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SAIL PLAN OF "DABCHICK." 



THE DABCHICK. 



THE book, "Yachts, Boats and Canoes," contains a number 

 of plans of single-band yachts of various types, the accom- 

 panying drawing, which we reproduce from the plates, being the 

 smallest, a boat excellently adapted to the wants of young 

 amateurs. The Dabchick was designed and built by Mr. Charles 

 Livingston, of Liverpool, the designer of the canoe Laloo, and 

 an old correspondent of the Forest and Stream. The boat 

 was built by the owner, assisted by two ship carpenters, working 

 only of evenings through the winter. The dimensions are: 



Length over all 16ft. 9in. 



Length, l.w.l 15ft. 9in. 



Beam 5ft. 



Draft 3ft. 8in. 



Displacement, tons 1.93 



Ballast, keel 16c wt. 



Ballast, inside lOewt. 



Ballast, total ltonOr-wt. 



Mast, deck to hounds 12fr. 9in, 



Mast, deck to truck 21ft. 



Mast at deck 4J^in. 



Borm, diam. :]yAv 14ft. 



Gaff, 9ft. 6in. 



Bowsprit, 3)4 outboard 8ft. 6in. 



Spinaker boom 17ft. 



Topsail yard 13ft. 



Jack yard 7ft. 



The scantling is as follows: Keel, American elm, sided 10in., 

 moulded iin.: stem, English oak, sided 3in., moulded Bin.; stern- 

 post and dead woods of same, sided 3iu.; planking, garboard to 

 bilge, %m. yellow pine, bilge to wale, %in. white pine, and wale of 

 birch; frames, American elm, lJ4x%in., spaced Tin., all steamed 

 and bent; three, oak floor knees, clauipslxCin., deck beams 2x1 J4in., 

 knees and partners of English oak; planksheer, American elm, 

 3Mx%in.; deck, white pine, %in.; coaming. American oak, 

 dead wood and keel bolts yellow metal, latter lJ4in., and fastenings 

 of handmade copper nails. The well is 9ft. long, but may when 

 cruising be closed over by a trunk or hatch 5ft. 5m. long, with sky- 

 light and companion, making a snug cabin with 4ft. 2in. head- 

 room and a cockpit 3ft. 6in. long. The sailplan is small even for 

 one man in cruising. Mr. Livingston says, "I use oilcloth on the 

 floor, as it is always dryer than carpet. For sleeping accommoda- 

 tion two iron frame cots which fold up against side in daytime 

 and form comfortable cushions to lean back upon. Each contains 

 a mattress, pillow and two blankets. Cots are certainly the best 

 forms of beds for a small boat. They keep the blankets out of the 

 way in the daytime, and I generally pack my change of clothes in 

 one of them. Two cabin cushions covered with American cloth. 

 One water breaker holding about fivegallons. The cooking outfit 

 includes a methylated spirit stove with two lamps, kettle (l^qts.), 

 boiler, steamer, frying pan and small tin pot. All the utensils 

 should fit the holes in the top of the stove and they will not tumble 

 off if the hoat is at all lively. I find that the most convenient way 

 to carry the methylated spirit is in half gallon tins; three tins last- 

 about a fortnight with two living on board." Full tables of offsets 

 and of blocks and cordage are given in the volume. 



SEAWANHAKA C. Y. C.-The June meeting of the S. C. Y. C. 

 will be advanced to May 24, the opening of the new club house at 

 No. 7 East Thirty-second street.- 



VIKING, s. y., formerly owned bv the late S. J. Tilden, has been 

 sold to R. H. "White, of Boston, for f 35,000. 



ATLANTIC Y. C.-The date for the annual regatta of the At- 

 lantic Y. C. has been fixed for June 16. 



CYTHERA, yawl, W. A. W. Stewart, is at Poillon's for a new 

 rail. 



Jlmtvm to <^orw8yondmt$. 



J3P** No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



A. M.'s query will be answered next week. 



E. D. P., Clinton, Mass.— For map write to Colton Bros., map 

 publishers, William street, New York. 



W. \Y. R.. Newark, O.— 1. Use Express bullets. 2. The Upper 

 Peninsula of Michigan is a good deer country. 



A. W. S., San Francisco.— The address is given as Edinbm-gh, 

 Scotland. You may send by international money order. 



