Feb. 9, 1888.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



' SPRINGFIELD, N. J„ Feb. 5,— Union Gun Club's second 

 monthly badge match, 35 Lockport bats, 3 traps, ISyds. rise, 

 N. G. A. rules, 7 prizes: 



ED Miller 1111111.111111111111111111-55 



J m Roil i ioi iui m u 1 1 m u 1 1 oioi —21 



C H Johnson, .Ir 1101011101110111111111111—31 



Fnuik Dunicau KM mill II 101001 1 1 mi 1 



H R B renin all 0111101111111111111111111-3:1 



Will Wade 1101011010101111101001001-15 



W Sopher 1 1111101 1111 1 1001 1111 1100-30 



Conover 1111011(111111 '11111101111 -"33 



W R Williams 1110100111111111111111111-33 



GPudnev 1111101 1 miOlO'Himilli -31 



R Morrison ..111011000)111111111111111-31 



I Bryant 1 1 1 1011 1111 1 1 1 101010011 1 0-1 



E Sickle v .,111111 111111111 llllUtl 101-34 



Zip Sayre 1111 1 11 1111 1111111 1 1 10111 -34 



W Hames 111011 lOUlUllOI 1010101-18 



First prize, diamond badge to IS. D. Miller, second, twice, with 

 35 straignt on each shoot. Ties on 34 for second at. 5 birds. 18yda.: 

 Elmer Siekley.. 11101— I Zip Sayre. .11111— 5: gold badge. H. R. 

 Brentnall third, silver badge. Ties on 32 for fourth at 5 birds, 

 18yds.: Conover. .1111 1—5 W. R. Williams. .11001— 3 ; corduroy 

 hunting coat. Ties on 31: 



CHJohnsou 10111 .11111 11111 11111 11111-10 



GPudney 11110 11111 11111 11111 11011— IS 



Roll 4, Duncan 3; Johnson took fifth, a gun case, W. Sopher took 

 sixth, corduroy pants. Joe Bryant, seventh, canvas hunting coat, 

 (leneral sweepstake shooting the romaindor of the afternoon, in 

 which several straight scores were made. Mr. Zip Sayre, the 

 eagle hunter of Eagle Mountain, surprised himself as well as the 

 members of the club with his remarkable shooting, attributed, he 

 says, to his new gun, and the nerve and courage he acquired 

 while hunting panthers in the Pennsylvania woorN last, fall. 

 Next shoot, March 5. 



NEWARK, Feb. 4— No weather that, e vor comes to New Jersey is 

 nasty enough to stop the old timers from shooting pigeon matches. 

 At Erb's grounds today the drizzling rain froze on the coats, 

 hate and guns of the gunners, the hair of the two setters that re- 

 trieved the birds was covered with ice and the ground was as 

 slippery as a skating pond. The main match was between Sam 

 Castles, Newark's veteran, and Henry Siegler, who for t wenty 

 years has been considered the best shot in Montolair. They had 

 $50 apiece staked upon a SB-bird match, at 80yds., under Hnrliug- 

 liiim rules, aud a lot of their friends gathered to witness the sport.. 

 The shooting was not np to the average of either of the men, but 

 it was good under the circumstances. The score: 



Castles 1010311311 103110111101011 — lit 



Siegler 3231 U 301 1 01 00110121 321 101- 18 



Turee 5-hird sweepstakes were shot with Class, Castles, Siegler, 

 Youmans, Earls, Reinhart and other local cracks in them. 



Feb. Frank Class, of Pine Brook, N. J., and James Thomp- 

 son, of Yonkers, N. Y., shot a pigeon match at 100 birds each at 

 Ern's grounds, this afternoon for $200 a side, Hurlingham rules. 

 Class killed 81 birds out of the 100, having outshot Thompson on 

 the 87th bird and continuing the shooting for a record. The score 

 was as follows: 



Thompson 233012020101110321 101 2201 11311 31 201 01 32 10011112101 



111212011031223230131 111111 2010121300-68 



Class ll1l3(Xi220ll2021222212l01.300ll 11112121031111122111 



2121322m 121 0221 13111111111111111211111 1111121111-01 

 The shooting was fine, in view of the excellence of the birds and 

 the fact, chat the field was covered with snow, against which the 

 white birds could scarcely be seen. Thompson was not satisfied 

 with the result and immediately made another match on the 

 same conditions. It will be shot during the month at Yonkers. 



