April 21, 1887.] 



FORest ANt) STREAM. 



287 



BROOKLYN* G. C. RACES— Editor Forest and Stream: As it is 

 always annoying to have paddling and sailing races on the same 

 day, the Brooklyn O. O. has decided 1o hold a Bailing regatta on 

 June 18 and a paddling regatta in the fall. The programme tfor 

 the former is as follows: 11 A. M., Bailing, three miles, no limit to 

 rig or ballast a.nd open only to members of the B. O. 0. who have 

 never won a club or A. C. A. sailing race, 'i P. M., sailing, four 

 and a half miles or more, no limit to rig or ballast, open to all 

 members of any regularly organized club. 5 I'. M., combined 

 paddling and sailing, three miles, Start pnddlingiiud finish sailing, 

 no restrictions and open to all. us above. A. C. A. rules and regu- 

 lations lo govern alt races. The regatta conntivfctee tesWVe the 

 right to name t he course on the day of the races. An effort will 

 he made to secure a largo entry and make f !>c open to alt sailing 

 nice of special interest .— r>7ii. 



THE FORBES REEKING (t ICAK.-Greenwich, Conn., April :.'S 

 —tUditor fon-Ht and strmnr. ff "Haven" will refer to Scientific 

 Anetovan Sfaflpiemetii, Ko.033, he "Will hud the full account and 

 plans to soalo of the Forbes reef gear. The peculiar cat rig to 

 which it i.s fitted may also he useful to him. RogarUiug the reel 

 of Sassucus, he may possiblvgel information from her build- 



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 philanthropy, and gives his in\ 

 A CAN'OE AGAINST SAIL 

 Thames Sailirtg Cluu at Kinj 

 sailed by Mr. E. B. Tredwen, w 

 sailing boats, all of mueh large 

 and the sailing boats from 1 to 2 tons 

 large allowance, being 8 min. hehini 

 sidering the greater power of the 

 boats, her victory was most credital 



VESPER BOAT CLUB— At the last meeting 42 members wore 

 elected. 



The canoe, of en 

 the. first boat Li 

 large, well-ballas 



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Inchting. 



1. Newark Opening. 

 28. Oswego Cruise. 

 28-31. Portland, Cruise. 



6, Hudson River Annual 

 9. N. Y.. Annual, N. Y. 



14. Larchmont Pen., Larchmont 



16. Portland, Annual. 



FIXTURES. 



Max. 



30. Brookly Opening Day,(5rave- 



send Bay. 

 30. Knickerbocker Annual, Port 

 Morris. 

 June. 



18. Cor. Penn., Hull. 

 18. Brooklyn Annual, ( ! ra\ esend 

 Bay. 



35. Hull Club, Marblehead. 

 25. Oswego, Ladies' Day. 

 July. 



2. Beverly, Open, Mon. Beach. 10, Cor. Cham. Marblehead. 

 2, Hull, Penn., Hull. 18-31. interlake, Put-in-Bay 



4. Beverly, Cham., Mon. Beach. 20. Hull, Ladies' Day. 

 4. Larchmont An'l, Larchmont.. 23. Beverly, Cham,, Nahant. 

 9. Hull, Club Cruise. 3D. Beverly, Cham., Mon. Hea-elu 



9. Beverly, Cham., Marble-head. 30. Hull, Cham., Hull. 



16. Beverly, Sweep, Mon. Beach. 30. Cor, Open, Marblehead. 

 16. Hull, Cham., Hull. 



August. 



2. Sandy Bav, Annual. 20. Beverly, Open, Marblehead. 

 6. Beverly, Chani.,Swampseott. 27. Beverly, Open, Mon. Beach, 



13. Beverlv, Chain,, Mon. Beach. 30. Hull, Cham.. Hull. 

 13. Hull, Open, Hull. 30. Cor. Cham., Marblehead. 



15. Cor. Ladies' Race, Marble- 

 head. 



September. 



