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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 14, 1889. 



OTTAWA, Feb. 5.— The St. Hubert Gun Clnb held their annual 

 meeting this evening at Mr. E. King"s office, Sparks street. The 

 secretary's and treasurer's reports show that t he club has made 

 grand progress during the past year, Loth in members and finan- 

 cially. The Secretary, Mr. A. H. Throop, in his report specially 

 refers to the effective work of the new Game and Fish Inspector 

 for this city and district, Mr. J. B. Moreau, and expresses hope 

 that a thorough test case will shortly bo made for the express 

 purpose of straightening out the legal kinks. The present law 

 seems defective in many points, or at least so framed as to hear 

 of wide constructions. After routine the election of officers 

 resulted as follows: President (by acclamation) Philip N. Thomp- 

 son; First Vice- 1 'resident. George White; Second Vice-President, 

 Ed. King; Secretary, A. H. Throop; Treasurer, John Deslaurier; 

 Field Captain, R, G. Dalton; Committee, Alex. Jacques, R. W. 

 Stevens, L. A. Desrosiers, W McL, Maingy and O. J. Locke. 

 Taxidermist, Ed. White; Auditors, R. W. Stevenson and W. P. 

 Lett, Jr. 



Lafayette, Ind., July 84. 1888.— United States Cortrhitif- Co., 

 Lowell, ^fa»!.: Dear Sirs— 1 And your Climax paper shot shells 

 excellent and quite equal to Eley's. There is no hang tire or ten- 

 dency to do so. I intend using your shells in a match uext Aveek. 

 I will give them a good boom, as they deserve it. 

 Yours truly, 



—Adv. (Signed) W. Graham, Champion English Shot. 



(^anaeing. 



SOME CRUISING EXPERIENCES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



"Carl Fuller's" and "Retaw's" descriptions of their canoes and 

 outfits have set me thinking that if canoeists generally will fol- 

 low their example we may all get some good points, so here goes 

 for mine. 



My craft is a smooth skin 15x3154, fitted with a plate center- 

 board 1- x3UX : v. and combination sails of 50ft. for the main and 

 32ft. for the dandy. 



The centerboard is set far enough forward to give me clear sleep- 

 ing space of a lit tie over 5ft. Cockpit is 7ft. long with two hatches, 

 that reduce the length to a little over 4ft. In the how is a drv 

 stowage compartment that is dry. Sliding bulkhead in rear end 

 of cockpit. The sails go under the side deck with straps that, hold 

 them up out of the way. The latest acquisition is a foot steering 

 gear that goes under the bottom hoards. The foot part is a frame 

 of oak with two pieces arranged to slide hack and forth in it. 

 These have a brace for the heel, and two posts fastened to it. One 

 of the posts is fastened to the extreme front end and he other 

 about 7m. back of it. Under the bottom hoards is a 6in. whe< 1 

 with a shaft fastened to it that comes up through the middle of 

 the foot gear. The first post or the sliding piece has a rope through 

 it, and the rope then comes around the shaft and is fastened to 

 the second post. Now any motion given to the sliding pieces 

 turns the shaft and wheel. The deck gear has a rod which runs 

 down through the deck to the keel, and on the lower edge has a 

 tin. wheel. Both wheels have a groove cut in them large enough 

 to take a safety chain. This runs around and connects the two 

 wheels under the bottom boards. 



Any motion which is now given to the sliding pieces turns the 

 first wheel, then the second deck gear and rudder. By using a 

 fiin. wheel iu front and a 4in. behind it gears up so that a verv 

 small motion of the foot will throw the rudder as far as it is 

 necessary for it to go. On the one I have just completed a motion 

 of lin. will throw the rudder at an angle of 60°. The advantages 

 are that it will not tire your foot as a hinged pedal gear does, as 

 the motion is given by the whole foot instead of at the toe alone. 

 Another is that you get a gain in speed and do not have to stretch 

 as far. On the bottom of the gear are two brass pins that engage 

 in holes in the bottom boards. A spring catch, which can be 

 released in a second, holds it in place. 



