced himself as m.y next companion. He found 

 the stove of the company's building so much pleasauter than t he idea 

 of setting forth through such a nignt, that he was relieved to fiud me 

 prepared to await the next day. The Coot pulled out to a cribbing, 

 the end of which afforded a turnout to avoid colliding with passing 



LATEEN RIGS FOR ICE BOATS. 



boats. Sbr> wis tied to the bank, an 1 after Suppar I turned in for a 

 good nights rest, which was appreciated after thcuousual work and 

 exposure of tne day. Several times the horns of canallers and dull 

 whistles of steam propellers brok-s uoon my senses, aid a vague fear 

 -eized me that the Coot might be ruu down or crushed by soma care- 

 less fellow. As a precaution I had one lantern burning on deck and 

 kept the cabin lamp bright all night. Nothing more serious took 

 place th in a slight chafing of paint against the bank in answer to the 

 s -veils of the steamers. Mooring lines must be made well fast iu a< 

 caaal, as the suction of pissing boats will drag the moored craft off 

 shore with considerable force. C. P. K. 



THE CRUISE OF THE PILGRIM.-VI. 



BIT. DR. W, H. WINSLOW. 



THERE is only one other of our num arous excursions that I will men - 

 tion. One morning. O. A. Pillsbury. editor of the Republican 

 Journal of Belfast. Me., R. G. Dyer, local editor, and G. H. Quimby, hu- 

 morist, better known as "Our George," came aboard the .yacht with 

 sundry fish lines, pipes and mystorious packages ana domiciled, as if 

 they were commencing camp meeting. Such an array of luggage 

 and talent h >d not honored the craft before, and I put on a regular 

 quartet -leek smile and immeuiatelv made out a man-of-war watch, 

 quarter and station bill to prevent them being too promiscuous. The 

 wind was blowing a moderate gale from tne N. W., and the day was 

 clear and pleasant. The anchor was soon away and catted, the sail 

 up and trimmed, and we flew down the bay at the rate of eight miles 

 an hour. Our George looked after the jib sheets, the Local steered, 

 the Editor in Chief smoked, and I took a position for once as a pass- 

 enger and greatly enjoyed it. Editor Pillsbury, a former writer for 

 the Forest and 'Stream, said in his journal; 



"It was a delightful sail do vn the nay Thursday. As we went-en, 

 the breeze freshened, ora-ving down over the Northporc and Lineolu- 

 ville hills in fierce gusts that sent the Pilgrim along with the Local at 

 the helm, at the best rate of speed she had ever shown. Two hours 

 after leaving Belfast, we wetv rairly abreast of Camden, and this was 

 certainly good work for a small craft. ***** 



"It was my first cruise in a cutter, and I very much doubt if a boat 

 of the same tonnage of any other other type wou'd have behaved as 

 well as did the Pilgrim, in a ten mile boat to windward, against a sea 

 into which she now and then ran her bowsprit. It was wonderful the 

 way she worked to windward, and. though her lee rail was under 

 water a good part of the time, she did not t.reak the water to any ex- 

 tent, or throw spray enough to wet those on board, whether they 

 were in the bow or cockpit " 



Mr. Dyer said: "At a rate of eight miles per hour, the Pilgrim sped 

 down the bay with the lee rail awash, the iv bite sails filling out with 

 the wind, the water clean cut, thrown off in rainbow tints from her 

 graceful botv, and the trembling tiller sending au exhilarating thrill 

 along the arm of the helmsman. Below Mark Island the wind died 

 out to a flat calm, leaving the yacht rolling and tossing one mile north 

 of the Drunkard Ledge. Before night a southwest win 1 sprung up 

 which again put life into tne gallant little vessel. We passed the Fid- 

 dler Ledge, off Crabtree Point, on our port hand, and ran for the 

 Sugar Loaves— three tocks that rise abruptly out of the water nearly 

 opposite Brown's Head light. Pausing Young's Point, we open up 

 the Thoroughfare (Fox Islands), one of the finest harbors on the 

 coast. * * * * * *-* * 



"Anchor was cast off Martin Hopkins cove, supper eaten, and then 

 three of the party re wed across to North Havea. * * * 



"The village of North Haven is at the northern side of the harbor and 

 is the second largest fishing port in Maine. Some Boston people have 

 bought land here and built a club house on the shore for summer use. 

