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us, a log drive from Black River came along, and the "old man" 

 agreed, ae soon as be got hia rafts through the "Sixteen," to tow 

 us to 'bwego for $40, So we engaged him. Then every other driver 

 in the crowd was anxious for the ,iob at the same figure. 



The trio up the canal was a novel experience. Certain rules 

 govern the passing of boats; for instance, an "iip" boat always 

 has the towpath side; another is, if you go faster than the boat 

 ahead ot you, lie has to pull out and let you pass, thus reversing 

 the trotting rule, where you must pass him. Most of the captains 

 were very pleasant about this, but some of them, seeing Wo were 

 email, crowded us rather close to the bauk, a>>d then there would 

 be an exchange of canal compliments which, to sav the least, 

 were peculiar. The views in passing through the country hv this 

 lncthod can be thoroughly enjoyed; and as the snow dashes a gainst 

 the window as 1 write this, I can shut my eyes and see again the 

 lovely Mohawk Valley, so justly famed for its beautiful scenerv. 

 All along the canal are stores where bread, butter, eggs, fruit and 

 poultry can always be purchased at reasonable prices. 



Theiirst night we tkuup (of course on the heel path side) at 

 Spraker's Lock; the second found us at Little Falls; the views 

 here are remarkably fine. The third niglit was passed about three 

 miles beyond Dtiea, and the next day we ran to Canastota, The 

 fifth flay we passed out of the Erie and into the Syracuse Oanal, 

 spending the night at Mud Lock, the only place we had any 

 trouble in procuring provisions and horse feed. 



Started at A. M. the next day, about the usual time for the 

 drivers, who then go until noon, when they "feed" for an hour, 

 and then drive till (i P. M. This day we drove till 8 P. M. and tied 

 up under the railroad bridge at Oswego, a rather unfortunately 

 chosen place it seemed, for a peddler was killed by a train almost 

 directly over our heads. In the morning we. passed through the 

 last lock and tied up on the river frout below. 



Right here began some of the most pleasant incidents of our 

 trip. We had hardly made fast when a committee, sent by the 

 genial commodore of the Oswego Y. C, came to invite us to go to 

 the club house, to use one of their buoys, and make ourselves 

 thoroughly at home, just as soon as we could get our spar set. 

 The spar was put m place by using a coal trestle as a fixed point 

 for an ordinary double block tackle, the charge, for tackle and use 

 of trestle being |3, and a tug towed us around to the boat house 

 for 83. 



Here I made a great mistake, instead of having the boat scraped, 

 painted and put in order by the job, I tried having it done bv the 

 day, the consequence being it cost some $«!"> or $70, where 825 or 

 |o0 should easily have covered the bill. We had also a vexatious 

 delay and loss of time. The kindness of the O. Y. C. made out- 

 enforced, delay almost a pleasure, and their thougJitfulness in 

 many little things will be long remembered. One item that makes 

 me shiver now, but was particularly appreciated in that hot 



weather, was the. daily appearance of Harry , the club steward, 

 with a supply of ice. Vice-Corn. Phelps will alwavs be remem- 

 bered for his many kindnesses, not the least of which was his pre- 

 paring for us our reception by the Rochester Y. C, and his intro- 

 duction of us to its most influential members on our arrival at 

 Charlotte, whither he had preceded us a few davs m his yacht the 

 Katie Grey, a boat that in his able hands is "a witch to sail" and 



for" every time I see a Rochester beer sign. 



I can tell the lake dwellers nothing new about yachting on their 

 beautiful lake; it would, indeed, be presumptuous lor an "old salt" 

 to try to say anything about fresh-water sailing. One thing, how- 

 ever, I will say, Lake Ontario can kick up a nasty cioss sea and 

 a puffy wind quicker than on any salt water I bave'ever sailed on, 

 and I have tried it from Canada to South America. 



Alter coasting Lake Ontario we started down the St. Lawrence. 

 Any one with ordinary precaution can run the river as far as 

 Ogdensburg, but here they will want a tow as far as the Baruwall 

 Canal; for this we paid $10. The tug only tows on the river proper, 

 and you must hire horses for the canals round the rapids; for these 

 we paid on the Cornwall Canal, $2.50; on the Barnwall Canal, $2.50; 

 on the Raeme Canal, S2.25, and the canal fee (reckoned by ton- 



we kept the, lead going, and bad little difficulty in. reaching the 

 Richelieu River Canal, where we paid 50 cents canal fees, and for- 

 tunately caught a tug going to Chambly (charge, S3). 