My dry stowage hatch which 1 used last year is the only one I 

 have ever had that wbb perfectly tight. This year I am going to 

 make a light wooden box and cover it with No. 36 brass. In the 

 top will be a hole 12in. in diameter and a brass pipe the same size 

 soldered to it, reaching up to the deck and turned over ou it like 

 the old style mast tube?. The hatch is of oak, the lower side 

 curved to tit the camber of the deck. It is turned in a lathe and 

 The top made perfectly flat. It then has a hole lOiu. in diameter 

 cut- in it, commencing -%in. from the outsido, leaving an easy 

 curve. On the curve is a half-round groove cut deep enough to 

 hold a piece of soft rubber tubing, which is fastened pernianen II v 

 in it with bicycle cement. The hatch is screwed to the deck and 

 well varnished to make it perfectly tight. The removable part is 

 turned with as smooth a face as possible, and fastened to the 

 other with cams instead of the usual hatch screws. It is a great 

 deal better to use the rubber tubing than the regular rubber pac k- 

 iug, as it is softer and will close up any opening that might Jet in 

 water. By using a piece of ebonite and turning the face accu- 

 rately the rubber might be dispensed with, but it is absolutely 

 necessary with the wooden hatch. 



Of my sails 1 shall say nothing. For the last two seasons I have 

 used them a very little and on cruises not at all. I have a cork 

 mattress, but think of having an inflatable rubber one next vear. 

 1 wish some one who has used them would express their opinions 

 about them. 



In a personal letter which 1 received a few days ago from the 

 champion cruising crank he said, ''When you write to "the Forest 

 Aim Stream again please describe exactly what your kit is, where 

 you put it, what you do with it and all about it. Don't gener- 

 alize too much." Well, I carry In the way of clothing, a coat, hat, 

 two pair stockings, knee breeches two handkerchiefs, two woolen 

 shirts and a pair of shoes. 1 think next year I'll have an extra 

 pair, for last summer when we broke camp one morning the only 

 pair I had was left to do the Robinson Crusoe, and for two whole 

 days I was without any, there not being a pair iu any of the smal l 

 villages we stopped at that would anywhere near fit me. All my 

 <do thing goes in dry stowage, together with blanket, dry plates 

 and mattress. 



On each side of the centerboard trunk are two boxes made of 

 >gin. whitewood. These carry the provisions. All that I can I put 

 in air-tight tin boxes. In one corner is carefully packed a China 

 cup. I can't come down to drinking anything but water out of a 

 tin one. The lower part of the seat is filled with what "Retaw" 

 calls three parts rubbish and one part tools, tin cup, fishing 

 tackle, etc. Some canvas bags along the side carry miscellane- 

 ous articles. In the rear of the. cockpit under hatch goes rubber 

 coat, camp axe, stove, cooking utensils, tent and tripod. The 

 sliding bulkhead and hatch are fastened with spring catch winch 

 cannot be opened until you press on the right place. 1 thought 

 of that idea at a cost of $8.50 in this way. One afternoon at Pitts- 

 ton I left the canoe in charge of a very good Sunday-school-look- 

 ing kind of a boy. He greatly admired a rubber automatic reel 

 which lay in the bottom of the boat. When I had occasion to use 

 it again it was gone, so I surmise his admiration got the best of 

 him. On my return home I devised the scheme for locking the 

 hatch and bulkhead together. A detective camera, which lies 

 uear my seat, completes my outfit. 



Speaking of the Pittston boy reminds me, I want to pay tribute 

 to the boys, and also to the ladies of Lacyville. One night we 

 camped on the island just opposite the village. Having occasion 

 to go over, I piled everything in the cockpit and fastened down 

 the tent. Four of as crossed the river in a 14x28 canoe. Ire- 

 turned to where we landed, and as there was nothing to come 

 back in except the canoe, 1 called a boy who was rowing on t he 

 river, and asked him if he would take me across. He said, "Yes," 

 and on reaching the island tendered him the customary "nickle." 

 To my great surprise he refused, it, and no amount of urging 

 would make him accept it. The only thing he said was, "I don't 

 like to be paid for something that isn't worth it." 1 made his 

 heart glad, however, with some spare fish hooks. 