 Friday morning a stiff southwest wind was blowing, and it was de- 

 cideu'to make Carver's Haroor, by the way of the eastern end <_f the 

 island. The Pilgrim swiftly passed through the eas'ern entrance by 

 the quarantine station upon Widow's Island, which building, by the 

 way, resembles a barn more than a hospital, aud then on to Stodd- 

 ard's Point, the easternmost part of the island. The wind came out 

 of Pleasant liiver in sharp squalls and the yacht buried her lee rail in 

 a manner that would have terrified tne uninitiated We now haul to 

 for Carver's Harbor. On our lee is Isle au Haut while to windward 

 and seaward are Brimstone and other islands. * * * 



"Our stop at Carver's Harbor was brief. * * * Weighing 

 anchor, we shaped our course for the open sea through Larey's 

 Island passage. Tne sail was delightful. Right here we wish to 

 speak ol the excellent survey and buoy system of the Government 

 for the protection of navigation. Every ledge and shoal is carefully 

 buoyed and numbered so that with a chart the stranger can sail 

 about with safety. * * * • ? „ t * D k 



"Camden was leached at nig.dfall. Here we remained until Sat- 

 urday morning, when sail was again made and the Pilgrim headed 

 for home. We reached Belfast at 1P.M. All were delighted with 

 the trip and unanimous in praise of the Pilgrim, which is one of the 

 ablest and best sailing boats in these waters." 



••Our George" has his say: "For a lew weeks before the Puritan 

 -Genesta race, there was sufficient interest evinced over it to have 

 paid the national debt, but now that the Yankee sJoop has not. only 

 taken the biscuit, but- the cup to keep it in, the interest has fallen orf 

 one or two per cent. Still yachting will always be popular and 

 people wuT go, some to enjoy it and other., to be made retched by it, 

 "A. yacht is a high-tonea pleasure boat with usually more 'git' to 

 her than to her plebeian sister, and like a piece of pie can be either 

 large or small. There are two requisites necessary for yachting. 

 The first is to have a friend who owns a yacht, aud the next is an in- 

 vitation to go with him. When Dr. Winslow came along and invited 

 me to go out in the Pilgrim for a few days' craise, I told him that I 

 bad been standing hat in hand for twenty-five years listening for an 

 invitation* and had about come to the cone usion tnat I was deaf, for 

 his was the first bid I had heard in all that time. He said he was to 

 have, the Editor and Local aboard, and, although he did not say it in 

 so many words, 1 gathered that he wanted mo to give a tone to the 

 thing— a sort of eciatasit were, aud likewise on stated occasion to 

 pull a rope, wield a can-opener, and hover like an angel of peace 

 over the coffee pot; in fact, to put myself where I coulu do the moat 

 good and be the least m the way. that's the kind of invitation I 

 like to make myself son of promiscuous and not engage as a 

 specialist. When I'm invited out to sit still and look pretty, I get 

 tired very quick. I never was intended for a piece of bric-a-brac. 



"The Pilgrim is about five tons. I don't know whether that means 

 that she weighs five tons or will carry five tons. I have been so busy 

 that I have only had time to read the preface to my nautical almanac, 

 and am not clear up iu nautical language. 



"The Pilgrim is a sloop and likewise a cutter. I can t tell you ex- 

 actly what a cutter is. A razor and a meat axe are cutters, but the 

 Pilgrim is neither a razor nor a meat axe. I thmk a cutter is rather 

 long legged in the water, has a deep cellar so to speak, and a straight 

 bow like a steam boat. * * , * . * * L . . 