3. Larchmont Fall, Larchmont. 10. Beverly, Sweep.. Mon. Beach. 



10. Cor. Cham., Marblehead. 17. Cor. Sweep., Marblehead. 



Do British yachtsmen accept this action as their own; if so, 

 where is all the boasted fair play and bulldog pluck that never 

 measures the size oi an enemy, that asks no odds and that fights 

 to the end regardless of everything but honor? The Field has 

 Spoken in favor of equal terms for centerboards, but this is not 

 enough. Every British yachtsman should enter his protest, against 

 ibis surrender and in favor of a fair tight with no odds on either 

 side, Let the faint-hearted ones pluck up their courage for a 

 little time, the- case is not so desperate, these terrible Yankee 

 eenlorboards may not be so bad as a few have represented, the 

 keel cause is not entirely lost. 



The opportunity is now at hand for the most valuable tests that 

 have ever been made by yachtsmen, and the greatest possible 

 good may accrue to both nations if they are properly carried out. 

 li Mayllower is a better boat than the British cutters, this season 

 will snow it; but the results must not be impaired by any false 

 tests, 1 1 slit; can beat lrex, Arrow and the oi hers she will meet, 

 or if they can beat her, then some valuable knowledge has been 

 obtained; but if they sucoed only in holding their cups by means 

 of handicaps and restrictions on the challenging boat, the season 

 will be worse than wasted. It is hot nO w a question of keeping 

 Or winning cups, but of earning an unquestionable victory before 

 the yachting world thai is looking on anxiously lo learn from 

 theSe great ,rau e>. On this side of the Atlantic a match of equal 

 importance is to be mailed, and as far as can be determined, under 

 conditions that will be rhe same for both. To go into the details 

 of Ma\ llouer and Arrow, I heir rating would be approximately 129 

 and 87 sail tons, Y. R. A., and the latter would receive 9J4m. over 

 a 50-mile oOTirse. Now the owner asks that this be increased by 

 10 per cant, because he has no centerboard. 



This Same question of the centerboard comes in again wlv=>re- 

 ever Mayitinver may want to sail, except for the Cape May and 

 Brent on's Beet cup-, and the matter of admitting her is now 

 before several English cluba. It has been the rule heretofore to 

 exclude, centerboard vessels entirely i rom all races of the Y. H. A. 

 by a positive enactment, but this year, in honor of the Queen's 

 jubilee, some dubs have changed this by offering to admit center- 

 boards on terms that would make their defeat an absolute cer- 

 tainty, thus accomplishing the same end as before, but with a 

 show'of generosity that is likely 10 deceive no oue. 



There are but two ways of dealing with centerboard boats, 

 cither to disbar them positively, or to admit them without any 



MAYFLOWER AND ARROW. 



THE open challenge issued by Mr. Tankerville Chainberlayne 

 over a year ago, on behalf of his cutter Arrow, has resulted 

 in a rather inglorious tizzle; as, now that it has been taken up by 

 an American yacht, it has been hampered with such unfair con- 

 ditions that the race bus been abandoned. In answer to the con- 

 ditions published last week Mr. Burgess sent the following 

 message: "Restrictions on centerboard of Mayflower are inad- 

 missible." The reply was: "Clevedon, April 19, 1687.— Very sorry. 

 Arrow cannot possibly concede great advantage of unrestricted 

 centerboard.— Chainberlayne." This, in all probability, closes the 

 negotiations, as Mayflower will not race under any but equal con- 

 ditions. 



The most important event as yet on the yachting calendar 

 for the year is the. visit of Mayflower to England and the races 

 which she will sail there, and there will be a general feeling of 

 disaimointment that the present programme i.s disarranged by a 

 failure to agr, e on the conditions on which she may enter the 

 races. As to the principal one of t hese conditions, the use of her 

 centerboard, there is but on 3 opinion among American yachts- 

 men, both cutter and sloop men, that she must be allowed to use 

 her board entirely as she pleases and without any restrict ions. 