Let no one attempt to sail Lake Champlain without a chart. 1 

 could not procure one until 1 got to Burlington, and on iuquiring 

 of a pilot where to go, he said, "no use taking a pilot for your 

 boat, go anywhere, go in the middle, plenty of water." 1 did; and 

 the consequence was I hung the sloop up on Iron Point Reef, just 

 in the middle. We stuck just hard enougn not to be able to' get 

 off without assistance, but a gentleman with a steam yacht 

 kindly gave us a "yank" and we slid into deep water, with only 

 the loss of a little paint and our temper, the latter for following 

 such stupid advice. At Burlington we procured the charts ($1.00) 

 and had no further difficulty in reaching old Fort Ticonderoga. 

 Here the lake, or rather the river, becomes so narrow it is im- 

 possible to tack, and rather than wait for a fair wind, I chartered 

 a passing tug, wnich towed us to Whitehall for $5. A coal der- 

 rick, kindly loaned by the owner, helped us lift our spar out here 

 and place it on deck, preparatory to going through the Champlain 

 Canal. This canal resembles the Erie in but one respect, it is 

 free, in all others it. differs: the Erie, broad, plenty of room, plentv 

 of water; the Champlain is lacking in all these important points 

 it is naiTow and low, with barely room for two boats dra wing 

 4j^ft. to pass, in fact we were on the towpath, or the mud on the 

 other side several times going clown. The mule, we only had one, 

 and driver on this canal cost $15 to Albany. I would strongly 

 advise any one not especially anxious to see Lake Champlain to 

 keep off this canal. 



Now, a word about protecting your boats in going through the 

 locks, etc. There are on this trip some hundred and odd locks to 

 pass through, some "lack up," some "down," and all are litible to 

 scratch, scar aud gouge your boats. I bought in Albany a lot of 

 4 or Sin. (in diameter) hawser from a junk house, paving," I think 

 about five cents per pound, and cutting tins into proper lengths' 

 placed it in two parallel lines all round the boat; this worked 

 pretty well, but on coming down 1 had the hawser cut into short 

 lengths and made into fenders, seven to the side, and do not think 

 I had a scratch anywhere. It is inevitable that the decks will 

 have gravel, sand and mud pushed, pulled and dropped on them 

 and trodden in unless they are covered with old canvas or other- 

 wise. 



Our run down the Hudson was as pleasant as the one up had 

 been, we had fair wind, plenty of it. and no trouble all the way 

 We speut two days moving round New York harbor, saw the May- 

 flower, Volunteer and Thistle, also that "witcti of a boat" the Now 

 Then. 1 can't blame the boatmen for thinking her rather un- 

 canny, her peculiar build, and the marvelous way in which she 

 apparently slides over instead of through the water is. to say the 

 least, surprising. Before leaving New York I secured the services 

 of Capt. Hussey, one of the most competent sailors and navigators 

 I ever met, and going by the outside passage we stopped at Long 

 Branch, Key East, Bamegat, Cape May, Hamilton Roads Old 

 Point, and so up the Chesapeake Bay to Baltimore, making the 



run from New York in twelve days, the only mishap being at Old 

 1 oint, where a puff carried a way our topmast, causing a delay of 

 tour hours for repairs. So ended our trip. Old H. 



CENTER BOARDS IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



AT the meeting of the Y. R. A. in London on Feb. 21. Lieut. 

 He nn introduced a motion to abolish the rule prohibiting 

 centeriioards It was decided to take no action at present, hut to 

 lay the mat ter before, all the clubs in the Association and ascer- 

 tain their opinions. This postpones the subject for at least 

 another > ear. 



BUILDING NOTES— Most of the builders about Boston are 

 now busy with cutters and schooners of moderate size, and a 

 number of modern craft will make their appearance this season. 

 The reforms in design are not confined to Ml-. Burgess and Boston 

 alone, but throughout the. East generally substantial improve- 

 ments in model, ballast and rig are found. At Marblehead. in 

 addition to the schooner and cutter building by Mr. Eddy, Mr. 

 Billows is busy with the Witch, putting in iron floors and a hollow 

 mast, besides a general overhauling. He has also the sloop 

 Sachem up for an iron keel of l,4001bs. Mr. Billows has built, fins 

 winter, from his own designs, a ccnterboard boat for the class of 

 the Pleou Y. C, 18ft. over all, 15ft. l.w.l., 5ft. beam and 5ft. (iiu. 



draft, with board At Bath, Me., the Sapphire is partly planked. 



