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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Mabch 17, 1887. 



NEWARK, N. J., March 11.— The Our Own Rifle Club is one of 

 the live gallery clubs of the city, and the members held their 

 weekly snoot for their diamond badge last evening, with the 

 following result: Snellen Team: Dietzel 100, Drexler 96, F. A. 

 Freiensehner 80, Knothe 102, Condit 80, Weider 83, J. M. Kilter 91, 

 Limberger 80, Snellen 114— Total 826. Ferd. Freiensehner Team: 

 Bertram 98, Smith 98, Otto Kiefer 84, Wilms 77, F. Freiensehner 

 91— Total 834. The match between G. Dietzel and Ferd. Freienseh- 

 ner took place Monday. Each man tired 50 shots with a possibility 

 of making 600 points. At the end of the fortieth shot the score 

 stood 370 for the former and 379 for the latter. Dietzel then made 

 102 and Freiensehner made 80, this leaving the former winner by 



15 points. Another match was arranged between them 



The Rutgers Rifle Club had its regular weekly shooting on J. 

 Huegel's range, 528 Bank street, this evening. Each man shot ten 

 shots with a possibility of scoring 120. The score was as follows: 

 Capt. Dietz's Team: G. Meisel 105, Joe Smith 75, F. Scbaeffer S3, 

 W. Frost 85, F. Osmuu 8], Wm. Smith 78, J. J. Farrell 90, R. Allen 

 82, T. Galligan 45, Capt. F. Dietz 106.— Total 825. E. E. McGra ith's 

 Team: J. Hilderbrandt 84, R. Snyder 97, M. J. McArdie M, J. J. 

 Dalton 77, Jos Goecklin 75, R. Schwartz 72, L. Smith 66, William 

 Black 75. Charles H. Sqnier 57. E. A. McGraith 93.— Total 788. The 

 Dietz Team winning by 37 points. The club is now in a prosperous 

 condition and expects shortly to win the laurels in a contest with 

 Our Own Olub. 



WIMBLEDON AND CREED MO OR. -The announcement is 

 made tha t Wimbledon Common will be abandoned as a place for 

 long-range matches after next year. The objections to its contin- 

 uance as a range are raised by adjoining property owners, among 

 whom is the Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief of the 

 army. The case with Creed moor is different. The Rifle Assueia- 

 wants to abandon the range on account of its inaccessibility, but 

 cannot do so for the present, as no good substitute can be pro- 

 cured. It was thought that Staten Island would furnish the new 

 .spot, but the hopes founded on this have thus far proved delusive. 



THE TRAP. 



Scortss for public at km should be made out on the priv>-'d blanks 

 prepared by the Forest and, Stream, and furnished oraii* to club 

 secretaries. Correspondent* who favor m with club scores arc par- 

 ttcularlu requested to write on one side of the- paper only. 



"FOREST AND STREAM " DECORATION DAY 

 TROPHY. 



rpRE Eokkst and Stream will give a $100 trophy to be competed 

 for on Decoration Day, May 30, 1887. 

 The competition will be open to all gun clubs in the United 

 States which were organized by the date of the original announce- 

 ment, March 3. 1887. 



CONDITIONS. 



To be competed for by teams of three club members, each man 

 to shoot at fifteen artificial targets thrown from a single trap. 



A club may enter more than one team, provided, however, that 

 no member may shoot on more than one team. Entrance fee, £3 

 per team. The ent're sum of the entrance moneys (nothing what- 

 ever being taken out) will be divided into prizes, as stated below. 



Each team may shoot on its own grounds, or elsewhere, as con- 

 venient. Scores are to be certified to by three club officers, under 

 conditions which will be explained in due time. 



Any target manufactured by the following concerns may be 

 used, viz.: the Ligowsky Clay Pigeon Co., Cincinnati, O.; the 

 Niagara Flyiug Target Co., Suspension Bridge, N. Y.; the 

 Target Ball and B. P. Co., Lockport, N. Y.; the Cleveland Target 

 Co., Atlantic. Ammunition Co., 291 Broadway, N.Y.city, agents. Not 

 more than one style of target to be used by any one team. 