GRAHAM AND BOGARDUS.— Wm. Graham, the English 

 shot, writes from Morchantville, N. J., saying: "As 1 sec in some 

 of the papers erroneous reports of the match between myself find 

 Mis:- Anuie Oakley, which took place at the Eas ton Gun Club 

 grounds on Monday, 1 take the liberty of writing just what took 

 place. It was this: Onr match, originally made ro be shot at 80 

 live birds each, myself at 30yds. nso and Miss Oakley at 25, w as 

 curtailed owing to scarcity of birds to 12 live pigeons each, and 

 the result of it was a dead heat, each killing 11 out of t he 13. We 

 also shot, at 13 clay-birds each, in which Miss Oakley won, break- 

 ing all her clays to my 8." A shoot wall take place at Merchant- 

 viHe, N. J., on Saturday, Feb. 11 betweeu Cant. A. H. Bogardus, 

 William Graham and J. Frank Kleinz. WT J. Mitchell, of Vir- 

 ginia was to enter, but on account of unexpected busimss was 

 compelled to withdraw. The above shoot is a sweepstake at 

 Hurlingham rules, 80yds., 5 traps and 50 birds each, for $100 a man, 

 highest, score to take all the cash. Capt. A. H. Bogardus writes 

 that his sou and self expect to arrive in Philadelphia on the 8th 

 inst., as he has an engagement, with his son at Boston, commenc- 

 ing on the 13th. 



WELLINGTON. Feb. 4.— To-day has been a busy one for the 

 trappers of the Wellington Gun Club, they beiug kept constantly 

 at work from 1 to 5 P. M., C. B. Sanborn was the winner. In the 

 merchandise match at 2* bird, Scott and Garfield scored a point 

 for first with 17 broken birds: McCoy and Bert a point each for 

 second with 10; Schaefer. Stanton, Bond, Bill, .Swift aud Niehols 

 one each for third with 15; C. B, Sanborn and Chase one each for 

 fourth with 14; Phelps and Edwards one each for fifth with. 13; 

 Curtis and Moore one each for sixth with 13; Baxter and Stanley 

 one each for seventh with 11; Snow, Brown, Colony and Brad- 

 street one each for eighth with 10. The winners of other events 

 were: Six pigeons. Stanley; six blue rocks. Bill. Bond and Snow; 

 six pigeons, Bill; six blue rocks, Schaefer; six pigeons, Green, 

 Bond and Scott; ten blue rocks, McCoy and Bert- six pigeons, Bill 

 and Scott; ten pigeons, Swift; six blue rocks, Bert and Bill; six 

 pigeons, Scott. 



MONTE CARLO SCORES.— Letters from the Mediterranean 

 tell of the opening of the ereat international pigeon shooting 

 week, on the 10th ult., tne nght from the start was between the 

 Italian and English shooters. The first event, the Poule d'Essai, 

 was won by Sig. L. Garoli, with a score of 14 killed. Conditions, 

 3 birds each at 34 , 36 aud 37 metres; ties, miss and out at 28 metres. 

 Nine, out of 58 shooters tied at 6 birds; 5 missed their seventh, and 

 the final result was that Sig. Garoli took first prize with 14 birds, 

 Mr. Cobb second prize with 13, Mr. Suteliffe third prize with 12, 

 aud Sig. Cortese the fourth with 8. The second event was the 

 Prix d'Overture, at 5 birds, 25 metres, 3 misses out. It had si 

 entries and (58 shooters. The final result was the success of Sig. 

 Guidicini, who killed 10 straight, taking first prize, M. d'Orlodot 

 second. Mr. Bertram third and Mr. Marlesford fourth. Last year 

 Mr. Murphy, the New Jersey amateur, was at Monaco, but. failed 

 to win any of the big prizes. He won sevoral matches and one of 

 big prizes at Cannes. 



CAPT. BREWER.— A pigeoi? tournament took place at the 

 Marquis of Ailesbury's private grounds, the Hatch, uear Surrey 

 Hall, Windsor, on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Tne most important event 

 was a match between Mr. VY. H. Parsons and Capt. Brewer, the 

 American shot, to shoot at 100 birds, 35yds. rise, Mr. A. Ball laying 

 £150 to $100 on the American. A start was vade with 10 birds 

 each, the American killing 8 out of 10, while his opponent only 

 brought down 8 out of his first 10. The next 10 Brewer killed 8 and 

 Parsons 4, The third 10 Brewer killed 6 and Parsons 5. The 

 fourth 10 Brewer brought down 8, while his antagonist only killed 



thus Capt, Brewer won easily. He had 81. birds to his score 

 against 19. 