Around the canoes were at least twenty boys looking over our 

 things. Nothing had been disturbed, and as my tent was tas- 

 tened down they could not see inside. One bright-eyed little fel- 

 low said, "Mistor, won't you please let me look in your boat?" 

 One of the. larger boys asked mo if I cared if he brought over his 

 mother to see our things? On my answering that I would be glad 

 to see them they started off, and in a short time returned with a 

 number of ladies. They did not come empty-handed, and for 

 several days after we had a substantial remembrance of their 

 visit. It is such kindnesses as these that we think of when other 

 incidents of the cruise have faded from our minds. GbACIE L. 



A. C. A. MEMBERSHIP.— jKasttivi Diviuion — A. T. Sehofield, 

 Wm. H. Smith, Burt L. Syms, James S. Lassiter, Walter H. ear- 

 ner, Fred II. Newton, Lewis F. Haywood, Jr., Geo. S. Lewis, F. A. 

 Smith, Fred A. Fenuo, T. G. Morrow, all of Holyoke, Mass.; J. C. 

 Green, Frank G. Bradbury, L. M. Searles. South Norwalk, Conn.; 

 W. L. Sadler, A. L. Fennessy, W. H. Se.lvey, D. B. Howiand, W. 

 F. Cook, A. H. Gardner, Springfield, Mass. Central Division— 

 Geo, B, Hayes, Buffalo N. Y, 



THAT PROJECTING CENTERBOARD. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



As a good deal of discussion is being carried on through your 

 columns concerning my centerboard, in connection with stand- 

 ing sails and sliding seats, it will perhaps help matters a little if 

 1 explain what led me to adopt that form of board, and the 

 advantages and disadvantages 1 have found it to possess. 



As far ae placing the trunk in the center of the canoe goes, I 

 maintain that there is the proper and natural place for it, unless 

 one intends to spread a mizen as absurdly small as Charm's. 

 However, let that pa9s. A canoeist can surelv place his board 

 where he chooses to balance the canvas he proposes to carry. 



In designing that board my object was to get a good under- 

 water shape when lowered, and a firm hold in the box. T kept 

 the drop under 18in., but could see no objection to its projecting 

 4 or 5iu. above the coaming when raised. Surelv when wc. limit 

 the length and drop of centerboard s. that is sufficient. T do not 

 see that because the board projects above the coaming t he canoe 

 is necessarily a racing machine. Is Ramona more so than Dimple 

 or half a dozen other canoes that were at the last meet? Is not a 

 board shaped like mine better in every respect than an old- 

 fashioned dagger board? We can pass all the ruloB we like 

 against standing rigs, sliding seats and projecting boards, but 

 still racing machines pure and simple will be built, all cut a way 

 under water, like Dimple, and will be brought to the meet for 

 the sole purpose of winning as many races as possible 



1 have used that board for two seasons, and consider it the best 

 I have ever seen. Owing to its semi-circular shaue when down, 

 the canoe is very quick in stays, and it holds well to windward. 

 The disadvantages it. has are that when raised it brings the center 

 of gravity higher than usual, and is often in the wav. But friend 

 Mac need not be afraid. If I build a new craft, as I hope lo, she 

 will not be fitted with this style of board. 



As for standing rigs, in a suit of 75 sq. ft. or under thev a re verv 

 convenient, and I would have nothing else. When the skipper 

 cannot carry 75 sq. ft. on a Class B canoe he had better stay 

 ashore and not prate about reefing or stowing. Of course when it 

 comes to large areas, it must be admitted that they are a nu isance 

 ashore and a risk afloat. But if a man is willing to start in a race 

 with a large area of sail that he can neither reef nor stow, go in 

 against him and trust to his coming to grief, but do not wdiitie 

 over it if he does not. If the wind pipes up vour reefing rig wins; 

 if not, his standing one gets there. He is willing to take the 

 chances and should bo allowed to. 