Targets to be thrown from any trap manufactured by any of 

 these companies ; trap to be set to throw the targets at least 

 45yds. from trap. 



Five targets to be thrown straightaway, five at a right angle 

 to the right, aud Ave at a right angle to the left. 



Guns of 10, 12* or smaller bore may be used. Distance lHyds. 

 for 10-bor.es, and 16yds. for 12-bores or smaller. Any charge, of 

 powder, with lJ4oz. shot. Gun to be held below the armpit until 

 shooter calls pull. 



PRIZES. 



First Prize.— The team making highest score will receive the 

 Forest and Stream Decoration Day Trophy, value $100. 



Second Prize— The team making second best score will receive a 

 cash prize of 50 per cent, of all the entrance fees. 



Third Prize— Team with third highest score will receive 30 per 

 cent, of entrance fees. 



Fourth Prize. —Team with fouith highest score will receive 20 

 per cent, of entrance fees. 



In case of tie on highest scores made the tie must be shot off, under 

 same conditions, for the Trophy. Ties for any other prize must 

 he shot off, unless by unanimous consent divided. 



NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 9.— Third monthly shoot Naw 

 Haven Gun Club; American clay birds, 5 traps: 



CB Bristol 00001 -1 M H Clarke 01010—2 



T J Beers 10010-3 G R Waite 00001-1 



L W Widmau 00110-2 G E Albee 10000—1 



N D Folsom 10101—3 .1 R Seeley 01010-2 



,T R Stice 11111—5 H H Bates 11110-4 



G Ortseifer 01111—4 G H Saunders 11101—4 



J. R. Stice, first; Saunders and Ortseifer second. N. D. Folsom 

 third. 



CB Bristol 1100011101-6 WE Whitlock 0111110111-8 



NDFolson 1001111111—8 JR Seeley 1111101111-9 



S W Widman 1100100011-5 Woods 0000000011-2 



J R Stice 1101110111-8 G H Saunders 0110100010-4 



TJ Beers 1110111111-9 G R Waite 0001001010-8 



H Nichols 1101100111-7 S S Gerard 0100010001-3 



C E Longden 1100010111 -0 S C Bartram 0000100000—1 



G Ortseifer 1101110100-6 H K Batch 0011010101—5 



GEAlber ....OllllllOOJ— 6 M Clarke 0001101U01-4 



Beers and Seeley first, Folsom, Stice and Whitlock second, 

 Nichols third, 



N D Folsom Hull— 4 WE Whitlock 00010-1 



H Nichols 11111 5 W Clark 01000-1 



CB Bristol 11110-4 ,1 R Seeley 10101—3 



T J Beers 11101—4 G Ortseifer 10001-2 



S W Widman 11100-3 S s Gerard 11100-3 



F Potter - 11100—3 M Clarke 0U10-1 



J R Stice 11111—5 Woods 11010-3 



C E Longden. 01111-4 S C Bartram 00101—2 



GH Saunders 11111—5 F H Brown 00110-2 



GE Albee 01010-2 Pratt 01U01-2 



Nichols, Stice and Saunders first, Bristol, Beers and Longden 

 second, Gerard third. 



Club prize shoot, also sweepstake: 