••When we went on board, we found the Pdgnrn fastened to the 

 bottom of the harbor by a large iron hook attached to a piece of 

 rot)6. Capt. Winslow told me to maul the anchor short,' and for 



"I broke out the anchor and there never was a case of measles 

 that broke out as bard as that anchor did. I al-so weighed the an- 

 chor, but I have forgotten how mu^h it weighed; I should say a 

 thousand tons, more or less, and then 1 'catted it.' arid then I fondly 

 embraced the mast, and drew a cambric ba no kerchief from my star- 

 board pocket and gathered up the perspiration, which had oozed out 

 from m.y maintop, and was stnnding like spectators on my face to 

 see ub get under way. There was one of those Mini ao'itmBreha in- 

 side-out breezes, aud as the Pilgrim makes up her mind very quickly, 

 those on boaid are forced to do likewise. Her deck is flush and about 

 a foot and a half above water, when she isn't trying to dip her flag in 

 the brine. I have -een a 'flush deck' that yvas a good thing to hold 

 on to, but it wasn't a yacht's, and as she would lurch. I would in- 

 stinctively fee) my loes prabbirp for the inner sole of my boots, and 

 I would hug- the mast as it It were ray b- st girl. 



"After all the fuss and foolery of bidding the shore good-bye was 

 over, I went aft and sat down and proceeded to enjoy myself. I was 

 just getting used to it when the Pilgrim concluded* ro jib-, and, be- 

 lt re I had given my consent, the motion had been put and the vote 

 taken and the thing stood a lie, when the main-boom went over to 

 to the other side and caned if, and a fine looking gentleman of about 

 mysiz? came near endiug his yachting minus a head. L iter on I 

 learned that the main boom always ha^ the right of way on board a 

 yacht, and that it is useless to stand and argue with it. * * 



"When I was stationed as overseer to clear the jib sheets, I learned 

 what the word busy meant. I never before knew that a piece of rope 

 was endowed with intelligence 1 always looked at it as an inan- 

 imate object, but when I would go forward that particular bit of t ope 

 would be lying there as peaceful as a plaster of Paris Sammy at 

 prayer, when, all of a sudden, it would make a spring' aud one or 

 two turns around my port lez and hu^ry me across ihe deck at 

 a speed that my years do not usually allow me to attain, and 1 would 

 find myself about to go ovu the si le. when it would let go my leg and 

 lay out on the deck as still as if it had not n.oved since I came on 

 board. 



"The Pilgnm is as staunch as any of its old namesakes, ami she can 

 sail anywhere you point her. if there is a breeze. Site will sail close 

 up to the wind and a little the other side of it it anything, aud, when 

 there was a spanking breeze, she would put her lee rail untie so that 

 everything would be under ivatpr but her keel, and you could walk 

 around on the side of the cabin and hang your hat on the floor. Any- 

 body who does not enjoy tne water don't want to strike up a friend- 

 ship with a yacht, for it is strictly a w ater bird, but, if one noes i njoy 

 being on the water, and has a stoina:h fhat is not Jiible to - mutiny 

 and get the owner into trouble, there are few sports more enjoyable. 



* * * It is a sort of sport where there does not seem tu be any 

 work, and, yet, after sailing all day with a good breeze, you feel at 

 night as if you had wheeled Jumbo up Mt. Washington, but you are 

 all ready the next day for another dose." 



I think that does up the excursion very well and will only say. 

 tint the event was oue of the most enjoyable of the whole summer, 

 and the cruising watt rs. wild and pi tth esque shot e lines, and snug, 

 safe harbors at convenient ui«tancea apart unite to make this portion 

 of the bay a most delightful pla..'e for weeks of pleasant yachting. 



Another memorable trip <d a day was made with three old sea cap- 

 tains of advanced age and rich experience. Two of them had been 

 captains of ships for years in the China trade, aud one had just re- 

 turned with his fruiter from Smyrua. I got them to test the laying 

 powers of the yacht, and we deci ted that she lay within imree points 

 of the wmd, and she headed exactly sis pohts apart upon different 

 tacks. The Pilgrim was a ram auis to ihes> gentlemen, and they 

 only suggested that it would be more convenient to have the cockpit 

 a little larger; but the stories they told were salty and will keep for 

 a long time. I noticed somebody's nails w ere i earing up the deck 

 and took hold of. Captain Conant's leg and turned up his boot. I saw 

 his boot heels were doing the n ischief and called his attention to it. 