It seems to me that there is more ground for complaint against 

 sliding seats than against standing sails. Whoever heard of a 

 yacht'o being allowed to "plank out" in a race? Practically, it is 

 nothing less than increasing the beam of the erffffc. "Lowell" 

 comes out pretty strongly about the sliding seat, and alludes to 

 my canoe skating on her side. I do not profess to be a "crack 

 Canadian sailor." Perhaps if 1 had been the Ramona would not 

 have made such a mess of the Lake George races. However, I 

 I am not ashamed of her performance since she was built, even 

 though she does skate on her side, and only hope she will do as 

 well this year. While I cannot but admire the Vesper verse, still 

 1 fail to see how "Butler got there." The Vesper Club have good 

 reason to be proud of Fly, but is It not rather bad taste to crow as 

 though Fly had the right to hoist the '88 broom, and not Eclipse? 



There is clearly good ground for ruling out sliding scats, though 

 that would come very hard on Fly's owner, who has done as 

 much, or more, for canoeing than any other member of the A.C.A. 



But all we ask is to know what will be done in this direction. 

 Let standing rigs, sliding seats, even areas over 50sq. ft. be ruled 

 out, and I will cheerfully adapt my canoe to the rules, but I do 

 not want to build a craft that will promptly be disqualified. If 

 I build it will be for fast sailing only, call it a "racing machine" 

 if you like. I cannot appreciate cruising in a sailing canoe, when 

 for 25 per cent of her price I cun get a Canadian canoe much bet- 

 ter adapted for it. 



By all means let some decision be reached about these matters, 

 so that those who wish to build can do so before the season opens. 

 Trinity COLL'EG e, Toronto, Ramona. 



THE MERRIMAC CIRCUIT. 



BUDGY! Oh, Budgy! Five o'clock! Starbowline!" These 

 exclamations burst upon a sleepy canoeist with anything 

 but a pleasing sensation. However, he stretches his arms two 

 inches beyond their natural limit and arises, giving vent to a pro- 

 longed and startling yawn. The aroma of chocolate tills the 

 atmosphere of the Puritan's home, and soon a cup of that pleasing 

 beverage is standi ng before both caller and callee. A lunch is par- 

 taken of, which, though light, seems to raise their spirits a point 

 or two. By 5:30 A. M. all is ready, and each paddler takes his seat 

 for a brisk thrash to windward. From City Point a straight 

 course is made for Charles River, and alter tacking, turning and 

 sheering to avoid tugs and steamers, and paddling in the teeth of 

 a brisk northwest wind, the Navy Yard is reached. A short rest 

 is taken, which respite brings back wind and muscle, so the regu- 

 lar dip of the blades does not again case unt il the Harvard boat- 

 house is reached. After waiting an hour and a half the Peter- 

 borough is joined by the Doctor and Bob in a Racine canoe. The 

 more the merrier, so up through the marshes of the Charles push 

 the voyagers until the dam at Water town causes shallow water. 

 Anything for variety, so the canoes are shouldered and manfully 

 struggled with through the streets of the town. The dams are 

 finally passed and dropped all along the streets, when upon round- 

 ing a corner a group of urchins sends forth the shrill cry; "Tip- 

 pecanoe!" More dams not on the map are left behind. 



Next comes Waltham, a busy place— that is, if obstructions in 

 the river signify anything. Here Bob, who has raided a pie wagon, 

 is suddenly in need of brandy, and in a temperance town; but 

 luckily the Doctor is along, so a prescription is forthcoming, and 

 soon Robert is himself again. 



Three P. M. finds the boats at Riverside, where the Major and 

 the Blink are impatiently awaiting their arrival. A short rest 

 is enjoyed and a chat with the new companions, then more 

 paddling. 



The c rew of the Peterborough are tired, having already paddled 

 twonty-five miles, hence they do not overwork themselves, but 

 take it leisurely. Newton Falls and its dams are carried around, 

 then a short run and the Upper Falls are treated in a like man- 

 ner, after which a sigh of relief breaks from all, for there are no 

 more carries between them and their night's haven— Dedham. 



The sun has hidden his face behind the clouds which hang heav- 

 ily upon the horizon, the stars twinkle faintly and the cool even- 

 ing air braces up the tired ones, so that at 8 P. M. Dedham is made 

 and a good supper at Bob's house is disposed of. 



The Skipper and Budgy having paddled forty-five miles in 

 thirteen hours are ready to turn in, and their motion being 

 seconded by the other crews, there is soon to be hoard nothing 

 bu> the. sullen roar of the sleepers. 