Fulton County, Ky.— Will some of your correspondents kindly 

 inform me through the columns of Forest and Stream regarding 

 the opportunities for sport with rod and gun, available for a single 

 day's outing, to a person residing in the western part of Fulton 

 county, Ky?— O. N. C. 



Vim, Hartford, Conn. — I have a setter pup which is being house- 

 broken. I shall be able to give him one week's practice only on 

 quail and ruffed grouse this year, but I can give him almost daily 

 practice on rail after Sept. 1. W 7 ould it be advisable to let him 

 have this practice on rail before working him on quail or grouse? 

 Ans. No. 



R. M., Freeport, L. I., May 12.— Yesterday I caught a trout out of 

 a stream in which we seldom find one, and this morning while 

 dissecting it I found about 30 matured eggs which should have 

 been deposited last fall, and at the same time eggs forming. Can 

 you tell me how this happens? Ans. There are many similar 

 lustances on record. The American brook trout is quite irregular 

 in its spawning habits, and the eggs also vary in size more than 

 any other fish known to fishculturists. The late eggs you saw 

 might be laid, but for lack of impregnation would have produced 

 no fish. They are usually through spawning in February, but in 

 Caledonia Creek eggs have been taken by Mr. Annin in March. 

 As the fish had only 30 eggs left, she had probably laid the rest 

 earlier in the season . 



The Travelers of Hartford advertises what it has DONe. not 

 what it is going to do: it has paid over .$11,20 »,000 to Policy- 

 holders in settlement of claims.— Adv. 



MAN AND OTHER ANIMALS. 



A few years ago several young men of Gait leased a lake in 

 this comity and went into* the business of hunting for the 

 market. They were quite successful, and finally struck a 

 scheme which would have glutted the wild game market of 

 the world if rival hunters had not interfered. One morning 

 two of the hunters were coming to the city with a wagon load 

 of game and had just crossed the railroad track when they 

 discovered five dead clucks lying beside the track. "I wonder 

 what killed those ducks?" asked the young hunter. "The 

 telegraph wires, of course," replied his companion. "It very 

 frequently happens that ducks, quail, and other birds which 

 are rapid on the wing are killed by flying hard against the 

 wires." "If that is true," said the first speaker, "why 

 wouldn't it be a good idea to stretch lines of wire across our 

 lake?" It was agreed that the scheme should be given a trial. 

 A block and tackle were secured, and seveu lines of wire. 100 

 feet apart, were drawn across the lake. The young men were 

 up bright and early next morning to see what success they 

 had. They took a boat, went out on the lake and picked up 

 107 dead ducks. The hunters laid aside their guns, quit pur- 

 chasing ammunition and every morning for more than four 

 weeks they secured a boat-load of ducks brought down by the 

 small wires. The ducks would come into the lake like a 

 shot, as darkness approached, dive dowm toward the water 

 with terrific speed, and would be mowed down by the wires 

 by scores. Finally older professional hunters became aware 

 of the "fake" of the young men, cut the wires, and by threats 

 prevented them from being again erected.— Sacramento Bee. 



After the strikes alongshore were settled and the police 

 reserves were withdrawn Capt. Gastlin obtained a short 

 leave of absence to recruit his health, which had been some- 

 what impaired by his incessant work. He is a great sports- 

 man and a crack shot. When, therefore, he announced that 

 he was going South to do some hunting, some of his friends 

 begged him to send them a souvenir of his prowess. Among 

 the number was Fire Chief Benjamin A. Gicquel, who was 

 anxious to get a bird. "No matter what kind of a bird it is," 

 said he to the Captain, "if you can only get it alive send it 

 along." The Captain promised. When he got down in Vir- 

 ginia he one day saw a coon. He was lively and we at up a 

 tree about as quick as a bird. A light dawned upon the 

 Captain. Here was a good substitute. He hired a negro, 

 got- the coon alive, and sent him on carefully boxed and 

 labeled. The animal arrived at the West Tenth street engine 

 house, and the package containing him was opened a few 

 days ago with great formality by Chief Gicquel. The by- 

 standers say that coon went out like a streak of orthodex 

 Jersey lightning, and it took half the engine company to 

 secure him. He was promptly adopted by the fire laddies, 

 however, and was dubbed u Gicquel's bird." A little coach- 

 ing has given the coon an idea of discipline, and he shows 

 promise of future usefulness. But Chief Gicquel has a little 

 rod in pickle for Capt. Gastlin.— New York Times. 