J R Stice llllllillllllillHlllini— 25 



T J Beers 1111111101011110111111011—21 



H Nichols 0111101 1 11 10.1 11 U 110101 1 1—20 



C B Bristol lllllllOi00010U101110oll-17 



E Russell OOOlOllOKllOOOOw 



G H Saunders 1110111110110011100011111-18 



L W Widman 001 1.11 100 iinoiulouiiJOJOOl-lO 



T R Waite 0010011031 1 1 000011 l(n 1 101—11 



W E Whitlock 10(11 101 lOOlllllOnilOOlH— 17 



G E Albee 1111001 HOlOOHlOlOOlllOl— 16 



C E Longden 1 10(K) 111111 0101 0111 ■ 11 1 l'J 1 — 17 



N D Folsom 01GOnillinooil010ulOOOO-12 



J R Seeley 0010110110111100100100100-12 



H H Bates OOIOIIOOOIOIOIOOIOIIOOOOI-IU 



S C Bartram 010001000000000 w 



F H Brown 1030100110110111010101001-13 



Geo Ortseifer 0111010111101111101101000-16 



MH Clarke 1010110QO 0£ liOll-ll 



F Potter 001010031 1 11 1 1 01 1101 10100-1 4 



S S Gerard 0111011111100001100011101-15 



W S Clark. .... 0111000110100011100111100-13 



J. R. Stice first money, T. J. Beers second, H. Nichols third. 

 For the club prizes— T. J. Beers won first, S. S, Gerard second, G. 

 Ortseifer third, -L, W, W. 



THE UNKNOWN GUN CLUB.— The regular monthly shoot of 

 the Unknown Gun Club took place March 10 at Dexter's Park. L. 

 I. There was a large gathering of the members and friends. 

 Some good shooting was done, the birds being in first-class condi- 

 tion. R. Monsees killed seven birds straight, winning for the 

 second time this year the club badge and first money. H. Knebel, 

 Sr., E. Harned, J. Brown, J. Tomford and H. Knebel, Jr., killed 

 six birds each and tied for second prize. Vroome, Link and 

 Rathjen killed five each and tied for third. The ties in the last 

 classes could not be shot off, there not being sufficient birds, so 

 the winners divided. 



R Midmer, 23yds 1111000—4 W Leighton, 22yds 00 w. 



H Knebel, Jr. 23yds.... 1111 110-6 J Houseman. 25yds 0110101-4 



J Vroome, 21yds 011011 1-5 J Haas, 23yds 1010100-3 



W Link, 22yds 1101110-5 J Rathjen, 21yds 0101111-5 



J Boyle, 21yds 0100101-3 R Monsees, 25yds 1111111-7 



H Slater, 23yds 000 w. J Tomford, 25yds 1111101-0 



J Bl ohm, 21yds 0100110-3 W Moller, 23yds 0010001-2 



W Martin, 23yds 0011011—4 J Gillman, 24yds 1000010-3 



; " : 3 11 Schwartz, 25yds 1100101-4 



W Cahill. 21yds 1110100-4 J Still well, 23yds 110000 -2 



H Knebel, Sr, 25vds. . . . 1011111-6 H Plate, 24yds 1110100-4 



J Brown. 26yds 1111110-6 H Pope, 24yds 0003 w. 



E Harned, 23yds 1110111-6 J Schroeder, 25yds 1000 w. 



J Rankin. 23yds 1010000-3 



Referee, J. Boyle. 



CINCINNATI, March 5. -.Editor Forest and stream: Match be- 

 tween J. E. Miller of the Price's Hill Gun Club of this city, and 

 Phil. Nose of the Miamitown (O.) Gun Club. 100 American 

 clay birds each, Isyds., 5 traps, National Gun Association rules, 

 £50 a side. Mr. Miller, on several occasions, has broken 100 clays 

 in succession, and his score of 159 straight breaks has never been 

 equaled. Mr. Nose is a modest young farmer, whose experience al 

 the trap is very limited. Last summer he occasionally appeared at 

 the club grounds near Cincinnati, where he attracted mnch. atten- 

 tion by his awkwardness and peculiar stylo of handling his gun 

 when at the score. 



Phil. Nose 1111111111-10 



1111111111-10 

 1111111101- 9 



1111111100- 8 

 1111110111— 9 

 1111111111-10 

 1111111111-10 



1111111101- 9 

 1111011011- 8 

 1111111110- 9-92 



J E Miller 11011U111- 9 



1111101111— 9 

 0111011101- 7 

 1111101101— 8 

 1111111111—10 

 0111101110- 8 

 0111101110- 7 

 11111 11111-10 

 1011111111- 9 

 1111101111- 9-87 

 R. D. 



NEW YORK, March 12.— Regular pigeon shoot of the New York 

 German Gun Club, Sea View Park, New Dorp. S. I., March 10. 