 From the conditions laid down for ilie match which she crosses 

 specially for, and which wo published last week, it appears that 

 the owner of Arrow is of a very different opinion, his stipulations 

 being as follows: "The Mayflower's centerboard. shifting keel or 

 plate shall be so stopped or bolted that it may not be lifted above 

 the maximum draft of the Arrow, but it: may be lowered to its 

 full depth, and as compensation for this, 10 per cent, shall be 

 added to her rating." 



The first clause really amounts to little, as, with Mayflower's 

 draft of nearly 10ft. she would need to keep down but ISin. of her 

 board, which would not be of the least detriment to her; but there 

 is no reason why this limitation should be considered necessary. 

 British yachtsmen have, since the first races for the America's 

 Cup, ver'v properly objected to inside courses for such important 

 races between large craft, and the same complaint has been made 

 over every race on the New York Y. C. course. Now when a race 

 is to be sailed in British wafers, a similar course is selected, inside 

 the Isle ef Wight, and special legislation is deemed necessary to 

 prevent the centerboard from obtaining any advantage. Surely 

 there must be some open water courses about the south coast of 

 England where such an important match can be settled on its 

 merits and without the chances of mishaps and flukes which at- 

 tend most inside courses. The first essential fcr a fair race, and 

 we. presume no one desires to see anything else, is a course that 

 shall offer equal opportunities to both, where the winds, tides and 

 channels are the same for bot h, and where no advantage can be 

 taken through a difference m draft. It certainly would not be 

 fair to ask Mayflower to sail in water of Arrow's draft only, as she 

 draws SOft. to Arrow's 11 '4ft.; nor is it fair, on the other hand, to 

 allow her, if free, to lift her board and make a short cut that her 

 rival cannot follow; but this matter must be settled, not by re- 

 strictions on either boat, but by adopting an open course with am- 

 ple depth from start, to finish. 



Even though Mayflower might submit to this restriction with- 

 out serious detriment, there is a principle involved which will 

 prevent her owner from agreeing to any such condition. The 

 centerboard is a legitimate mechanical device for obtaining cer- 

 tain advantages, and its use is just as permissible, as a housing 

 topmast or a running bowsprit, and until something more has 

 been proved against it than is now known, there can be no 

 grounds for discrimination in favor of the keel. 



The principal poiut, however, of Mr. Ohamberlayne's conditions 

 lies in the last part of the one quoted above— the demand for a 

 handicap of 10 per cent, from the centerboard. Certainly t here 

 can be no glory m bea ting a crippled boat, as Mayflower would be 

 without her board, nor would the case be bettered if she were com- 

 pelled to give a heavy allowance to her adversary in return for 

 the privilege of using it. The cutter men of America are not yet 

 ready to concede that the centerboard is better than the keel to 

 any extent, and it will be a surprise to them that the confession 

 should be so openly made by a British yachtsman. Keel boats in 

 America ask no allowance from the centerboard craft,; from the 

 very first, when they were few in number, poor in model, and not 

 understood by the men who sailed them, they have asked nothing 

 more than a fair course and a working breeze; but now, when the 

 first race of the kind is to be sailed in British waters, an allowance 

 is asked from the centerboard boat. Madge asked for nothing. 

 Oriva won her victories flat: Bedouin wants no time from any 

 centerboard of her length, Clara is not afraid to tackle the class 

 above her; but Arrow's owner concedes that his boat is inferior 

 to Mayflower before they meet. 



It is a fact that Arrow is an old boat, smaller, far less powerful 

 and infe.ior to Mayflower in every way, and if her owner asked 

 an allowance on account of the age and condition of his boat it 

 would be another matter; but nothing of this kind appears. The 

 centerboard is the sticking point; the races of Galatea and Genesta 

 seem to have started a sort of a panic, and now the first keel boat 

 that is to race must be protected by a handicap. 