While making a call at Zinn's Hill. Salem, 1ST. H., yester- 

 day afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Beriah Foster of this city wit- 

 nessed by far the greatest exhibition of snakes ever coming 

 under their observation. A woodchuck's hole on the farm 

 of Rodney Woodbury had been dug out, and no less than 83 

 snakes brought to the surface in a torpid state, killed, and 

 hung on a pole to dry. The collection included 78 black 

 snakes, 3 adders and 2 striped. The largest snake measured 

 5 feet 2 inches in length, and 6 inches in circumference. Com- 

 bined length of all, 327 feet. This is a big story, but a true 

 one. — Haverhill (Mass.) Bulletin, April 25. 



Indian Poachers in Michigan Waters.— "It's a most in. 

 fernal outrage/' said Ed. H. Gilman last evening. "Just 

 think of it ! Fifteen of those Walpole Island Indians speared 

 six barrels of black bass, the finest fish in the world, out of 

 our spawning-bed in one day. They are Canadian Indians, 

 and Canada gives them Walpole Island for a reservation. 

 Then they go and lease it to the Toronto club under such 

 strict rules that they cannot hunt and fish on the Canada side, 

 and the blamed miscreants come over into American waters 

 and spear our fish. It would be an outrage at any time, but 

 to spear the fish now, before they have deposited their spawn, 

 is terrible. Mr. Locke, a member of the St. Clair fishing 

 and shooting club, came dowm on the City of Baltimore to- 

 day and his attention was called to the six barrels of bass on 

 board. The boat stopped at Bissell's dock, and Mr. Locke 

 came direct to me to tell me the facts. About the time he 

 reached me I received a telephone from Bissell stating that 

 the fish were landed there, and that Joe Bedor had bought 

 the six barrels for $14. I had been talking with Game. 

 Warden Smith at the Russell House, but I went back and 

 laid this ease before him. He was as much incensed as I was, 

 and said he would look up the law of the State in the morn- 

 ing and see if there was any statute under which he could 

 arrest the miscreants. If not he would proceed against them 

 under the fishing treaty. He said he was determined to stop 

 the practice of people from other States and Canada coming 

 int o Michigan and carrying off our fish and game. I tell you 

 he isa good one. The State Sportsmen's Association has ueen 

 working for eight or nine years to get laws that would pro- 

 tect our fish and game, but we had no one to look after them 

 and the state has been invaded by everybody. But now Gov! 

 Luce has given us a man who is energetic and active; who 

 knows his duty and will perform it. 1 estimate that those 

 six barrels of fish represent about 10,000.000 black bass that 

 would have been hatched from the spawning-beds in a few 

 weeks more. Every man who has heard of it says it is out- 

 rageous for those Canadian Indians to come into our waters 

 and take our fish in this manner. They cannot do such a 

 thing on the Canadian side, and the game warden will see 

 that they do not trespass on us in the future. A bill has 

 just passed both branches of the Legislature, and onlv wants 

 the signature of the governor to become a law, that will help 

 to put a stop to this business. It makes the finding of fish 

 in the possession of any man out of season prima facie evi- 

 dence of a violation of the law. There is no doubt that the 

 governor will sign it and that it will soon go into effect." 

 Mr. Gilman was very earnest in his denunciation of the out- 

 rage on the part of the Indians and the man who encouraged 

 them by buying the fish. He was not alone in his sentiments, 

 but was warmly indorsed by several other sportsmen who 

 heard the conversation.— Detroit Tribune. 



