Jan. 3, 1889.] 



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§dttoring. 



Canvas Cannes w& how to Build Them. By Parker B. Meld. 



Price $1.50, Canoe and Camp"Cookcr£ "By"'»Sencc^ N prt-e*$l! OP ' 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 (stream their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., ol 

 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. 



WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Commodore— J. It. Bavtlett, Fremont, Ohio. 

 Vice-Gommodore— D. H. Crane, Chicago, 111. 

 Rear-Commodore- -C. J. Rtedroan. Cincinnati, Ohio, 

 Secretary Treasurer-O. H. Root, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Executive Committee— C. J. Bousfleld. Rav Citv, Mich.; T. P. Gacldis, Day 

 ton, O.; T. J. Kirkpauick, Springfield, O. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



OFFICERS, 1887-88. 



Commodore: H. C. Rogers > _.„.,.. . _, 



Secretary-Treasurer: Geo. VV. Hatton f Peterborough. Can. 



„ . , _ Viee-Com. Rear-Corn. Purser. 



Central Div..W. R. Huntington.E. W. Masten T. H. Strykor, 



Atlantic Div, W. P. Stephens.. .. .L, B. Palmer F. L. DmuielJ, N ' T ' 



™ r^. «■ ™ -a 186 Jerolemon St., Brooklyn. 

 Eastern Div. .H. E. Rice, Jl. D. . . .Maxton Holmes H. D.^Marshj 



N'thern Div .Robert Tyson S. S. Robinson Colin l?aieff Toronto. 8 ' 



Applications tor memoershlp must He made to division pursers, accom- 

 panied by the recommendation of an active member and the sum of $2.01 

 for entrance fee and dues for current year. Every member attending 

 tre general A. C. A. camp shall pay $1.00 for camp expenses. Application 

 seat to the Sec'y-Treas. will be forwarded by him to the proper Division. 



Persons residing In any Division and winning to become members of 

 the A. C. A., -will be furnished with printed forms ol application by address- 

 ing the Purser. _ 



FIXTURES. 



June. 



33. N. Y. 0, C. Annual, Staten Island. 



.TtTLY. 



- . W. C. A. Meet, Ballast Island. 

 — . Atlantic Division Meet. 



August. 



16-30. A. C. A. Meet, Sugar Island, St. Lawrence River. 



A RIGHTHANDER FROM A "COWARD." 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



1. "I think the regatta committee owe it to the Association to sug- 

 gest changes that appear to them to be for the general good, and I 

 hope this year that we will have a committee with sufficient back- 

 bone to do so." The 1888 committee then were cowards! 



2. "One would naturally think, after seeing about Sin. of a cir- 

 cular saw projecting above a combing, that it would just take the 

 regatta committee about fifteen minutes to see that if bv the sail- 

 ins regulations they ruled that 'a centerboard must not project 

 below the keel,' that they bad an equal right to legislate that they 

 [the writer does not make it quite clear who he means here] 

 should not go to the other extreme and run the hoard G or 8in. up 

 through the deck or cockpit. 



8. '•Something that was never anticipated when the present 

 rules were framed, and so was not guarded against. 



4. "By the action, or rather want of action (in this line) of past 

 regatta committees, one would think that the rules which were 

 given us many many years ago were so sacred that to offer or 

 suggest ft cuange to the executive committee would he a most 

 heinous crime, never to be forgiven. » (Letter from Mac in For- 

 issT and Stream of Dec. 20.) 



I have bad considerable abuse showered on my head this year 

 from one source or another in connection with the A. O. A. 

 Regatta Committee, of which I had the misfortune tobe appointed 

 chairman, much against my will, and at great persona 1 inconveni- 

 ence to myself; hut it has remained for W. It. Ma'- Kendrick to 

 call me and my fellow members of the committee oowardB. I 

 will attempt to answer his statements in their order. 