Sore and weary on the morrow, the cruisers grip their paddles 

 and push on, gradually warming up to their work and forgetting 

 pain. A carry is made at Charles River Village, and early in the 

 afternoon South Natick is reached. A meal is eaten at the Bailey 

 House, the team is harnessed, and the canoes, four in number 

 now, having been joined there by the Artist and B., are packed 

 into the wagon; for here the Charles is to be left, and Lake Co- 

 chituate is the objective point. Many songs and canoeing choruses 

 fill the air, making heads pop out of the houses as the wagon with 

 eight men on it, their legs dangling over horses and wheels, goes 

 merrily along the three miles to the lake. Camp is soon made 

 and foraging for supper is in order. Corn, hutter, milk, bread 

 and eggs reward the hunters. There were many unbidden guests 

 at that meal, since those nocturnal birds that fly into one's ears 

 with abiz-z-z-z are out in force to welcome t he newcomers. A hot 

 night and plenty of the aforesaid birds, and one can imagine that 

 the tempers shown the next, morning are not so sweet as they 

 might have been under other circumstances. 



Camp is soon broken, and photographs by the "special artist" 

 are taken. A bold strike is made for the Sudbury River. There 

 are five basins to Lake Cochituate, and as one after another is 

 entered men say, "The outlet is just around the corner." Finally 

 it is found, and, after carrying around two dams, the canoes and 

 crews find themselves afloat in Cochituate Brook, with the cur- 

 rent for the first: l ime. A couple of miles down comes another 

 dam. with but little water below it; but, nothing daunted, the 

 Peterborough and Adirondack are put into what little water 

 there is, and paddled, poled and towed about three miles into the 

 Sudbury, at Saxonville. While going down the brook the canoe- 

 ists are subjected to the scrutiny of several gentleman cows, 

 through whose domain the stream wends its way. 



The. Racine and B., ha ving carried by team, are in consequence 

 somewhat in the lead. They are soon found resting, which is 

 quite characteristic of the Artist and B.; lunch is eaten and we 

 proceed, making camp on an island in the marshes above Way- 

 land. A swim is eujoyed, and the Maj. and Doc, with their cus- 

 tomary agility and 1 tick, procure milk, butter, bread, etc. Pleasing 

 manners with the farmer's daughter tn-ing forth the largest 

 loaves, the fattest pies and the greasiest doughnuts, for stomachs 

 that can now digest rocks. 



For once the mosquitoes are foiled, for black fly cream turns 

 those who use it into regular greasers, and the open mouth is the 

 only vulnerable point; so iu sel.f-defense that is kept shut, and 

 snoring for the time quieted. 



The next day is pleasant, and Fairhaven Bay is reached without 

 incident. Below the bay lunch is eaten and a swim indulged in. 

 Numerous parties of young men and women are rowing up the 

 river from Concord, and are electrified to see-14feet, out of water, 

 projecting from beneath a hoat, and a singularly active bucket on 

 the water bottom up. It is only our travelers hiding behind the 

 boat iu shallow water and Bob swimming around with the water- 

 buoket on his head. At Concord, Mass., the Sudbury and the 

 Assabet join to form the Concord River. At this junction is a 

 high rocky point, which the Indian used to inhabit before the 

 advent of the paleface, and there is an inscription chiseled upon 

 its rocky brow to that effect. Up the Assabct go the cruisers, 

 bent upon tasting the water of all the streams in their wav. 

 Camp is made near a couple of farmhouses, one of which is ren- 

 dered particularly interesting on account of a pretty girl. Oh! 

 these rustic damsels. 