Story has been delayed bv a change of plan in Mr. Secconib's 

 yacht, the topsides being raised so as to gain' headroom. She will 

 soon be ready for launching. Mr. Fabyan's yacht is partly in 



frame at McKie's yard Lawley & Son have made, a model' for 



the new Burgess steam yacht, and she will be laid down and the 



moulds made by Mr. Keogh, in East Boston Wood Bros, have 



now two steam yachts in hand, and will lay down a third, 76ft. 

 over all. ... At Lawley's yard Marguerite is about; planked up. Mr. 

 Mean's vacht ia nearly completed, also Messrs. Flint's and Eaton's 

 boats. Mr. Fowle's cutter is planked. Mr. Codmnu's boat is in 

 frame, Mr. Longfellow's cut ter will soon be ready for framing, 

 while the keel of Mr. Adams's Baboon is just ready. The firm 

 has also an order for a steam launch The keel for Com. Can- 

 field's schooner has been laid by Harlan & Bollingsworth At 



City Island Mr. Piepgrass is preparing for the new second class boat 

 for Mr. Auchiucloss — The st: am yacht Narod is now ready for 

 launching — A sloop 00ft. long is in frame at Englis's vard, 

 Greenpoint, for Inspector Williams. . . . At Bay Ridge Mr. Mumm 

 has commenced work on a centerboard sloop, -46ft. l.w.l. and 600 . 

 over all, including a clipper stem. The ccnterboard sloop built 

 last fall has been sold by Mr. Mumm to Mr. Emmons, of Boston 

 . . . The new sloop for Com. Chas. Pryer, New Roehelle Y. C, will 

 be named Eurybia. 



BOSTON FISHERMEN— The many exciting newspaper races 

 of the Boston and Gloucester fishing vessels have at length cul- 

 minated in a race on the water between the Roulette, the J. H. 

 McManus and the new Burgess boat, Carrie E. Phillips. The 

 former boat arrived at Newport on Feb. 17, and claimed to have 

 beaten both the others badly, but they have notyet told their 

 side of the story, so the result is still in doubt. The following 

 challenge has been issued by the owner of the I. J. Merritt: "We, 

 the undersigned, representing the Gloucester fishing schooner L 

 J. Merritt, Jr., hereby challenge the Boston schooner John H. Mc- 

 Manus to a race, on the following terms: We will sail her on a 

 triangular course of 40 miles, or on a course of 20 miles to wind- 

 ward and return, the course to be laid in Boston Bay. We will 

 sail for any amouut between $100 and $1,000, the owners of the Mc- 

 Manus to choose the amount within these limits. Wo will sail 

 the race on any day between the 15th and 25th of May. The ves- 

 sels to he restricted to the sails carried in the former fisherman's 

 race, viz.: mainsail, foresail, forestaysail, jib, flying jib, standing 

 maiutopsail and maintopmast staysail. TO avoid racing in a 

 drift, the distance, of 40 miles to be completed by one vessel within 

 10 hours of the time of starting or no race. In case the owners of 

 the McManus do not see lit to accept this challenge, we will sail 

 the Sarah II. Prior a race on the same terms. This challenge to 

 remain open for ton days from date. Charles Hahty, Geo hoe 

 M. MoClain." 



MON ATIQUOT Y. C— Editor Forest and Stream: The annual 

 meeting of the Monatiquot Y. C. was held at the club house, Wey- 

 mouth, on Feb. 13. Fifty members were present. The following 

 list of officers were elected: Com., Joel F. Sheppard: Vice-Corn.; 

 Geo. H. Bicknell; Sec, Frederick S. Hunt; Treas.. Dana Smith; 

 Fleet Captain, Andrews Lane; Meas., Wm. F. May bury; Directors, 

 the Com., Vice-Corn., Sec, Treas. ex-officiis, J. M. Knight, H. 

 Gardner; Regatta Committee, A. D. Bagloy (chairman), A. W. 

 Blanchard. C. G. Sheppard, Russell G. Hunt, C. F. Colby, A. E. 

 Pratt, J. M. Knight, A, L. Spinney; Membership Committee, C. G. 

 Sheppard, K. G. Hunt, E. B. Glover, A. E. Pratt. J. M. Knight; 

 House Committee, J. M. Knight, A. W. Blanchard, A. C. Spinnev. 

 A lunch was served at the close of the meeting. The regatta 

 committee will meet at an early date, when dates for regattas will 

 be arranged. It has been decided to sail fewer races than last 

 year ana to give larger prizes. The club is in a flourishing con- 

 dition, financially and otherwise, with a present membership of 

 145 active members. A club book will be published early in the 

 season . — Frederick S. Hunt, Sec'y M. Y. C. 