1. A letter was sent by me to the executive committee meeting in 

 Toronto embodying the suggestions that the regatta committee 

 of 1888 thought of sufficient importance, in the matter of changes 

 in rules, conduct of regattas and arrangement of pr .gramme, to 

 receive attention at their (the ex. com.'s) hands. The majority of 

 tbese proposed changes in rules, etc.. have been published' in Fob- 

 est and Stream. 1 believe this answers the charge of cowardice, 

 although the special things aimed at by Mac were not there men- 

 tioned for reasons which will be stated. 



2. The rega tta committee have no power to change the rules, and 

 therefore whatever conclusion they happen to reach "in fifteen 

 minutes" after seeing something, cannot be incorporated in the 

 rules until they Have made t heir suggestions to the executive 

 committee in meeting, and that august body has acted on the 

 same. Where would we be if the regatta committee were allowed 

 to change the mles at their discretion ever v fifteen minutes? A 

 man whose boat was built according to rule could then be ruled 

 out after he had arrived at the meet because the regatta commit- 

 tee did not fancy his boat or rig. As only one boat appeared at 

 the nieetwitha board coming much above deck, and as that char- 

 acteristic did not seem to be conducive to race winning, although 

 the arrangement must have been very inconvenient to the owner 

 of the canoe, it did not seem of importance enough to the com- 

 mittee to take any action upon it. 



3. Really, and what then was the first hoard ever used in 

 a canoe <n America? A daggerboard, which when raised 

 clear of the keel either came out of the trunk entirely or pro- 

 jected so high above deck that it actually endangered the free 

 swing of the boom. 



4. As the rules have been changed, added to and amended almost 

 yearly proves this statement to be incorrect, like many others in 

 this letter. 



1 believe that about this time last year the same writer ex- 

 pressed himself very forcibly in a ioug series of long letters as to 

 how the Association and its races should be conducted in his 

 opinion, and when the commodore gave him the authority to in- 

 augurate and conduct the business iu the line of his ideas, he in- 

 stantly dropped out of sight and of mind for many months, 

 declining to even take a hand in the reform he so emphatically 

 urged, fcitill he isa member of the A. C. A., and as such perhaps 

 deserves some attention— to the extent of correcting a number of 

 his misstatements at anv rate. 



The standing rig, hikeout deck seat and centerboard in middle 

 of canoe coming above deck are the three objects of his wrath at 

 present. As I have never used any of them, and never intend to 

 1 will not be charged with a personalmterestinspeaking of them. 



A conservative policy should be observed as to changes m the 

 A. C. A. sailing regulations. In auy event Rules 1. and II. are the 

 only ones affected, the definition of a canoe (to compete in the 

 races) and the crew aud rig. 



The performances of canoe Fly ha ve proved that the hoisting 

 rig is quite the equal ot the standing rig in point of sDeed (con- 

 trary to Mac s statements), f detest the standing rig for man v 

 reasons, but I would not prevent any one else frooi usin" it if he 

 so desired, believing as 1 do that it will work its own ruin. One 

 boat, one man, one rig is too general. What shall one rig consist 

 of? Two sails? I prefer to have three sails and a spinaker, but 

 I am quite willing to carry all of them in the canoe at all times 

 The races can easily he arranged to make a standing rig next to 

 impossible, without touching the rules, as "Re taw" has suggested. 



I see no oojectiou to the deck seat, knowing as I no that just as 

 soon as it is carried too far, the crew is sure to get soused. Yet 1 

 would not oppose its being ruled outif it extended bayond thes'de 

 of the canoe, although I can see how this would he a very unfair 

 rule to cei tain members. Likewise I would not oppose a rule for- 

 bidding the board coming above the deck; hut 1 protest against 

 the hard things said in the letter about the trainers of the rules 

 and the various regatta committees that have enforced them. 1 

 don't see how the rules can fairly prevent a man putting his 

 board wherever he pleases in the canoe, although under no cir- 

 cumstances would I fill up my cockpit with one in the very mid- 

 dle of the canoe. Let neceBsary changes be made in the rules; hut 

 don't do it on the fifteen-minute (MacKendriek) plan, or a wreck 

 will ensue, O, Bowtbr Yaux, 



A CLERICAL CANOE CRUISE. 