NEW DORP, S, I., Feb. 3.-The New Dorp Gun Club held its 

 monthly shooting match to-day, for a gold medal. H. S. Levant! 

 won the medal by shooting 5 out of birds at 21yds. rise. S. Hur- 

 bank won the second prize by killing 4 out of 6 birds. 



NOTES— James . Pilkington, the Harlem oarsman, and David 

 Sheppard, of Newark, will shoot to-day at Erb's grounds in New- 

 ark, Loug Island clubs will govern the contest The shooting 



match between the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard 

 teams will not take place until April. 



ATLANTIC AMMUNITION TOURNAMENT. -In list of prize 

 moneys given last week, the 30 per cent, should have been given 

 to third highest score. 



fachting. 



Small Yachts. By C. P, Kunhardt, Price .3?. steam Yachts and 

 Launches, By C. P. Kunhardt. Price $3. Yachts, Boats and 

 Canoes. By C. Stamticld-Hichs, Price $3.5u. Steam Machinery, .% 

 Donaldson, Price $l.f> 0. 



THE NEW SECOND CLASS YACHT,— The action of the 

 New York Y. C. in rejecting the proposed classification retains 

 the limit of the second class at 73ft., and Mr, Auchincloss's 

 new yacht will be designed to come inside this class. She will be 

 of steel, 69ft. 6in. l.w.L, 20ft. beam, 9ft. draft, with lead in a trough 

 keel and a centerboard. She will be built in New York from Mr. 

 A, Gary Smith's designs, 



FIXTURES. 



.Tttre. 



10. Cor. Mavblchead Pennant, 33. Hull, Hull Pennaut. 



21. New York, N. Y. Annual. 30. Cor. Marblehead, 1st Cham. 

 July. 



4. Beverly, Mon. Beach Cham. 21. Cor. Marblehead, 2d Cham. 

 7. Beverly, Swampscntt Cham. 31. Beverly, Mon. Beach 3d Open 

 7. Cor. Marblehead, Club. 38. Cor. Marblehead, Ladies' 



7. Hull. Club Cruise. Race. 



14. Beverly, Marblehead, Open 28. Hull, Hull Regatta. 



Sweep. 38. Beverly, Mon. Beach Cham. 



14, Hull, Hull 1st Cham. 



A.UOCST. 



1. Hull, Hull Ladies' Day. U. Cor. Marblehead, Open. 



4. Hull, Hall 3d Championship. 18. Cor. Marblehead, Cup Race. 



4. Beverly, Nahant, 3d Cham. 25. Beverly, Marblehead, Open. 



11. Beverly, Mon. Beach Cham. 35. Hull, Hull Open Race. 



SEFTF.MUrct?. 



3. Beverly, Marblehead Cham, IS. Beverly, Mon. Beach, Open 

 3. Cor. Marblehead Cham. Sweep. 



8. Cor. Marblehead, Sail Off. 



A WINTER CRUISE IN THE SOUTH. 



WINTER cruising over the regular yachting grounds, from 

 New York to Mount Desert, is apt 1,0 be pretty rough work, 

 with more hardship than pleasure for the largest and best 

 equipped craft; but for those who ha ve, the time a vast expanse 

 of water is open to the south for all yachts of moderate draft, 

 and each year more are see'n in the bays and .sounds of the Caro- 

 lina coast. The following cruise in these waters was made in the 

 Monarch, of the (maker City Y. C„ a sloop 55ft. over all, 15^ft. 

 beam, 4ft. flin. draft— an able sea boat, and speedy, as her log will 

 show. Her cabin is 15x13 and she has two staterooms 9x7 each, 

 one of which is used as a galley, head room 6ft. Gin., largo fore- 

 castle; and having no cockpit there is plenty of stowage room a ft. 

 She carries two men before the mast. 



We left Philadelphia on Dee. 10, at 5:311 P. M., having a crew of 

 live in the cabin, in a light fog, which soon closed in heavy, oblig- 

 ing us to anchor oil Kaiulm's Point, after making but 3 miles. 