Sunday dawns clear and warm, and as all days are alike when 

 cruising, the start is made, and down the. Concord we go. The 

 Artist and B. leave the party at Concord. At Billerica a short 

 carry is mado and soon after Wanmsit is reached. Hero a carry 

 is to be made to the Merrimnc below Lowell. A drunken teamster 

 is hired, and alter vainly trying to drive down a 20ft. street with 

 three 16ft. canoes on the wagon, he is finally dismissed and a 

 large team telephoned for. Im the new conveyance the portage is 

 very comfortably made, aud late in the afternoon the canoes are 

 launched upon the placid bosom of the Merriinac, below Hunt's 

 Falls. A few miles are covered and camp is made on a high bluff 

 near the Narrows. A rousing camp-tire is made, and soon the 

 aroma of boiling coffee and Irving bacon is wafted to the nose, 

 causing the eating utensils to be quickly brought forward. What 

 a relief, with "Tippecanoe" still ringing in one's cars from the 

 LoweU gamins, to sit iu perfect quiet and eat hot toast, bacon 

 and eggs, and drink good hot coffee. As the steam rises one's 

 thoughts go up with it into space, one sees the hot and crowded 

 city with all its uoise and bustle, and the tired faces of over- 

 worked men, then it is that one says, like the Pharisee, "I am 

 glad that I am uot as other men are," in other words. I am glad 

 I'm a canoeist. Supper over, the pipe and fragrant Virginia are 

 brought forth, and its quieting effects make all roady to turn in. 



After a cool and refreshing night's sleep camp is'broken, »ud 

 the cruisers swiftly glide down the river to Lawrence, carrying 

 into the Essex Company's canal, to be locked out at the lower 

 end, and continue down the stream as far as Ward Hill. Iu 1886 

 some of the party stopped at this place, and they were greatlv 

 surprised at being remembered bv the natives. 



Ward Hill is not a hard place' to leave; so without a tear it is 

 left the next morning, and the canoeists are ready for the quick 

 water below. The rapids, which do not amount to much, are 

 soon left far behind, and Haverhill with its humming shoe 

 factories is pa^sed. After a long run Newbttryport heaves iu 

 sight, is soon reached, and after provisioning is quicklv left. 

 With wind and tide, for we are now on salt water, Plum Island 

 River is run through and camp made in a half-a-dollar-a-night 

 cottage on Grape Island. 



Grape Island is a sort of third-rate summer resort, and there 

 being strangers in the place, the event was celebrated by the 

 men of the place by more than looking upon the wine that is rod. 

 Thev rolled the chariot along in song, and a Do in rc-aiii.-. bv roll- 

 ing boulders across the apology for a piazza which extended along 

 the front of the house. It does not take much to shake a 20x20 

 house, and as they kept it up until 2 o'clock in the morning, our 

 rest, was in consequence somewhat broken. 



Not being iu an amiable mood after a broken rest, the canoeists 

 started early, and glad to be rid of such an element, it did not 

 take long to leave Grape Island far astern. "Yes," says a fisher- 

 man, upon being asked where Ipswich is, "it's about two miles 

 fr cm that house over there." On dip the paddles, and the canoes 

 shoot forward in answer, but that house still looms up in the cold, 

 cold distance. Ipswich may be two miles from that house, but it 

 is t en to the house. The next man says, "0! It's just around that 

 bend there." A dozen are rounded, yet no town; and the opinion 

 that aU men are liars is beginning to'form in our minds, when 

 the old town suddenly permits its dazzling beauty to be gazed 

 upon by strange eyes. Here a carry is made around the mill 

 dam, and a much dyed old fossil takes tintypes of the travelers. 

 A few miles up the Ipswich River, Miles River enters it; so 

 following the map the canoes are nosed into Miles River. Oh, 

 that name! Imagine if you can a city gutter in a heavy shower, 

 and you have Miles River vividly portrayed. Still, up it must 

 the boats go, and by dint of hard tugging, poling, wading (to 

 lessen the beam and make th°m narrow enough to fit the stream) 

 they are finally brought to t he third bridge. 



Scene on Miles River, the Maj. standing in his canoe; the Blink 

 np to his knees in water and mud; a fence across the stream, an 

 axe in his hand. "Gentlemen, this is a fence across Miles River, 

 an obstruct ion to a navigable stream. Gents, it is a four-rail fence 

 ( whack!). Strange metamorphosis.it has but three rails, (whack! 

 cut! crash!). All a dream, gentlemen, there is no fence. Old Jo 

 Horton aud his team are pressed into service for a carry to Cbe- 

 baco Lake, where camp is soon made, and a day spent in washing 

 the clothes, and so forth. 