THE following extracts from a letter were sent us by Vicc-Com. 

 Tyson, the writer being the Rev. Richard Young, D. D., 

 Bishop of Athabasca, an bonorory member of the Toronto C. C. 

 The Ripple is a modified Pearl canoe, hmlt about six vears agoby 

 Wendinning. Her owner has used her a great deal In his visits i a 

 remote parts of his bishopric, which is situated in the northern 

 part ot Canada: 



.^•P™' 3 Mission, Chipewyan Athabasca, N, W. T., Canada, 

 July 30, 18*8.— Bear Mr, 7>xr When I last wrote you I think i 

 intimated my intention of relegating the Hippie to a shelf in the 

 I. L. O. museum of antiquities, a sort of canoe. "Victory," to be 

 moored in your museum for the curiosity of visitors However 

 there is some life in toe "Grand Old Girl" yet, and she continues 

 to do good services; but not without worthy scars. Last spring 

 we were troubled at Vermilion with a flood from ice jams, which 

 threatened at one time to be rather serious. 



In the beginning of July I had the pleasure of meeting my 

 Ueigyin Synod; two of the. number having traveled down the 

 p ea, co ^Vjer on a raft, over two hundred miles. 

 r«fa=f n « ^'"F w ??£ J 9ct with my Archdeacon for this 

 Ml * °?i Lillco Athabasca. The liip pie afforded us excellent 

 i£o !' :il ^-V m 1 accommodation, my Archdeacon being on 



the w one side of «)i)lbs. We started with a stiff wind, the Arch- 

 ptw > e »f onc f d m the waist of the ship, and 1 perched on the 

 r n1 > i \'f , • ne , re was a considerable cross sea running, and 1 

 h ^ ?«v^ q *fe d aom ? care in keeping my seat. A bend lower 

 hST + „ t,ifl us a sa 'lmg wind for a while, but before long we 

 had to mice more grasp the paddle and force our canoe through 

 the ' mioppy sea in the teeth of quite a respectable gale. We 

 - % about J P- M - in what is here termed a "schnei," or 

 banne 1 1 between an island and the main shore. The 

 ^? U 2 0eS ma r e t - he , best of , f'eir opportunity before a pretty 



eayy shower ot ram, from which we were glad to escape by seek- 

 ing repose under the shelter of our tent. 



« 2£l^ ere ab °, uL 5 - :3 5 A " ¥• A calm > bri S n 1 morning, but with 

 a promise of head wind, and so paddled till about eleven. We 

 had a line view of the Caribou Mountains at our left, and the 

 river scenery , with its noble reaches studded with islands, has an 

 attraction of its own. Eleven A. M. rain, but fair wind, and so 

 pulling ashore we set the kettle boiling, and making tea and 

 necessary preparations', shoved off and hoisted sail and luncned 

 as wo traveled. After two or three brisk puffs, interspersed with 

 ffiai™ "'! Dd ,:U , d aov ' ri and we took to the paddle once more. 

 I ,h, S * now hear the sound of the rapid and "shoot" or "fall" 

 xuiich lormB the only interruption to navigation in the whole 

 eouiso of the Peace River. We paddled steadily on in a regular 

 Scotch mist until we were almost at the bead of the rapid, when 

 prudence dietated debarkation and our first portage. 

 hi^rc* ! 01 ?. Sf e started on the rapid current till almost at the 

 head of the shoot" or tall, which extends across t h« (Sftldle width 

 oi the river. I continued m the canoe, while mv companion crept 

 mMi*w^ ge,r £ pe , 1 5 band, aud so we gamed a point or two 

 moie. W e then hauled the canoe on the rocks and went forward 

 to leconnoitre and tound t he portage, not an easv one at the best 

 hliS™^ ^ ende . rea considerably more difficult "by the unusual 

 K' tbe m ; er - However, with great care we managed to 

 lower our canoe to a ledge of rock on the very verge of the fall. 