 The fog lifted Sunday about! noon, so we made sail, but, it closed 

 in heavy again almost at once. Knowing the ground thoroughly, 

 howerer, we worked in to the cove, and, keeping leadline going, 

 drifted slowly down until olT Red Bank, where to avoid drifting 

 iuto the eastern channel, dropped anchor. Took bottom slightly 

 t wice but, came off easily; logged (1 miles. 



Made sail Monday at 7 A. M., fresh SAY. wind blowing, tide 

 against us; passed Billingsport at 8 A. M., aud Thompson's Point 

 10 A. M.; wind lighter, but at noon off Chester came out of the 

 west in strong pull's, obliging us to turn in reef in mainsail, and 

 sending is down to Delaware City in a. hurry. Passed everything 

 under sail and dropped anchor off locks of Delaware and Chesa- 

 peake canal at 2:30. Wind beiug straight out of the locks, took 

 tugboat into lock, paid caual fees, lowing 25-ton vessel $4, lockage 

 $3.25; by use of a little judicious "grease" our driver was induced 

 to tow us through to Chesapeake City, 14 miles, the end of the 

 canal, in 3?4 hours, nearly 4 miles an hour: this was said to ha ve 

 nearly beaten the record for speed. 



At Chesapeake City two of our friends, Arbelo and Barth, wero 

 compelled to leave us, returning via Eriocson line steamer. Dis- 

 tance loggeu under sail 83 knots, by team 14 knots. 



At 7 A. M. Tuesday the canal tug took us in tow behind two 

 schooners, and towed us out of Black Creek six miles. Charge of 

 towage, $1.25. Made sail down Elk River, wind light S.W.; ther- 

 mometer 43°. Passed Turkey Point out iuto the. Chesapeake Bay 

 at noon; wind fell to a zephyr, so took yawl boat aud shot eleven 

 ducks for supper, only one biuebill, the ot tiers were "old grannies" 

 and rather tough fare. Passed Pool's Island at U P. M., wind 

 south, light; thermometer 37". At midnight wind freshened and 

 came out S. W., and we made good time, anchoring off mouth of 

 Patapsco River at 3:30. Logged, by tug 6 knots, under sail 86 

 knots. 



Wednesday morning made sail 6 A. M.; no wind. Sculled into 

 channel to get advantage of flood tide. At 1 P. M. wind came out 



5. E., light; thermometer 53°. .Shot six ducks while waiting for 

 the wind. Dropped anchor at Ferry Bar, Baltimore, at 3.15. 

 Logged 14 knots. Here Martin and Yanscirer were compelled to 

 leave, so we all returned to Philadelphia by rail. 



Saturday, Dec. 17, returned from Philadelphia and came aboard 

 at 6 P. M. A heavy snow storm had set in at 3 P. M., entirely 

 stoppiug street car traffic in Baltimore, and 1 was compelled to 

 take a, hack to reach the yacht. When 1 got aboard there was 

 12in. of snow on deck, which made things warm and comfortable 

 below. 



Sunday, cleared deck for action; wind heavy from west; ther- 

 mometer 32". Made sail at 10:30; passed out of Patapsco River at 

 noon: ran into West River at 2:30. and anchored off Turkey Point 

 in a fleet of twenty pungies, and alongside of Maryland pol 

 boat, which the next night, had a light with oyster pirates and 

 was badly whipped. Logged 32 knots in four hours' sailing. 



Made sail Monday morning 7 A. M. with the fleet of pungies, 

 wind light from southwest, thermometer 34°, had a scrub race 

 with the. pungies and passed the last one before 8:30. Wind came 

 out heavy from west at noon and for two hours we logged 11 knots 

 an hour, which in our section is called fast traveling; crossed 

 mouth of Potomac River at 1 P.M., a very heavy sea running, 

 boatmen told us that a long roll could always be counted on off 

 the Potomac, and we found it so. Many of the swells being from 

 5 to 6ft. from hollow to crest. At 2 P. M. the wind fell light from 

 southwest, breezing up again at 7 A. M. f rom the west, falling 

 light again from southwest about 8 P. M. Dropped anchor at 9:30 

 inside the mouth of the Piankatauk River. This is one of the 

 most perfect harbors for small craft I have ever seen, being com- 

 pletely landlocked within a half mile from the bar. The channel 

 is crooked, but this adds to the value of the anchorage, the shoals 

 breaking up the swell. There is no railroad communication with 

 any of the shore towns, consequently all traffic is carried on by 

 means of the water; one result, of this being that the ha v is at all 

 times doited over with small craft. No belter yachting water 

 could be devised; harbors being plentiful and easily entered: 

 while wind is plenty, water salt and plenty of it, and no shoals to 

 bother anything drawing less than 9 to 10ft , well lighted and 

 buoyed and plenty of company in sight at all times. Couple this 

 with pleasant, hospitable people on shore, and no eastern water 

 can compare with it. Logged for the day 100 knots in 14J4 hours. 