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of the t 



oard, and there is one club, the 

 ivhich has the spirit and pluck to 

 n to all centerboard yachts. The 

 free use of the centerboards, and 



restriction 

 Royal Portsi 

 do this, givir 

 English papc 

 the Field says: 



"There is no further doubt that the Mayflower will pay us a 

 visit in June. Possibly some American centerboard schooner 

 will do so also. Under these circumstances the centerboard 

 question is likely to cause a difficulty. But if the clubs are wise 

 they will smooth the way for a settlement of the question before 

 the yacht arrive?. It is worse than useless framing conditions 

 which would practically destroy all the chance of the center- 

 boarder winning. It would be far better to fall back on the 

 Yacht Racing Association rule and decline to allow them to enter 

 into any club regattas." 



The Ohservcr continues in the same strain: 



"W e. have always taken the line that American boats should be 

 allowed to make the most of their peculiarities of construction, so 

 that we 'nay see the battle of types fairly fought out. But several 

 English clubs, with strange want of confidence in the English type 

 of boat, persist in forcing on Americans conditions which practi- 

 cally assimilate their t ype to ours. The American craft, as every- 

 body knows, have movable keels or centerboards, which can be 

 raised or let down at will, whereas the deep keels of English boats 

 are fixed. Obviously, centerboards can puss over shoal water 

 where English craft, could not follow them. The proposal is that 

 for this advantage of the centerboard American craft shall have 

 ten per cent, added to their rating and their keels fixed so that 

 they shall not be hoisted above the maximum draft of the Eng- 

 lish craft. It does not seem fair to make American craft pay m 

 rating for their centerboards and then compel them to convert 

 (heir centerboards into fixed keels so that they can get no advan- 

 tage from them." 



The Loudon Times, however, takes a less liberal view, comment' 

 ing on the conditions as follows: 



" They hay c been drawn on thoroughly fair and equitable lines. 

 There should be no difficulty in arranging the proposed interna- 

 tional contests. The penalty imposed on centerboard yachts is by 

 ho means unreasonable, as it would be manifestly unfair to allow 

 a craft of that type the advantage of working over hollow ground 

 in slack water with her centerboard hauled up, while the fixed 

 keel boat, by reason of her greater draft of water, would have to 

 keep in Che I ideway. Tin's clause may, however, be taken excep- 

 tion to by those identified with the Mayflower. Yet it is hardly 

 likely to'bring about a breakup of negotiations." 



The objections to the centerboard seom to be based on two 

 points— the advantange that may be gained by euttiug across lots 

 where the keels cannot follow and of working short: lacks in shore, 

 and again, the gain which results from the reduction of immersed 

 surface when off the wind. In regard to the first point it is, in 

 practice, of little importance and may be removed enttrely.as far as 

 the large yachts and international racing are concerned, by the 

 selection of open, deep-water courses, such as are suitable m all 

 respects for boats of such size and races of more than usual im- 

 portance. No trouble is found in America in selecting such 

 courses, where the centerboard boat has room to use her fin as 

 she pleases, and yet at the same time she can gain nothing by 

 housing it and cutting off corners. The New York Y. C. course, it- 

 is true, is not of this character, but the British have protested too 

 long and too earnestly against racing over it for them now to 

 select similar courses. Outside Sandy Hook, at Newport and at 

 Marblehead, there are deep-water courses for any yachts yet built. 

 In actual practice, however, the advantage of the board in racing 

 is very slight in the large boats, as it must be kept down for a 

 greater part of the time, and if raised the boat is useless unless 

 before the wind. True, some risks may be- taken in making close 

 shaves in shoal water that a keel boat would not care to take, but 

 these risks involve serious danger to an essential and necessarily 

 delicate portion of the boat's mechanism, as the board may be 

 easily injured by grounding, thus disabling the boat as far as rac- 

 ing is concerned. Besides, the keel boat with a draft of 13ft. is a 

 far more efficient instrument to windward than the centerboard 

 boat drawing 15 or 16, and from her more solid construction is far 

 better able to take the ground with no worse injury than a loss of 

 time than the other is to touch and go clear, but with fatal dam- 

 age to her board. The great advantages of the centerboard are 

 that the yacht can enter shoal harbors, can take the ground more 

 easily and can be sailed in shoal waters at- the expense of speed 

 and not, as seems to be the idea abroad, that she can sail a race 

 successfully in shoal water, while her rival must have half as 

 much depth again to compete with her. 