 2??'^ w - e Wlsuecl to deprive our Toronto friends of the 

 ?^» le . 0t , &izint . som . e da -Von what might be taken fairly to 

 S« l the original hull of the Ripple, we had once more to 

 portage. It was not easy work, m the drizzling ram, on the slitf- 

 S 8 ' with the wretched mosquitoes taking mean adv^ta|e 

 "kit . h H auds be - mg occuplecL Having hauled the canoe below the 

 „ ta ih, u i nation then arose, where were we to put her in. A few 

 yards below the tall, where the water was not so boisterous, the 

 rock went sheer down, and rising some 5ft. above the water. The 

 only place was right at the foot of the fall, where the water was 

 Erti ng > and i see , tUlDff V Here Qn sounding we found there was a 

 m^a^V', ^ » bol "afoot in width, some 2ft. under the water 

 My Archdeacon, having the most ballast, was deputed to take his 

 stand on this and hold the canoe, aud as each surge did its best to 

 stave m her sides on the rocks, and each resurgcto suck her out 

 tinder the fall, it required all his weight and muscle combined I to 

 keep her m anything like position. It fell to my lot to load her 



pSSS^SSS%ff an9m board ^ each pi — d 



of^roP^ 



canoe. It was rather an anxious time, as should our shin he 

 wrecked we should have found ourselves in a wilderness flxtv 

 miles at least irom any help, and no road. The next question 

 was, when I had loosed the rope and taken mv place, whether mv 

 compamoii would be nimble enough t o secure his seat The ne^t 

 whether we could at once sheer out sufficiently to . clear ' a mo 

 lectin* tree which, stripped of bark and branches, jut tea out from 

 the rocks like a huge spa r some 2 or 3ft. above the water? By Seat 

 ^ dea A C0Iial "gut* the first difficulty was sucSnfl/o^ 

 come. A prompt use of our paddles shot us well out inu the hoTlI 

 nf g ,h« Z e S C ' ami f ne f moment tfie falls for that trip were a tffi 

 of the past. A steady pad die of about three miles throiiffb ih« 

 drizzling ram brought us to the H. B. Co.'s post at Littl! lied 



Gladly would we haye known that a warm welcome was in 

 store for us, as is ever the case in these northern latitude^ Rm 

 we knew the post was shut up; nailed up doors and barred win 

 dows frowned upon us. Wet through and weary, standing uo to 

 our knees in rank wet grass, we could not afford to stand on cere? 

 piooy, and we managed to find ingress into one ol ' the nw« 

 bouses.. A blazing fee in the mud chimnev, and a hot sn^ner 

 ??£\1f led and ns < and though the mosquitoes Swarmed 



like bees, we put m a very comfortable night. ^ 



Sa^aaMST*"* a piece of &&a83KH8&& 



We st arted once more about 11. Fine weather, but head winrt 

 However sometimes by tacking and sometimes U '1 \^rv 

 close to the wind, we secured some substantial rests The next 

 day a strong, hue wind blew, of which we made the'most We 

 were, rather down by the stern. Once or twice we rarf with m,r 

 stern under water. The wind then got gusty, and I prudence dm 

 tated taking in a reef. About 5 P. jg. w! came to t^e onlv ot he," 

 rapid on the Peace River, which, though of considei'affleSSh 

 otters no real obstruction to navigation. Here, Crweffife 

 came to grief, as the water was unusually high " ^antictoated 

 no aifficultj, and carried on, the wind being stiSv^ysdtt Whiii 

 bowling merrily along [noticed a peculiar rippling of ui e wlill 

 and dropped a halt paddle down to sound, to Jiud we ™ iu 

 hardly tnree feet ot water, and shallowing. To drop 

 haul up the centerboard was the work of a few second" and U » 