Made sail Tuesday morning 8 A. M., wind light northeast, so 

 that we made only a mile an hour for the first 3 hours, thermome- 

 ter 38°. 



As we drifted out of the harbor a small fleet of oyster tongers 

 were working in. One man hailed us, and ascertaining our home 

 port, asked alter several of our yachtsmen, having been employed 

 on a Philadelphia yacht. He. told us the tongers were coming in 

 as a heavy storm was impending, and advised us to work into the 

 next harbor. Having faith, however, in our yacht, which has 

 never yet failed us, we kept her head at it. Sure enough, at 11. 

 A. M. a heavy sea, began to roll in, followed shortly after bv wind 

 from S.E., the barometer falling from 30.20 to 29.5X1 inside of an 

 hour. Rain set in shortly after the wind; turned in a reef in the 

 mainsail shortly before noon, but findiug we were getting to lee- 

 ward of York Spit, light, which it was absolutely necessary for us 

 to weatheT, we were compelled to put whole sail on her again, a 

 nasty proceeding, as every sea was washing us, and the spray was 

 striking the mainsail 10ft. above the steersman's head. We 

 lashed our boats securely and put on the covers, without which 

 we should surely have lost them, as every large sea washed com- 

 pletely over them, but the covers kept the seas off. 



As we passed the light we created some commotion, both of the 

 keepers coming out to see us and waving their hands to indicate 

 that we were to run into York River for a harbor, but as Norfolk 

 was our destination, and our mettle was up, we kept going after 

 turning in two reefs. We passed Old Point Comfort at 2 P. M., 

 after which the wind fell light and fitful, we being under the land, 

 and shortly after a tug bound in called for our line and towed us 

 into Norfolk, for which the captain refused all compensation, 

 saying he was under charter, and seeing the way we traveled 

 down the bay, thought we needed a little rest. Logged 35 miles. 

 The usual and best yacht anchorage in Norfolk is on the flats on 

 the Portsmouth side of the river opposite West, Main street, Nor- 

 folk, where the bay line and river steamers land; it is immed- 

 iately above the Naval Hospital. 



Herewc took train for Philadelphia to spend the holidays. I 

 cannot refrain from adding here my testimonial to the friendli- 

 ness and hospitality of every one wo met after leaving Baltimore. 

 Any request was attended to at once, evon when at a personal in- 

 convenience, and this lias been my experience all through this 

 section. 



Thursday, Jan. 5, I again arrived in Norfolk via Bay Line 

 steamer Georgia, one of the finest craft it has ever been my pleas? 

 tire to travel on. 1 was accompanied by my wife and baby and 

 two of my wife's young lady friends. Alter laying in stores aud 

 having a second stove put in the cabin for the baby's sake, made 

 , sail Friday, Jan. 6, at 4 P. M„ and ran np the river to a mile above 

 the Navy Yard. None of the party were at all inclined to super r 

 I stition or we should have waited until the morning before start- 

 I ipg. One of the sights on the Elizabeth River, as well as all 



through this section, is the large number of small craft from 20 to 

 50ft., engaged in trade— oysters, fish, cordwood, etc., as well as 

 bringing produce from the farm. In a section where railroads 

 arc so few and their accommodations so inferior, the people have 

 become accustomed to depend upon the water for transportation. 

 Consequently, everv farm has, as part of its equipment, the inev- 

 itable sharpie, or flattie, as the sharp-bow scow is called. 



At the Navy Yard preparations were being made for laying the 

 keel of the new man-of-war which is to be built there, so that the 

 yard had a busy appearance. In the stream was moored the 

 large man-of-war Franklin, while the Saratoga and several 

 smaller iron vessels were lying at the dock. The handsome new 

 (lag of the Quaker City Y. C. attracted some attention. It is a 

 pointed white flag, with a red keystone upon it, and is easily dis- 

 tinguished at a loug distance. An officer with a flag book in his 

 hand, after apparently failing to find it represented, bailed us and 

 asked what club it indicated, when we informed him of its having 

 only been adopted recently. 