 Match at 10 live birds, H. & T. ground trap, club rules, gold medal 

 first prize: 



Boesenocker (35). .. .1011110101-7 Bohling (30) 11.100111,01-7 



Hemnier (25) lOllOHlOl-7 Sautcr (21) .1011110110-7 



Schlicht (25) 1111101101-8 H Kunz 21) 1010111101-7 



Greituor (21) 1010110301-5 Midler (21) 1311 111010— 6 



Lucas (31) "1.10110101-5 Schiller (21) 1101100111—7 



Birnbaum (35) 01111oll01-7 BomhofE (21) 110101 1011-7 



Schmitt (31) llllHllol-9 Hassinger (21) 11100ollll-7 



Garcns (30) 0l01Jlolll-7 Klein (21) 1011101100-6 



F Kunz (35) 0110101101-6 Strata (31) 0111110101-7 



o Dead out of bounds. Gold medal to Schmitt. 

 Team shoot, 2 birds each: H. & T. ground trap, 21yds. rise, 80yds. 

 bound; shot under club rates; whole money to the winning team. 



Team A. 



Schmitt 11—2 



Garms 11 — 2 



Schiller 11-2 



Hassinger 11—2 



Birnbaum 11—2 



Strube U— 2 



Klein 10—1 



Romhoff 10—1 



Team B. 



Boesenecker 1.1 — 2 



Bohling 11—2 



Hemmer 11—2 



Sauter 11—3 



Schlicht 11-2 



Midler oi-i 



Kunz, H 11—2 



Kunz, F 10—1 



Greitner 10—1—15 Lucas 00-0—14 



The rest of the 250 birds at hand were shot off in individual 

 matches without official scoring. The average, shooting was very 

 fine, only 34 birds being lost of the lot. After the shoot came the 

 regular club dinner, when, upon motion of President Schmitt it 

 was resolved to enter a team in the Forest and Stream Decora- 

 tion Day Trophy Match. The festivities came to a close with 

 three hearty cheers for Forest and Stkeam.— Tell. 



BOSTON, Marsh 12.— The Brighton Gun Club held its weekly 

 shoot at the Faneuil grounds this afternoon. Five prizes were 

 offered, consisting of wads, shells, screw-driver, gun cleaner aud 

 oil-can. The scores on the prizes were as follows, 5 prizes, 10 

 blackbirds, 10 clays, 10 bats: 



JCoyle 535333-22 Maguire 430422—15 



O'Connell 424344—21 Horrigan 331143—15 



Grace 344412—18 Breivogel 0221i2— 8 



McDonald 423332-17 Hill 222000- 6 



Devlin 284232—16 



First sweep, 5 bats— J. Coylo first, O'Connell second, McDonald 

 third. 



Second sweep, 5 bats— Kirk wood first, Maguire second, McDonald 

 third. * 



Third sweep, 5 clays— O'Connell first, Kirkwood second, Maguire 

 third. 



Fourth sweep, 5 Peorias— Kirkwood first, McDonald second, 

 Breivogel third. 



Fifth" sweep, 5 Peorias— J. Coyle first, McDonald second, O'Con- 

 nell third. 



Sixth sweep, 5 bats— McDonald first, J. Coyle second. 

 TORONTO. Maroh 7.— A very interesting live bird match was 

 shot at the byres to-day between ieaxis of 10 men, each represent- 

 ing the Owl Gun Club, of this city, and the Guelph Gun Club. As 

 will be seen by the following score the Owls won by 9 birds: 



Guelph. 



Walker 5 



Edwards 3 



Singular 2 



Ellis 6 



Hallady 3 



Way per 4 



Shattuek 4 



Johnstone 3 



Hall 3 



-47 Tumbull 5-38 



BOSTON, March 9.— The trapshooters assembled in large num- 

 bers at Walnut Hill to-day. Appended are the scores of the 

 champion badge match: 



Owls. 