 Sic! " 1 tJUS V0iatt ^y^ m^^^mk^tttlt 



Tue course of the river affords some flue scenerv hen. l* 

 passes through alow range of limestone hills. The. cUIts in thl 

 river face aouund m gypsum, which at points crop's out in con 

 sider.a.le quantnies. At the foot of the rapid lia what ta^iSSa 

 htone island, tue Upper face rather resembling an old SlsU fifteri 

 ruin. I have generally passed this pari of the river in fine 

 weather. Toe evening we passed iu the Ripple was not behind 

 hand m solemn beauty, witu a young moon oVerhead We chot" 

 for our camping spot, being Saturday night, rather an abrum 

 ascent crowned by a grassy slope and fragrant with irild liei hs 

 The mosquitoes, who take an active interest ,,, on " " • neios. 

 ceedings\bout suodown, were out m fmc-efbu 

 breeze and a good "smudge" held them in abeyance eVemu £ 



ihe following day being Sunday, we remained in 'canio dnrW 

 the morning, with morning service, in which, like S/s will 

 one might nave commenced the exhomtiqn-^earfy b^oveA 

 Roger, the Scapture movcth you and mc," on an occasion when 

 he round the congregation consisted of h.mself and tue clerk" 

 though m scant mess of numbers we found uo drawback ? to mir 

 enjoyment ot the grand old service. After dinner weStarrod 

 with a light breeze, and part sailed and part drif ted with the 

 stream. A Sunday calm rested on creation, and floatin" slowlv 

 past the pine-covered islands, we enjoyed thf lights an< ? shades 

 tnat flickered in the summer breeze, and the shafts ot inmieht 

 penetrating among the dusky pines and throwing into stron- 

 relief the leafy snades-shades that seemed to woo us to res! 

 amid, their cool retreats, did not the string of mosquitoes in 

 anticipation bid us with policeman-like sternness to move on 



Floating out into a lakelike reach a shot from a distant bay 

 awoke the solitudes, and soon a couple of hunting canoes ran 

 alongside, as though, eager to make the acquaintance of their 

 Canadian cousin. The occupants, three Chipewuiu Indians 

 shook hands all round and then proceeded with bioa' grims 

 and many ejaculatory gruuts to inspect so strange and novel a 

 departure from bircn bark traditions. Being an aquatic race 

 thej have an eye for anything in the 'boat line, and it may please 

 Mr Glimlinmng to know that his craft appeared to meet with 

 tneir full approval, but whether be will receive anv orders is a 

 little doubtful. In any case he had better not "gi ve debt » Onr 

 tnends accompanied us to camp, and.we spent the rest" of tlw> 

 evening in religious instruction, it turned out that thev were 

 survavors of a band of twenty-eight, of whom nineteen perished 

 from survation during last winter, Poor feUows! On inquiry 



I found out that this was the baud with which I had fallen in 

 four years previously under, for them, happier circumstances. 



One hot. July morning, together with a missionary student and 

 an Tndian pilot, I was coming down the last-named rapid in a 

 dug-out, when we espied a moose. Being short of provisions we 

 sta rted in vigorous pursuit. As our heavy canoe surged ponder- 

 ously through the water, and we watched the moose w'ith its long 

 swinging trot, as though it was leisurely picking its way among 

 the large boulders that strewed the narrow strip of shore under 

 the cliff, it seemed about as absurd as for a tortoise to hunt a. 

 hare; and yet, as in the case of tbe fable, the battle was not to 

 the swift. Our moose did not go to sleep, but, what was fatal to 

 her, she took at last to the water, and very soon we had our 

 quarry in tow. No soonor was the heat, and the "xcitement of the 

 chase over than I began to regret the waste of food which the 

 large carcass, the hot weather, and our paucity of number must 

 inevitably bring about. Hardly had we commenced cutting up 

 when a shot was fired f rom the opposite bank. A couple of shots 

 from us went out in reply, and in ten to fifteen minutes twelve 

 light hunting canoes appeared round a headland. Very soon 

 their occupants were shaking bands, hearing the accounts of our 

 successful chase, and with skilled rapidity cutting up the game. 