Saturday we made saw at 8 A. M., hut took bottom in a sharp 

 bend in the channel about two miles below the mouth of the Dis- 

 mal Swamp canal, ran the anchor and warped off by 11 A. M. and 

 passed canal entrance at noon and through the drawbridge at 

 12:30 and took bottom again two miles above at 1 P. M. The chan- 

 nel is very crooked, and without a pilot it is almost impossible to 

 avoid getting aground. Very few vessels attempt to sail up the 

 river, as there is but 7VSft. in the best water. Warped off again 

 and made Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal lock at 4 P. M. This 

 canal, is but H% miles long, and has but the one lock, a tide lock, 

 at the western end. It has no tow path, and you must get through 

 the best way you can. I believe that the caual company main- 

 la ins the short, canal connecting Currituck Sound and North 

 River, and also the dredged channels in Currituck Sound and 

 North Landing River, although no charge is made for using them. 

 The caual charges for a 25-ton sloop were $5.75. There being no 

 tugboat at the canal lock, wo hoisted sail, having a westerly 

 wind and the course of the canal being east and west, and made 

 the first, four miles in short order, when the wind fell. The canal 

 is cut through a dense cypress swamp, almost impenetrable, and 

 is so full of malaria that it would have been uninhabitable even if 

 if was easy of access. The bottom of the canal is hard sand, and 

 the channel is 7V£ft. deep. The sand dug out to make the canal is 

 thrown on the sides from 15 to 30ft. high. When the wind fell it 

 left us with a, prospect of lying in the swamp all night; the air 

 was already heavy and damp, and had a peculiar effect which 

 went at once to my old rheumatic spots with a warning which 

 made me exceedingly anxious to "move on." 



Fortunately at this point two tugs came through, one of them 

 called to us to "heave him our line," and when we asked how 

 much he would charge, said he was only going to North Landing 

 River, and as we would make him steer easier in the shallow 

 water he would not take anything but our thanks, which were at 

 once tendered in advance. 



As we passed out of the canal he passed our line to the other 

 tug, who, for S3, towed us forty miles down North Landing River, 

 across Currituck Sound, and down North River to oft Broad 

 Creek, two miles from the mouth, the ordinary charge for this 

 service should be about $10, but yachts can occasionally get tugs 

 going down light, which will tow to aid them in steering. ' Logged 

 by sail, twenty knots, by steam, forty-four knots. 



This entire distance, forty miles, is through cypress swamps 

 and pine l imber lands, and almost entirely uninhabited, and ap- 

 parently to a Northern man, not worth populating. At one time 

 the Sound and both rivers were full of native oysters, but now, 

 through the closing of the inlets into the northern part of the 

 sound, the water is fresh and the oysters were killed off. The fish 

 industry is the mainstay of the few people residing hero, and car 

 loads of fish are shipped daily from all parts of the Sound. 



Further in the interior the lumber interest is the most import- 

 ant, about a dozen large rafts a day being towed through the 

 canal to the large sawmills on the Elizabeth River. At Edenton, 

 at the head of Albemarle hound, the largest seine in the world is 

 used in shad fishing— two steamboats being used to drop the seine 

 while two steam engines on shore are used to wind it in. The 

 bight, of the seine is brought on to a platform about 100ft. long, 

 wnero the shad are picked out by the colored people employed for 

 that purpose, packed in ice, and at once shipped to the Northern 

 cities. The less valuable fish are then scooped out and properly 

 disposed of. It. is nothing unusual for this seine to bring in from 

 5,000 to 6,000 shad at a haul. 



We made sail Sunday mornig at 11 A. M„ wind W„ quite fresh, 

 thermometer 65°. Shortly before noon passed into Albemarle 

 Sound, when the wind fell light. There was a long heavy roll on, 

 which inconvenienced the ladies somewhat; but the wind fresh- 

 ening we passed into Croatan Sound at 3:30 P.M. aud reached 

 Roanoke Meadows at 4:30. There is no harbor in Croatan Sound 

 for vessels drawing over 4ft, of water, but the thoroughfare in 

 Roanoke, although marked on the. chart as ha ving ouly 3ft. at 

 its lower entrance, can be entered by exercising care with vessels 

 drawing 5ft. We took the chances, as a northeast storm was 

 brewing and we preferred being landlocked, and although graz- 

 ing bottom slightly, easily slid over. Logged 34 miles. 