J Humphreys 5 



J Douglass 5 



C Cockburn 5 



C Rogers 4 



II Humphreys 4 



J Montgomery 5 



A Elliott. 5 



G C rot hers 5 



J J Abbott .. ...3 



M.R.A. Team. 



Stark 111111110111111—14 



Oliver 111111111111010-13 



Wardwcll , .0011111 11111011-12 

 Eager 11 11001U111011-12 



Wellington Team. 

 Lawson. . . .111111111001011-13 

 Lovejoy. . . . 1 UllllOlllOllo-12 

 Stanton., . .111111111111000-12 

 Faulkner ... 1011 11001 111110-11 



Wurm 101011111111000-11-62 Swift 101011111111000-10-57 



WORCESTER, Mass., March 10.— Rcgularmeet of the Worcester 

 Sportsman's Club, Coal Mine Brook Range. There were seven 

 events as follows: Seven clay-pigeons, 16 entries; 6 blue rocks, 13 

 entries; 7 clay-pigeons, 16 entries: 6 blue rocks, 17 entries: blue 

 rocks, 16 entries; 7 blue rocks, 17 ent ries, and 7 blue rocks, 5 entries. 

 During the afternoon there was a match between W. S. perry and 

 Chas. Howe. Perry gave Howe 15 points. The result, was as fol- 

 lows: 



Perry 0llllOl00llOini1l0l10llllUHKl0llOlll0llHHl-34 



H < . we 01101110 1 1 1 0001 01 1 10011010111 1000010+15-33 



SAN DIEGO, Gal.— Although there has for some time existed in 

 this city a gun club, until last week there has never been a formal 

 organization of one. lu response to invitations, a number of 

 sportsmen have formed themselves into an association for sport- 

 ing pursuits. They are, George Merritt, F. W. Frances. B. C. 

 Hininan, G. M. Ridwell, C. R. Dauer, P.. Barnes. D. B. Hinman, 

 John Maelaehlan, (f. B. Breeze, William Darling, Henry Seabold, 



, P. W. Goodwin aud W. C. Hinman. Officers: President, John 

 Machlachlan; Vice-President, C. R. Dauer: Secretary, Percy W 

 Goodwin. Treasurer, George Merritt; W. C. Hinman, Will. 



' Frances and D. B. Hinman. Directors. 



I SOUTH SIDE GUN CLUB.— At the annua] meeting of the South 

 Side Gun Club of Newark, N. Y., t ie following officers were 

 elected: President, J. D. Orton; Vice-President. E. L. Phillips; 

 Treasurer, Alfred Heritage; Secretary, Asa Whitehead; Executive 

 Committee, Lemuel Thomas, Alfred Heritage, Oswald Von 

 Lengerke. The retiring president, Mr. W. R. Hobart, who had 

 filled the office since the club's organization in 1881, stated in his 

 address that during t he club's existence the receipts had been 

 84,100. disbursement* #3,900, and that the club had used over 

 108.000 artificial targets. 



i TORONTO, March 7.— The members of the West Toronto Dog 

 and Gun Club held their annual meeting in Bailey's Hall, Huron 

 street, this evening. There was a large attendance of members. 

 All the reports proved satisfactory. The following officers were 

 elected: President, John Smilic^ re-elected; Vice-President, F. 



' Habart, re-elected; Secretary and Treasurer, A. G. Jackson, re- 

 elected; Committee, H. Bull, A, Ranney, E, Dollery, D, Beatty and 



/ John Bailie, 



NATIONAL GUN ASSOCIATION.— Editor Fewest and Stream: 

 In the way of a boom for the National Gun Association, and to 

 give another reason why all target manufacturers and all sports- 

 men should join the National Gun Association and thus assist in 

 furthering this national sport, the following action has been taken: 