BUFFALO Y. C— This club has elected the following officers 

 for 1888: Com., H. D. Williams; Vice-Corn., A. S. Chisholm; 

 Sec'y, H. L. Chisholm; Asst.-Sec'y, E. L. French; Treas., W. C. 

 Cowle: Meas., J. A. Tempest; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. H. Mickle; Chap- 

 lain, Rev. C. T. J. Wrigtey. The (dub has lately taken a most 

 important step in prohibiting shifting ballast, a. reform that is 

 sure to make itself felt in a general improvement of the fleet. 

 The reports of the officers showed a very satisfactory coudition 

 for the club. The State has given it the control of a site on Sand 

 Catch Pier, with a good anchorage, and the plans are now ready 

 for a large and handsome club house. Several new boats are 

 ordered and the old ones are bei ng t horoughly overhauled. Much 

 interest is felt in the club in the proposed international races on 

 the Lakes this season, and if they are finally arranged Buffalo 

 will take part. 



LYNN Y. C— This club has been incorporated by the Legisla- 

 ture of Massachusetts, by an act approved Oct. 5, 1887, with the 

 privileges and responsibilities provided bylaw. The officers for 

 the ensuing year are: Com., E. C. Neal; Vice-Corn., C. H. Lock- 

 hart; Capt. of Fleet, Louis Cole: Treas., J. N. At will; Clerk, Wal- 

 ter Hawkes, 22 W. Baltimore street, Lynn; Meas., A. W. Hav. 

 Directors— F. E. Baker, H. K.Wheeler, E. B. Newhall, W. E. 

 Neal, B. W. Rowell. Regatta Committee— Walter Hawkes, E, H. 

 Taylor, H. P. Armstead, J. W. Haines, W. F. W. Martin. Mem- 

 bership Committee— J. H. Tufts, F. E. Newhall, W. A. Estes. 



WHY OLD ENGLISH ? — The valuable testimonials presented 

 by Boston yachtsmen to Messrs. Paine and Burgess are both de- 

 scribed as excellent specimens of "English antique" design, one 

 being original and the other an accurate reproduction. The cups 

 given every year by the leading yacht clubs show that there is no 

 lack of American designers fully capable of turning out original 

 and artistic work, and it hardly seems fitting that trophies given 

 in honor of American enterprise and skill should be mere copies 

 of old English fashion. Certainly modern Yankee would be far 

 more appropriate than English antique. 



CRUISING.— Alva, steam yacht, was at Villefranche when last 

 reported. Oneida, steam yacht, E. C. Benedict, arrived at Hamil- 

 ton, Bermuda, on Feb. 8, after a rough passage from New York. 

 She will cruise among the West Indies for some time. Mohican, 

 steam yacht. Win. Clark, left Fortress Monroe on Feb. 13 for the 

 West Indies. Nonpareille, yawl, S. B. Pomeroy, arrived at St. 

 Thomas from New York on Feb. 3. Gitana, sehr., W. F. Weld, 

 called at Key West on Feb. 9, and sailed next day for Charlotte 

 Harbor. 



ICE YACHTING .— On the Shrewsbury the ice has been good 

 for some time, and a number of races have been sailed by the 

 local boats. On f lie Hudson, however, there has been very little 

 sailing aud no racing this season, the Scud, from the Shrewsbury, 

 still being at Poughkeepsie, where she was taken two winters 

 since, waiting for a race. Toe present warm weather is apt to 

 close the season on the Shrewsbury, and probably on the Hudson 

 also. 



BOSTON'S GIFTS TO MESSRS. PAINE AND BURGESS.— 

 The sum of $12,000 has been raised in Boston, pa; t of which has 

 been expended for two pieces of silver, the balance being pre- 

 sented to Mr. Burgess. The testimonial to Mr. Paine is in the 

 form of a salver of 275oz. weight, costing $1,200. The design is a 

 copy of old English work. The piece presented to Mr. Burgess is 

 a loving cup, purchased in England, the cost being $500. 



ARIEL. — Rear-Corn. Chas. A. Stevenson, Larchmont Y. C, has 

 purchased the 3-touner Ariel, one of the fastest of her class, and 

 will have her out here about the middle of April. Ariel was 

 designed by Mr. Wm. Fife, Jr., and built in 1886 at Fairlie, Scot- 

 land, for Mr. W. P. Donaldson, of Glasgow. She is of the extreme 

 cutter type, 89ft. on deck, with clipper stem. 89ft. l.w.l., 4ft. Oin. 

 beam, and about 6ft. draft. 