 Retaining what we needed, we handed Ihe rest of the carcass to 

 them, and a few handsful of tea made us the very best of friends. 

 Any fears about waste of food, if not already dissipated, vanished 

 when an hour afterward we came across a lauching and chatter- 

 ing crowd of women, boys, girls and babies, with the dogs and 

 household canoes. Some crows, which had scented the prey from 

 afar, and had been hovering around, appeared to be of the same 

 mind, and wisely concluding there would be nothing left for them 

 had disappeared. 



On the Tuesday afternoon about 3 P. M. wo paddled out on to 

 the fine Athabasca Lake, the arm on which the Fort and Mission 

 stands being picturesquely strewn with islands. It was quite re- 

 freshing to restore tne Ripole once more to her native element— 

 a good broad lake— aud though the wind was dead ahead wc were 

 eager to test her good sailing qualities. So. paddling well outside 

 the mouth of the Quarte Forche, the narrow twisting cut that 

 connects the Peace River with the lake, we hoisted sail, close 

 hauled. On the next tack we covered about half the distance, 

 and then reeling sleepy the captain retired below, /. c, I managed 

 to stow myself well down in the waist and sought the refresh- 

 ment of a nap. Awoke to find the Archdeacon grumpy, a nastv 

 choppy sea, and too close-hauled to make much progress. So in- 

 stead of finishing our 270- mile trip with flying colors we had to 

 paddle m. My old burgee being sadly dilapidated we manufac- 

 tured a new one. 



Nearly every evening during my stay here, either alone or in 

 company, 1 have enjoyed a cruhe in the Ripole. over which the 

 1. (:.. C. burgee has proudly flaunted in the breeze. 



Ever yours most sincerely, Richard Young. 



n CHRISTMAS CANOEING, — Boston, Dec. 26.-This year our 

 California and Florida canoeing brother-, cannot claim the honors 

 ot bemg the only members of oar large family who went canoe- 

 mg on Onristmas day. The fine, spring-like balminess of the dav 

 in Boston and the jolly, steady breez? allured some of the Puritans 

 tor a sail on Dorchester Ray. There was a good stiff breeze, and 

 a very merry Christmas was passed in tacking about the bav — 

 A. C. Alx.em Chamberlain, Puritan C. C. 



FIXTURES. 



3-5-7. Katrina-Shamrock, N. Y^° NE " 



THE CRUISE OF THE LEONA. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



llttXtZ^&ir tV ° m alet ^^ivedfromCapt. 



"I have not exact data as I have not kept as correct account of 

 0Ur J n P » s Pommodore Work did last winter in the Monarch as 

 published m tne Fob. est and Stke^m; but I have tracked him 

 thus far. We left Betterton for Chester River (before the ov«S 

 war), where we encountered a northeaster and had to la v off for 

 three days. It was here the hea vy anchor We got from you saved 

 the ship Many thanks tor urging us to take it. Ran across to 

 Annapolis, where we stayed another week. Left here and ran to 

 Herring Bay from there, to the Patuxent: wind N. and blowhig a 

 gale. Carried the three lower sails, falling m with the oreaeei- 

 going in, and kept them company all the way up, the lighthouse 

 keeper saluting us N p one would believe we came from Herrin* 

 Bay that day until verified by a buckeye that came in from that 

 place and saw us when we left. It stormed and blew a gale for a 

 week (rot under way, but came near washing Whiting (mate) 

 overboard; so we put back, and took a fresh start next mornin> 

 and rati to Jerome Creek and were caught in a snowstorm and 

 si a yed two days. E rom there we crossed ihe Potomac and ran to 

 Great Wicomico; windN.W., blowing heavy. You know how it 

 is across the Potomac in that kind ot wind, but we were in tor it 

 and had to go. Had to board the vawi, after vainly endeavoring 

 to tow her with double, quarter lines. Some oystermen lav in! 