 He excused himself, laughed heartily, and said, "H-nv many times I 

 have turned up the sailors' feet at sea for just the same cause." 



Capt. Wordeu spent consideranle time below, reclining on the cush- 

 ions and smoking, as he was not well, but he was always ready 

 when his turn came to tell a story. Here is one of them: "Two 

 ships were racing home from Hong Kong aud kept along side 

 by side for a week, and no amount of trimming and watching gave 

 either the advantage, both being on the port tack, close hauled. At 

 lust the Boston captain had his yards braiiejd in about two point<; he 

 immediately began to go ahead of his rival, aud arrived home several 

 days in advance. You can make more on the wind by not bracing 

 too shat p up." said the captain. 



Capt. McDonald told how not having a barometer aboard saved his 

 vessel, auu how with a barometer oue was lost. "The two vessels 

 were in company, bouud in to Boston. It began to blow and he kept on 

 all «ail, not suspecting any severe weather was coming, and drove his 

 craft, and when the gale did come off shore, he was able to reach 

 Provincetown and to eet to anchor before- dark. The other vessel 

 had a barometer and as it was falling rapidly, the can ious captain ran 

 up under Cape Cod, took in his lieht sails and reefed down close. 

 Then he kept on at an easy jog, but he had lost valuable tune and day 

 light. The gale caught bim. nrove him off shore, and the vessel 

 foundered with all on hoard. It is jusr as well sometimes not to pay 

 too much attention to the oarometer." said the captain 



This reminded me of the Signal Service warnings aud the fisher- 

 men's sun-dog the day I left Booth Bay. Our journalists called this 

 trip "The Cruise of the Royal Tars." 



THE CRUISE OF THE ZIMMERMAN. 

 ' 'tTURRY up, boys!" This was the skipDer's first order, which was 

 XL promptly obeyed. Water, wood, c al, -malt boat s, sea s ores, 

 oil-kins, gum boots, shore toggery, etc . had been properly stored, 

 and we were waiting for Morris Clark aud tus usual home made loaf. 

 That worthy put in an appearance just as the yacht sailed down 

 stream, and with a fresh southerly breeze we bade our frv.mds good 

 by. The night was dark aud rainy, wind fresh tnng aud hauling to 

 tftp eastward. Off Oldman's Point a "heavy one' struck _ the y tcbt, 

 the cook stuck his feet out of th- comp uuon way. reporting that the 

 ship was upsi le down. As that important functionary was landing 

 ou his head, argument was not admissible. Directly another "hard 

 one" jumped in; tbem-ite, who was lifting the jib at the time, was 

 literaby floated into a horizontal position. The leeward water barrel 

 went overboard, crushing down the staving on that side, nd every- 

 thing to starboard left us. By request of the cook, we stopped tor 

 the night. As an honest recorder of fa6tft, 1 must say tins little 

 episode was the result of Clark's practical joke. He s a nad on, al- 

 ways on the alert for a little exiting fun. Our yacht is a center- 

 board sloop. 3H't. over alb 27ft. loadline, lift, beam and &>t Km dralt. 

 Two water barrels are on a (lush deck art of the cabin, and when the 

 yacht cauted to an excessive ansle, of heel, the weight of water so 

 high could not be kept iu position, though carefully lashed m the 



Cl Next'day was foggy. Beat down to deep water point, where we 

 fell in with the steam yacut Comet at anchor; L.r. Wdett; and fiends 

 iust returned from atrip South, and bound to New York and Long 

 Isiaud Sound, Went on board aud had a good time. When abreast 

 of Fort Delaware wind suddenly shifted to northwest, blowing hard, 

 came to, ship rolling badly, and anchor light dancing a jig. Morning 