 On March 8, 1837, the board of directors of the Ligowsky Clay- 

 Pigeon Company resolved as follows: That the general manager 

 be authorized to donate $400 of the stock (out of the original $500 

 which they had subscribed to the National Gun Association to as- 

 sist sportsmen in originally forming tbc samel as special prizes in 

 the various tournaments to be held this season. This leaves them 

 only $100 of stock, being the same amount which all target manu- 

 facturers have been asked to subscribe to have their targets used 

 at the association tournaments. Thus far the Globe Flight Co., of 

 Philadelphia, and Crittenden and Card, of Cazouovia, N. Y., only 

 have accepted the liberal offer of the association. In pursuance 

 of the. above resolution a number of shares of the stock have been 

 placed at the disposal of the Iowa and Illinois circuit of tottrna- 

 menl s, managed by J. F. Breitenstein, of Keokuk, la., and also to 

 the Texas State Sportsmen's Association for their annual tourna- 

 ment this year. We have a few more shares on hand which wo 

 will distribute soon.— J. E. Bloom. 



NEWARK. N. J., March 7.— The tliird monthly shoot of the 

 Union Gun Club was held at Dr. Jobs' farm, at Springfield, to- 

 day, with 25 members present. Three of these were from Eliza- 

 beth and the remainder were from Springfield, Milburn, Cran- 

 ford, Westfieldand other places in the neighborhood. They shot 

 clay -pigeons thrown at various angles, and 20 birds were allowed 

 to each man. William Morrison, of Springfield, broke 18 and won 

 the gold badge. William M. Parker, of Elisabeth, broke 16 and 

 took the silver badge. The leather medal, which has heretofore 

 been held by W. H. Marshall, of Milburn, fell into the charge of 

 Mr. Fritz, who won it by breaking only 2 out of 20. Mr. Marshall 

 was not at the match, but he has since offered to shoot a little 

 private match with Mr. Fritz, just to see who really ought to 

 wear the sole leather chest protector until the April shoot. 



WELLINGTON, March 12.— Thirty-one guuners faced the traps 

 at the grounds of the Wellington Club to-day to practice in the 

 several sweeps and to contest for the Macorober badge and the 

 medals offered by the club. The pleasant weather made the sport 

 agreeable and some good scores were the result. In the badge 

 match at 10 Macomber birds Wilson and Lawson tied with 9 each, 

 but in the shoot off the former won. In the medal match Oliver 

 won in Class A, Nichols in Class B and Duttnn in Class C. Twenty- 

 five sweeps followed. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., of 

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

 report of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are 

 requested to forward to Forest and Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local 

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

 relating to the sport, - 



FIXTURES. 



May. 



28-30. East. Div. Spring Meet, Haddam Island. 



June. 



18. Brooklyn, Annual, Bay Ridge. 



July. 



18-31. W. C. A. Meet. Ballast Island. 



August. 



12-20. A. C. A. Meet, Lake Champlain. 



A. C. A. 



FOR membership apply to the Secretary, W. M. Carter, Trenton, 

 N. J. Required age, 18 years or over. Application to be ac- 

 companied with S3. Sec'y A. C. A. Central Div., E. W. Brown, 4 

 Bowling Green, New i r ork. Sec'y A. C. A. Eastern Div., W. B. 

 Davidson. Hartford, Conn. Sec'y W. C. A., J. O. Shiras, Cin- 

 cinnati, O. 



A CRUISE TO CHARLOTTE HARBOR. -I. 



BY TARPON. 



ALL through the months of January, February and March, 

 1886, it blew, howled, whistled, rained and was wet. nasty and 

 disagreeable. People who came to Tarpon Springs for pleasure 

 and to escape the cold winter, wished they had stayed at home, 

 and the old residents here wished they could get away. 



Our trip to Charlotte Harbor had been planned early in the. 

 winter, but so unsettled was the weather that it was postponed 

 from time to time until March was nearly gone, and we were 

 seemingly no nearer a start. Finally iu sheer desperation we 

 stowed cargo, and after one or two false motions, got awav on 

 April 1, but before we were twenty miles on our way we thought 

 we had made an "All Fool's" job of it. Hardly were we out. of the 

 river 'ere the wind hauled to the old quarter— N. W. First it came 

 in gentle puffs, then harder and harder until it was blowing half a 

 gale. Well, it wa« a fair wind and we made the most of it. 