 under the upper point hailed us. 'Where are you bound? For hi 

 l0 , W i < i r , p0 R n F W , e V' vvi11 uever ?»* therewith that cockle- 



shell.' But we did all the same; the big fellows did not know that 

 we were drawing as much if not more water than they ' From 

 Wicomico we harbored in a small creek below the Ripnahan- 

 nock._ Next day ran to Yorktown, where we put in three of tbe 

 most interesting days of the r ril ,. « , * Thi 1^, c l is evln thing 

 being new to us, events so crowd each other that we scarcely havf 

 time to jot anything down. But our stay here will never be for- 

 gotten feett Monday at 8 A. M. and reached Norfolk at S P M • 

 would have made it ill less time, but had to light a Bttons adverse 

 tide in Hampton Roads. anuug «ia\eise 



"The buckeye is the prevailing boat here; they range all the wav 

 fromlS to 60tt . long, and sail very fast and will live in almost anv 

 kind ot sea. The small boats are flat-bottomed and are Ailed 

 jo-boats, the round-bottoms are dug-outs. The small sloops and 

 schooners are of the worst class and shape, slow, unseaworlhv 

 and badly kept. The men that have charge of them are verv 

 tiinid, and are surprised to see the Leana go out in a stiff bree^A 

 with everything set, while they are reefed." Thev think us reck 

 less sailors and a shade too fast, yet we have been treated well hv 

 the people aR the wav down. - 



"V esterday being Sunday we were crowded all day with visitors 

 One young man stayed all day, leaving us late in tbe evening 

 neglecting to take his lady-love to church, for which helgot hT<= 

 hair pulled. Besides, his indulgent parent will probably not nur. 

 chase a schooner tor him as promised. Tec 'incident points a 

 moral. Almost every white lady seen on the street has a body 

 guurd and a s iotgiui. The mate, however, contrives to dodge 

 both. Probably this precaution will not. be necessary after " we 

 leave. Wc will probably stay here another week, and' hereafter 

 will keep a better account of our trip." UBI 



Tne crew of the Leona while fully competent to take care of 

 the ship, are a little -reckless and a shade fast' as the Southern 

 people suggest. A squall struck her off Port Richmond (Delaware 

 River) witn the light sails set. Every boat in the l'anse of mv 

 vision took in sail, but. she came through all right with all the 

 cotton still on her. 1 remonstrated but without avail She is 

 non-capsizable, aud it is probably from in is fact she is fre'q ncnt.lv 

 driven tor all that's m her when there is uo neces itv or hun v 

 Thus it is we "ride a free horse to death. 1 Capti Lutes i- not 

 cramped for time, and will not return to Philadelphia until latte 

 in the spring if then." r_ q._ -yy™ 



DEATH OF MR DAVID CARLL.-On Dec. 27 at his home near 

 Crescent City, Fla Mr David Carll, the well-known ship and 

 yacht builder, died suddenly of apoplexy, at the age of 61 Mr 

 Carll was located at City Island for over 25 vears, building a'num' 

 ber of coasting vessels, pilot boats, oyster schoonei-g and yachts" 

 Ot late he lias resided in Florida, where he owned a lafeVanw 

 grove, the ship yard being leased to Mr. Henry Piepgrass auge 



SEAWANHAKA G. Y. C— Besides the advanced class in navi- 

 gation, a new class has been formed at the club house. On Dec 

 29 the first of the weekly classes in marlinspike work met. in the' 

 kitchen of the club house, under the instructions ol Mr. Philin 

 Low. The club has just received a handsome model of Volunteer 

 as a present from Oen. Paiue. oiunteer 



CRUISING. Noma— While the schr. Noma was lying at Nor- 

 folk lasi week on her way south her owner, Mr. Townsend Smith, 

 died quite suddenly on board. The yacht is now offered for sale 

 Dashaway, steam yacht, Mr. C. L. Hutchinson, arrived at Nor- 

 folk on Dec. 26 on her way to Florida.— Com, W, F. Weld, Eastern 

 f&^^&S&^T 1 ^ ^ Medit «n. charted 