As regards the immersed surface the experience in this country, 

 where centerboards and keels are in constant competition, shows 

 all oneway; that the difference between the two classes is about 

 the same on the wind as free, and that if the cutter beats the sloop 

 to windward she is likely to do just as well with her when sheets 

 are lifted. It is a very pretty idea that the reduction oi surface 

 by a couple of hundred square feet makes the boat go faster, but 

 the facts do not bear it out, and in this case theories and scientific 

 tea son iug must take a back seat before the actual facts. In Eng- 

 land the matter has not been tested, and all statements concern- 

 ing it are simply speculation. The Field is responsible for much 

 of the misapprehension that exists on the subject, as ithas always 

 taught that the reduction of immersed surface was of substantial 

 benefit. Only a few weeks since it spoke as follows: "Mayflower 

 will still have some advantage by the reduction her immersed 

 surface can be made to undergo when her board is lifted some 

 three or four feet. The main advantage of the centerboard is, 

 that it can be housed when sailing on a broad reach or down the 

 wind. In all the Cambria- and Livonia races in America this 

 advantage was the most striking. The Cambria, for instance, in a 

 wholesail breeze, could hold her own to windward with any of the 

 centerboarders, but the latter would take seven or eight minutes 

 off her in a twenty-mile dead run. So far as this aspect of the 

 case goes it would be perfectly fair to deprive the centerboard of 

 her advantages, but the point is that by doing so she will be 

 practically barred from sailing over many of our courses." As 

 ancient history this is very interesting, but it is of very little 

 value to-day. The centerboard schooners of twenty-five years 

 since were distinguished for their speed down wind and were far 

 less able to windward, but the boats of to-day are more equally 

 balanced in all around qualities, and are fully as good to wind- 

 ward as free: 



In his paper on "Fifty Years of Yacht Building," lately read 

 before the Institution of Naval Architects, Mr. Dixon Kemp 

 repeats the same views, as follows: 



"So far as sailing by the wind is concerned the board does not 

 appear to hold the .y acht to more advantage than a- fixed keel does 

 a modern yacht with a deep cross section, and often, if, as the 

 Americans say, the centerboard is outpointing the keel yacht, the 

 feat is probably more attributable to the sit and trim of the sails 

 than to the board, unless, of course, the keel yacht has a deficient 

 area of longitudinal vertical section. Where the centerboard 

 has the advantage is in lifting the board for sailing off the wind. 



of '85 and '8(5, as 

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 nthe 

 vind- 

 been 

 with 



By housing the board in a yacht like the Mayflower, a redtml ion 

 oi 10 per cent, is at once made iu the area of the. immersed surface, 

 and the effect of this is always manifest, especially in light 

 winds or low speeds." 



This is directly contradicted by the Cu 

 all know who saw Puritan and Mavflov 

 ward of their rivals in light winds as in th 

 '85, outside the Hook, and in the race over the cl 

 and on the other hand, iu the last race of each 

 cutters did well on the run to leeward, but were t 

 ward. The speed of the deep keel boat down 

 repeatedly proved to be equal to the shoal cen 

 board housed, and even if it were otherwise il i- 

 the advantage, if it exists, is not a perfectly legitimate one, or 

 why it should he penalized. 