ATLANTIC Y. C.— Officers, 1888: Com., J. Lawrence Marcellus; 

 Vice-Corn., Jefferson Hogan; Rear-Corn., H. W. Coaxes; Recording 

 Sec, Paul W. Jeannot; Treas., R. C. Field; Meas., George Mc- 

 Nulty; Coiresponding Sec, L. M. Sheldon, Jr. Trustees— S. Loines, 

 J. R. Maxwell, Wm. Peet. N. D. Lawton, A. H. Farrington, W. H. 

 Thomas. Regatta Committee— Chas. T. Pierce, H. B. Howell, W. 

 T. Wintringham. 



STEAM LAUNCHES.— Mr. R. B.Hil), the steam launch builder 

 of Guilford, Conn., has now on exhibition at the office of Mr.Valk, 

 in the Tribune building, a handsome model of a launch built last 

 year for that gentleman for use on Long Island Sound. Mr. Hill 

 is now at work on a duplicate of the same boat, 37ft, long and 8ft. 

 beam. 



JERSEY CITY Y. C.-This club will move its house from the 

 present location near Communipaw ferry to a point further south, 

 at the foot of Com muuipaw avenue, building out from the shore 

 on piles. The new location will be far more accessible than the 

 old. 



HOLLOW SPARS.-Mr. Mumm has lately completed a hollow 

 boom for the Shamrock and a spinaker boom for Mr. Chas. Pryer's 

 new sloop Eurybia. The spars are in two parts, joined by Jef- 

 freys's marine glue. 



FORTUNA.— Mr. Hovey will go to England in May. returning 

 home in Fortuna later in the season. 



Imwers to (^onezyondmty. 



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C. B.— We know of no reliable work of the nature you wish. 

 S. H. B.— There is considerable trapping in the North Woods. 



F. B.— You should take your gun to a gunsmith to be repaired. 

 J. L. E., Alabama.— For dealers in beagles see our advertising 



columns. 



H. E. N., Lincoln, Neb.— For the sleeping bag described in a 

 recent issue, should the fur be turned in or out? Ans. In. 



N. C. L., Salem, Mass.— For canvas canoe use boiled linseed oil, 

 with terebin or any other good dryer. This better than varnish. 



R. B. P.— The best sail plan for ice yacht was published in the 

 Forest and Stream of Dec. 25, J885, and Jan. 14, 1880. We can not 

 give you an exact rule. 



If W. H. G., of Chicago, will address J. Pendleton. P. O. Box 

 585, Rockland, Me., he may learn something to his advantage in 

 breaking gun fright dogs. 



J. M. W., New Brighton, Pa.— You will find rules and consti- 

 tutions for canoe clubs in "Canoe Handling," published by the 

 Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 



Boston, Newburyport, Mass.— Duke II. was bred by C. T. 

 Brownell, New Bedford, Mass., and is by Duke (Doane'*s Torn— 

 Chloe) and out of Maud (Copeland's Lon— Clytie). 



G. B. P., Ramapo, N. Y.— Please inform me wh?n pickerel begin 

 to spawn and when their spawning season ends or is over. We 

 have a pond here which we wish to protect or preserve against 

 any fishing while pickerel are spawning, Ans. It begins in May 

 and is over by the 10th to 15th of June in your locality. They are 

 not protected in many parts of the country because of their 

 destructiveness. We would advise the planting of black bass iu 

 your pond if it has gravel in it. The bass will afford more sport 

 and are not as destructive to other fish as pickerel are. 



"UNCLE LISHA'S SHOP." 



r T , HE New York Tribune, Jan. 7, says: It is a series of ; / Si • 

 pictures, in fact. A Vermont village of the old time, half in 

 the mountains, and thus combining hunting with agricultural 

 pursuits, has been chosen as the scene, and here the village ren- 

 dezvous, the shop of Uncle Lisha, the shoemaker, is made the 

 forum wherein all sorts of queer people tell stories and argue 

 and discuss their affairs. Thus the various amusements and pur- 

 suits of the people— the coon hunt, the turkey shoot, the fox hunt 

 the sugar camp, the school meeting. Thanksgiving, country court- 

 ing, etc. —are in turn described, and with a naturalness and force 

 indicative of decided talent in the author. The slow craft and 

 quaint but shrewd philosophy of Uncle Lisha is extremely well 

 done, and indeed many of the village folk appear to be genuine 

 men and women who have sat for their portraits. 



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