There were about fifty fishermen's huts here, but the only signs 

 of life were a cat ;md a pig. In the morning, however, the fisher- 

 men showed up; they reside on Roanoke Island and cross the. 

 Sound twice a day. A few pound nets were in the water, which 

 the owners attended to, while others repaired the huts. The season 

 is not yet. open, and I am informed that in the heighth of it about 

 fifty small boats are employed attending the pounds. About 8 P.M. 

 a loud moan, increasing to almost a howl, quickly brought us on 

 deck, thanking our stars we were in a snug harbor, for the storm 

 was there, a howling northeaster. It kept it up all night and next 

 day, although the rain began to fall in the morning, which stilled 

 the wind somewhat. 



Monday we lay at anchor all day, visited the fishermen, who 

 wore mostly intelligent and pleasant mannered people. They 

 gave us considerable information about harbors shoals, etc. .which 

 led us into slight trouble further on. 



Tuesday being stiU stormy we laid at anchor until 11 A. M., 

 when we made sail with a strong northwest wind after us, which 

 changed in the afternoon to light west. At 3:30 we were laying 

 .straight for Gibb's Shoal; the fisherman had told ns that there 

 was a slue about 50yds. from shore which we could get through, 

 The wind being very light and off shore, and the bnov three miles 

 out to sea, we tried for the slue and brought, up standing, got, out 

 yawl boat and sounded and found best water in the slue 3ft„ so 

 backed sails and came off without much trouble and sailed out 

 and around the buoy, then ran in and dropped anchor in Middle- 

 ton anchorage. This is a roadstead protected from the sea by 

 two shoals to the north and south. There is no protection from 

 the southeast, however, and we will not anchor there again. 

 Logged 30 knots. 



Wednesday morning took the yawl and giu and rowed to Mid* 

 dleton, % mile up the Middle. I reek, This creek has only 18in, of 

 water, although our friends the fishermen assured us we could get 

 into the creek for a harbor, Middleton has about 25 inhabitants 

 and is the only town on the south between Norfolk and Newbeme, 

 N. C. It is the shipping point for Hyde County, although every, 

 thing must be lightered in skiffs. It is 85 miles from the nearest 

 railroad, and is about the most desolate place imaginable. At the 

 store where we went to replenish some of our stores, we asked for 

 bread and were shown crackers, ginger cakes, etc,, and when 

 after considerable trouble we managed to make it understood 

 that we wanted white wheat bread, we were informed that no. 

 body down that way eat white bread, Wheat flour was also an 

 unknown commodity. Meat, eggs and butter were cheap hut 

 poor. Oysters were 50 cents a bushel but not fit to eat, I find 

 that, it is the experience of every one traveling in these parts, that 

 to live as we are accustomed to live in the North, it is necessary 

 to carry all the provisions with you. 



At Middleton We came across traces of C. P, Kunhardt, We 



it-^i mm vix il,, Kuiug .Lice, 11c was evi- 

 dently making for the slue about 50yds, from shore, but had either 

 received wrong information or miscalculated his distance, as he 

 struck on the shoalest part, and the heavy sea striking the boat 

 finally washed him across the shoal, where he was protected from 

 its violence. Then, evidently not caring to enter the creek, there 

 being a slight break on the bar, he stood on and off until morning, 

 when my informant going out in a canoe met him and piloted him 

 in. The. boat was repaired and in a few days started on again.* 

 The Coot was the first yacht ever seen at the place, and the Mon, 

 arch the second, so that, the people were much interested 111 the 

 Coot, and plied me with questions about the balance of his cruise, 

 which I answered to the best of my ability, 



Over the stern of the gig, which is a varnished boat, with Plush 

 cushions, nickel plated trimmings, etc., from R, J, Douglas & Co., 

 Ave carried a silk U, S. ensign, so that when the natives saw ns 

 they took us for a government boat of some kind and trembled. 

 One darky whose curiosity was excited was asked if he aid not 

 like the flag, He replied, "Deed I do, boss, but dat's de fus flag's 

 been in dis town sence de wah," 

 We made sail at 3 P. M., not caring to stay another night in the 



* "The Cruise of the Coot," in the FOKBStf and Stream of Dec, 

 33, 1*86, contains a description of Gibb's. shoal and Middle River as 

 a harbor, 