It is the intention of the owner of Arrow to malic the Queen's 

 Cup, whic h he has long held, a perpetual challenge 'im, ninl to 

 this end he has framed the conditions given last, week, but it will 

 he noticed that they are less liberal than those of ( lie America's 

 Cup. In place of being open to the world and to vessels of ai > 

 rig, the races are limited to British and American cutters alia 

 sloops; the penalty on centerboards is imposed, and the races 

 must he sailed under Y. It. A. rules, while the America's Cup is 

 sailed for under the rules of the holder for the time being. 

 Kurt her than this, the owner of the Arrow reserves the right, in 

 the races with. Mayflower, to decide on the morning of the face, 

 which way each shall be star! ed. a small matter, but one that is 

 contrary to the obvious requirement iu such cases that each 

 yacht must have exactly the same chances. 

 The ^Forest and Stream has long conteuded for more libera] 



and sportsmanlike conditions on the part of th 

 America's Cup, not from the desire to make its c 

 foreign yachts, but because the condition: 



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not such as would gu 

 which they could win or lose ( 

 will occur to all as absolutely 

 tests, and these apply as well to 

 ica's. The course should be such 

 advantage from peculiarities of C( 

 should be on such deep and open wab 

 fitted to sail in; all conditions as to 

 should be fixed and known to both 

 and both boat and course should be f 

 ing the chances of wind and weathe , _ 



placed on any legitimate part, of the boat, hull or equipment, and 

 while special appliances of an unseaworthy character shouid be 

 debarred, their status must be proved first. 



As matters now stand it rests with the Arrow's owner whether 

 Mayflower is seen in British waters; this season, as her owner will 

 not 'send her across if the match with Arrow falls throcgh, nor 

 will he put her in that or any other race except on perfectly fair 

 and equal terms. Thebenelils that must come from a thorough 

 test of her capabilities as compared with the best British yachts 

 will be fully as valuable to the other side as to Americans, and it 

 will be a serious loss if the races do not take place. 



they 



be 



THE SECOND CRUISE OF THE PILGRIM. 



PART VI. 



A FINE breeze from the northwest was rippling the bay and 

 we hastened aboard and got underway that, we might reach 

 the drawbridge upon the top of the tide, The wind proved light 

 and baffling, several legs were made across Frenchman's Bay 

 that gave us opportunities to see the pretty shores and summer 

 cm rages, andwe finally worked into the long reach north of the 

 island and lost sight of the mountains. Here both shores were 

 laid out in farms of gently undulating land; the buildings all had 

 a comfortable appearance; several wharves and fish weirs pro- 

 jected into the tides, and there was a calm, peaceful aspect of the 

 landscape in great contrast to the southern side of the island. 

 We were in Eden township and near Eden. 



The water shoaled rapidly near the bridge and an ugly ledge 

 extended from the mainland. The bom was sounded and two 

 men came out, opened the draw and motioned to keep more to 

 starboard. We laid out a few lines, got the fenders handy, and 

 sailed right into the gap. In a moment way was lost and we were 

 floated right astern again by a strong current running to the 

 eastward. We bad reached the bridge half an hour too late. 

 The men upon the bridge pulled by the rigging aloft, and Charles 

 and I pushed by the piers, but we could only keep in the draw and 

 swing the bow 'from side to side to the imminent danger of the 

 tophamper catching upon the drawbridge, which was elevated 

 half upon each side at an angle of 45*. Finally, a line was taken 

 out ahead and the boat warped through by great exertion and 

 with much difficulty. Once fairly through the bridge, the wind 

 upon the starboard beam filled the sails. We thanked, the oridge- 

 mcn, who certainly were very kind, and proceeded slowly down 

 Union Hill Bav. There is a bare ledge for a mile or mere bet ween 

 Mt. Desert and the main laud, and one cannot anchor by the 

 bridge and wait for high tide, but must begin to approach ii, as 

 the water rises, and go through at the top. Then, it would be 

 easy for a small craft to sail through with a favorable wind, but 

 I think it would be better not to take the risk, but to down all sail 

 and warp through, and this would be a necessity with a yacht 

 over 40ft. 