Few people are aware of the fact that a life was lost in the 

 destruction of the residence of Mrs. Carr; but such is really the 

 case, and there is genuine mourning among the members of 

 that once happy household. Their favorite house-dog Tip, 

 so well known in this city.although taken repeatedly from the 

 burning building, persisted in returning, until the cruel 

 flames cut off his exit and poor Tip perished. Not many 

 years ago, by the sagacity of this same dog Tip, a conflagra- 

 tion which might have proved quite as disastrous as the one 

 we are now chronicling, was averted. Through the careless- 

 ness of a servant, the fence and side of the store in rear of 

 Mrs. Calx's residence caught fire in the dead of night from 

 an ash-barrel. Vigilant, watchful Tip saw the danger and 

 set up such a howl of distress that the attention of Edwards 

 House guests was attracted, and by them the fire was sub- 

 dued. It was regarded then as a most fortunate escape, and 

 to faithful Tip was accorded all praise and glory. While 

 dropping a tear for poor old Tip, it is gratifying to know that 

 our friend Joshua Blake succeeded in saving from the flames 

 his famous dog King Avho with his kind master has crossed 

 the wdde ocean seven times, and is perhaps more widely 

 known at fashionable resorts than any pet dog.— St. Awius- 

 tine (Fla.) Weekly. 



A private letter from Naples to a London correspondent, 

 contains the following: "If you like dogs you will be pleased 

 with the annexed : At Ceriano a poor fellow .who lived by 

 hawking milk was buried under the ruins of his cottage a 

 little way out of the town. As he usually set off on his 

 rounds before four A.M., everyone believed he was safe, but 

 he too had celebrated the end of carnival by taking a little 

 wine, and had slept late. His large dog, which used to drag 

 the milk i_art up the mountain roads, smelt out his master, 

 and began to scratch away the rubbish until he laid his 

 master's head bare, which was covered with wounds. Then 

 the dog began to lick the wounds; but finding that the bleed- 

 ing continued, and comprehending that he could not dig 

 further, he ran off and seized by the coat the first individual 

 he met, wdio, thinking the dog was mad, got loose and ran 

 away. But a second person, guessing "what the animal, 

 wanted, followed him, and consequently the poor milkman 

 was released from his dangerous position. The Minister 

 Genala paid him a visit, and found him with his head bound 

 up under a tent, with the faithful dog lying beside him. 



A remarkable illustration of the puzzling migratory habits 

 of the herring has just been observed on the southwest coast 

 of Norway, at the so-called Jsederen, between the towns of 

 Stavanger and Egersund. This district used to be one of the 

 richest herring-fishing grounds in Norway during the spring, 

 but about twenty-five years ago the fish suddenly and com- 

 pletely disappeared from the coast. Last month enormous 

 shoals once more came under shore, first "striking land" at 

 the same spot as in former times. The quality of the her- 

 ring is exactly the same as it was twenty-five years ago, and 

 the shoals were accompanied by numerous "herring" whales. 



The Kind of Bird He Is. — A " best on record "of an 

 unusual kind has been made at Baberton, Cape Colony. 

 An artist named Woodcock played the piano for twenty- 

 four consecutive hours " without breaking harmony." Dur- 

 ing the twenty-four hours Mr. Woodcock took no other re- 

 freshment than some beef tea and an occasional cigar. He 

 finished in capital condition, and subsequently performed 

 at two music halls, at one of which he was presented with a 

 gold watch and chain and the evening's takings. 



The other day' a portly, dignified-appearing gentleman 

 walked along the street towing a pug dog by a leather leash. 

 Near the Post Office the dog slipped his collar and left, but 

 the owner walked on calmly and entered a neighboring store, 

 holding the leash wdth the collar at the end as if the dog was 

 there. He was well inside the store when he noticed the 

 empty collar, and the next scene was a portly form moving 

 rapidly up street looking for a dog that belonged on the 

 other end of the string.— Providence Journal. 



A wren has built her nest under the eaves of a car on a 

 South Carolina railroad, and makes four trips over the road 

 every day. The bird pays no fare, and does not appear to be 

 entitled to a pass under the new law. Respectfully referred 

 to the interstate commission. 



When calkers or shipcarpenters are cut bj T an adze or other 

 sharp tool they immediately bind the wound with oakum 

 saturated with spirits of turpentine. This is a favorite 

 remedy aboard ship, too. 



San Diego fishing parties report fat takes. The barracouda 

 bite like mosquitoes and pull like whales. — San Francisco 

 Alta. 



Coughing, with interludes of wheezing and sneezing, are heard 

 in all public places. Every one ought to know the remedy ; anO 

 that is Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar — an absolute and im- 

 mediate cure of all pulmonary complaints. Pike's Toothache 

 Drops cure in one minute. —Adv. 