It rains for the first time in ten days, and yet, on, on, for there 

 is an end to all things, and vacations do not last forever. Down 

 the lake run the canoes, and another brook is tackled, leading 

 into the Essex River. "Ah! here is a bridge across the stream; 

 what a pretty bridge it is, and so light, too," murmurs the Skip- 

 per. So saying he lifts a, small rustic bridge across on to one side 

 of the stream, allowing the canoes to proceed. Strangely enough 

 he forgets to replace the bridge, too 



At last navigation is completely blocked; there is no water to 

 float the canoes; so in a driving rain they are shouldered and 

 carried half a mile to the Essex River, where they are again 

 launched. Passing the shipyards where so many fishing vessels 

 are built, we are again in salt water and the course is shaped for 

 the mouth of the river. 



While passing Canova Point, three shots ring out as a salute, 

 dousing the last canoe with bird shot. As the canoeists lift their 

 hats in recognition of this courtesy, a hearty vo'ce sings out, 

 "Come in, we'ro just going to take something." Wet and cold 

 tplease mark the excuse), it is not long before our cruisers are re- 

 sponding in the most approved manner to the hospitalities offered 

 by Messrs. G. and T., the inhabitants of Coot Cottage, and a jolly 

 cottage It is, with an exceptionally finely stocked larder, bach 

 a welcome makes a bright spot in our remembrance, of the trip, 

 and a warm spot in our stomachs. 



With the rain falling gently the course i"b resumed and Annis- 

 quani and Squam Rivera.ro passed, lotting Gloucester Harbor 

 loom up out of the mist. The steamer Chaffee is taken, and after 

 paying the most exorbitant freight charges on record, the party 

 separates, the Racine and Peterborough paddling to City Point. 

 Thus had the party made a circuit of nearly 300 miles, at aU times 

 within fifty miles of Boston, having traveled upon twelve streams, 

 two lakes and the ocean, and having made thirteen carries. 



With nothing to think of hut to-morrow's food and to-morrow's 

 run, canoeists ought to be jolly fellows, and indeed they are. If 

 you are inclined to doubt it, try it. Ilex, the Skippur, 



RUSHTON'S BOATS AND CANOES.— We have received from 

 Mr. J. H. Rushton his new catalogue for 1889, uniform with the 

 edition of last year, but very much fuller and more complete, to 

 meet the growing demands of boating men and canoeists. The 

 list includes all kinds of small pleasure craft, for oars, paddles, 

 sail, steam and electricity, from the 201b. canoe up to the steam 

 launch large enough for such cruises as have lately been described 

 in Forest and Stream. During the past sea-son the models of 

 nearly all of Mr. Rushton's boats and canoes have been very 

 carefully redrawn and improved, the many good features of de- 

 sign and build which have made these boats so deservedly popular 

 being retained, while many uow ones have been added." Among 

 other novelties for canoes are a movable trunk for a centerboard, 

 a self-locking deck tiller, a special racing drop rudder and fasten- 

 ing, and a new form of rudder brace, and also a new boom fast- 

 ening. The catalogue contains a new and complete list of all 

 requisites for boats, canoes and launches, and is a most usefnl 

 guide to all boat owners. 



INNITOU O. C, Woburn, Mass.— Com., Homer B. Grant; Vice- 

 Corn., Stillman B. Shaw; Sec'y, Arthur C. Wyer; Trcas,, Edward 

 F. Wyer. 



§8chtmg. 



CRUISING.— Bally mena, steam yacht, Gen. Geo. 8. Brown, has 

 left Baltimore for a cruise in Florida waters ... Alva, steam 

 yacht, has arrived at Bermuda ... Republic, schr., Mr. Thomas 

 Hall, arrived at Bermuda on Jan. 31 after a stormy passage, on 

 which oil bags were used successfully. 



A NEW YACHT CLUB.— On Jan. 31 a new yacht club was or- 

 ganized at Troy, N. Y., the members being residents of Troy and 

 Lansingburg. The officers are: Com., N. L. Weatherhy; Vice- 

 Corn., Charles E. Wilson; Sec, Edward F. Powers, Lansingburg: 

 Treas., George Kirsop, Jr., Lansingburg. 