The stretch of shore and water along Mt. Desert and the main- 

 land to the west is lonely, wild and rough. There are not a dozen 

 houses to be seen in twenty miles. The land is hot cultivated to 



prime va 



of blueberry bushes and stunted spruces, with a. fish house and 

 wharf at the lower end; Hardwood and Tinker's, are masses of 

 evergreen, and the western shores of the mainland are Hat pas- 

 ture lands of no interest. Wherever we sailed, Mt, Desert still 

 loomed high above the islands, and the hotel upon Green Moun- 

 tain could not be escaped from. A long point off Newt 

 was covered with guUs, feeding ann performing toilet duties, but 

 they were too wary to let us get within gunshot, though the 

 water was smooth and the breeze sent us along quietly . 



The tide was out, and it was impossible to run up Union River 

 on account of its many shoals and tortuous channel. Indeed, 

 there is no water of any account at Ellsworth during low tale, 

 and as the sun was getting down, I pushed for a harbor at Blue 

 Hill Village, though the chart showed a narrow and dangerous 

 channel. Blue HiU seemed almost upon the shore; the entrance 

 was picturesque and the water deep enough. 1 steered by tire, 

 compass and kept Charles upon the lookout for rocks. The wind 

 blew right off the mountain and right ahead as we approached 

 the entrance, which enabled us to creep in by kcepiug the saiis 

 shaking; and the point once astern, we entered one of the prettiest 

 little laudlocked bays imaginable. 



The land rises abruptly from the eastern shore in wooded ridges 

 and ledges; the little mountain, Blue Hill, that looks so blue from 

 miles away, always a conspicuous object from Belfast, was now 

 green and forest clad to the very summit. To the left of it was a 

 modest farmhouse, and from the bank near it ran out an irregu- 

 lar wall of knobred boulders 8 to 10ft. above the tide, which 

 seemed to block the passage further in and extended across to 

 the right bank, where a cottage was peeping through the trees 

 that covered the level point, and several shapely boats were lying 

 upon the rocks. Just as the anchor was dropped iu 10ft. of water 

 near the farmhouse shore, a heavy report broke the stillness and 

 echoes like the discharge of a whole broadside rolled around the 

 shore. It was a heavy blast in the granite quarry of the hillside 

 that had unwittingly fired our salute. We took the boar alter 

 supper and pulled and poled in the shallow water toward the vil- 

 lage, but we struck in numerous places, and in the darkness could 

 not see anv way to reach a landing, and therefore came aboard 

 again with our empty oil can and sugar box. It blew hard from 

 the mountain side all night, but we lay snugly and veered cable 

 as the tide arose. The boulders in the bay are a singular freak of 

 nature. They must have been dropped there by some vagrant 

 ".acier. They are arranged with some ledges at one place, to form 



meter was falling, the wind fair, the season late, and 1 thought it 

 better to hurry on. _ , 



We started at 5 A. M., the breeze was oft: shore tor awhile: we 

 got out, easily, and ran rapidly down shore past Blue Hill Falls, 

 Harriman's Point and Tinker's Island. By the time we had 

 reached the latter the wind had hauled to the south 'a rd and east- 

 ward, and we barely cleared Green Island light, close-hauled and 

 plunging into a lively and increasing sea, Then sheets were eased 

 a little and we raced a, schooner past Naskeag Point and kept 

 away before the fast increasing gale just in time to save reefing, 

 but were obliged to up boots and rubber goods to keep the pouring 

 rain from spoiling our constitutions. The run through the Beach 

 was dismal enough, because it was work to steer and mind the 

 sails as the heavy seas rolled after us. and only one event e uliveneif 

 us. A heavily laden schooner of about 200 tons led us for awhile. 

 As we drew near to her we saw she was the Mary Jane Lee, of 

 Orlando, Me. She was down to the scuppers, her deck was covered 

 with overturned dories, and a crew of men in oilskins and sou'» 