Our fleot was made up of the sloop Honest John, and the open 

 Peterboro canoe Horicon, the sloop 16ft 5in.x4ft., and the canoe 

 14ft. Gin. • 26in. We were soon abreast of Hog Island— not a very 

 pretty name certainly, but still a very pretty island. A fine place 

 for bea.ch birds, shells and fish. 



Next came Clearwater Key, with its collect ion of whitewashed 

 houses which look white and glaring in the utrong rays of the sun. 

 We cross Little Pass, which is a trifle lumpy, and are soon in 

 smooth wafer on the inside of Sand Key. Now the bay narrows 

 down, the water shoals, and we are soon flying through the nar- 

 rows, but not for long, Northerly winds make low tides, and we 

 strike the shoalest part ou the last of the ebb. Some time is 

 wasted trying to drag through. Sometimes it is quite exciting, 

 as there are here and there holes with from 2 to 5ft. oi water, 

 and the boat, with all sail on is worked across the mud flat by 

 inches. All at once the nose slides into deep water with a surge 

 and a rush, she gathers way before the strong breeze and tears 

 along for a few minutes like mad, only to pile up on the mud on 

 the other side. We soon tire of this work, so dowu jib and main- 

 sail, and we'll get dinner. 



Easier said than done, for we are surrounded by flats and oyster 

 bars, there is no dry land within an eighth of a mile; but we are 

 old cruisers, so we fill the little kettle, fish out a bundle of pine 

 Splinters and with these and a hatchet wade through the mud to 

 a clump of mangrove bushes, a few minutes sufficing to gather 

 green twigs to make a foundation for our fire, which, started with 

 the pine splints and fed by dry twigs from the tops of the man- 

 groves, is soon burning cheerily. As the kettle, is placed in posi- 

 tion a flock of willet are seen; the Skipper picks up the gun, and 

 an instant later two fat birds are fluttering out their life at our 

 feet. The Skipper takes off their jackets while the cook cuts the 

 spits, and with a thin strip of pork to each, they are soon sputter- 

 ing before the lire. After dinner we push on, sometimes 

 wading, we at last reach through the narrows aud open out 

 on Boca Caya Bay. The wind is light now am we have a 

 narrow difficult channel, and so when we reach John's Pass, forty 

 nnles from home, we vote it a good day's work, get our tea and 

 turn in. 



The next morning was bright and clear aud we were up betimes 

 and soon away. We make a quick run to Disston City, and after 

 purchasing a few stores, push on to Pass-a-Griile, stop for dinner 

 at the old camp built by Nessmuk and Tarpon a year ago, and 

 where they hived up through a furious sou'wester. After our 

 siesta we start with a light breeze but a strong ebb tide, and drift 

 and sail alternately, reaching Egmont about 4 P.M. We find 

 quite a busy time; two large schooners are here, the smaller one a 

 fishing vessel fr mi Cedar Keys, and the larger a government 

 schooner in the .lighthouse service, and engaged in repairing the 

 wharf, cottage, outbuildings, etc., of Uncle Sam. Acomfortable 

 camp is soon made, tea prepared, and everything settled for the 

 night. Mr. Moore, the genial light keeper, puts iii an appearance 

 with an invitation to come up to the house. We, of course, accept 

 and spend an hour delightfully, chatting tit the life in this isolated 

 region, examining the mauy rare shells and curiosities collected 

 by Mr. Moore and his family. Later on there comes a party from 

 the government boat. One brings a banjo, another a violin, all 

 are singers, aud we manage to pass a very pleasant evening. It 

 was quite late when our last pipe was smoked out, aud with a look 

 at the boat we rolled up in our blankets. 



1 wonder if other cruisers than inyself have found out that 

 nearly all mishaos are caused by carelessness. We had anchored 

 the sloop on the edge of a narrow, deep char.nel, where the tides 

 run with great force. At 3 o'clock I looked out; the boat was rid- 

 iug to the tide, bringing the sea about abeam. I watched her for 

 some few moments, saw she was all right and then rolled over for 

 another nap. As I went off to the land of dreams, I had an indis- 



