MaBOB 18, 1890.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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PHILADELPHIA. March 8.— The Wayne Gun Club held its 

 annual election of officers, also the monthly badge shoot at the 

 club grounds near Wayne Junction to-day. The following were 

 elected officers to serve during the ensuing year: Pres., A. A. 

 Uleray; Viee-Pres.. T. Seargle; Sec, Ed Hausbury; Treas., H. 

 Kain; Gap*-., S. J. Merchant; Cor.-Sec. J. W. Sidles. The club is 

 in a nourishing condition. The grounds and equipments have 

 just been put in first-class condition. New members are coming 

 in, and there is a total abspnee of conflicting or jarring elements 

 in the club. The score of the monthly shoot, at 18 birds each, 

 which was for a gold and silver medal, follows. In the shoot-off 

 the gold badge was won by J. W. Sidle, and the silver one by II. 

 Kain, W. Uleray not contesting for the badge. The shoot ended 

 al most in darkness. 



DAVENPORT, la., March 7.-0. M. Leonard and John Raeeater 

 shot, a 26 live-bird match here to day for the championship cup of 

 the Forester Gun Clnb. The cup was held by C. M. Leonard, who 

 has won it twice, and Raccster felt rather doubtful about tack- 

 ling him, as he is looked upon as one of the very best live-bird 

 shots in the club. The day was fine for the shoot and a large 

 crowd had assembled to witness the fun. Leonard lost, only kill- 

 ing 18 birds, while Rat-ester killed 22. The following is the full 



Raeeater lt1o11 mollllimilllllO-22 



Leona I'd 1011.1111101 llOOUOOllllOl-lS 



b Dead out of bounds. 



The members of the pun club are beginning to talk of the com- 

 ing State tournament to be held here in .Tunc, and which promises 

 to be a oig affair. The bovs expect that 75 or 100 shooters will be 

 in attendance — W. M. PuRCra. 



LARCHMONT, N. Y.— The Larch raont Y. O. wants to test its 

 shooters against other experts, and it ottos a silver trophy, value 

 $500, for teams of two. open to members of the Philadelphia, 

 Rockaway, Southside, Westminster, Tuxedo, Riverton, Country, 

 Carteret and Larchmont clubs. Trophy to be shot for on Friday. 

 March 14. at Larchmout, upon arrival of train leaving Grand 

 Centra] Depot at 9 A. M. The conditions ;are 100 birds each team, 

 30yds. rise, 50yds. boundary.;L. Y. C. rules to govern, entrance $100 

 each team, live teams to fill; should thpre be over five entries, 

 second team to save stake, and any additional balance to go to 

 first team; the shooter making the best straight score will receive 

 a spec inl pr'zo of 875; entries closed on Monday, March 10. Lunch 

 will be provided on the grounds. 



The list of officers and directions for joining the A. C. A. and 

 W. C, A. will be found in the first issue of each month. 



1.5O0 MILES IN AN ADIRONDACK BOAT. 



OT. LAWRENCE RIVER. Oct. 7. -Tuesday. -The dav was 



0 clear, cold and cloudless, though it had stormed hard during 

 the night. My sensibilities were averse to a ducking this cold, 

 frosty morning, but it must be done. I found a tough and griz- 

 zled, though very fine-looking, old chap, a French Canadian, who 

 undertook to show me the way down. After breakfast I made 

 everything fast in my boat, while he got into a rough dugout 

 canoe with a paddle, and we went out together. He pointed the 

 way, though an island some distanco below obstructed the view, 

 and after descending half a mile in the current, skillfully man- 

 aging his boat, he bade me adieu and pot ashore somehow below. 



Tue bad part of the rapid was about 1!4 miles long, half a mile 

 of this being very violent, though not looking so dangerous as the 

 former ones to me; but in reality it is somewhat worse, if any- 

 thing, on account of the. rocks, which were very difficult to avoid, 

 in the smooth water before the riff 1 could see the bottom and the 

 •rocks shooiiug by with great velocity. At one time my boat just 

 grazed a rod:, the shock throwing her over until the water was 

 up to my waist. After righting I was exceedingly anxious for 

 fear that she hud been stove, but dared not stop to examine her, 

 all my energies being directed to keeping her straight, If the 

 water had beeu rough, or not so swift, I certainly should have 

 capsized; but the very rapidity of the motion was in my favor. 1 

 afterward ascertained that a piece had been knocked out of a 

 plank, througn which the water oozed in quite considerably. 

 Besides this 1 made another very narrow escape, the blade of my 

 paddle striking a rock and thus tilting me over in much the same 

 way; the water rushing over the boat until for a time I thought 

 that I was gone. Finally, after a brief but hard struggle, i shot 

 out into the broad expansion of the river below, cold and miser- 

 able, but happv to have escaped the last of the great rapids of the 

 St. La wrence River. 



I had now a tine view of Montreal Mountain or "Mont Royale," 

 as its discoverer, Taqties Cartier, named it in honor of his king. 



1 crossed the face of the fall amid a seething mass of foam 

 churned like buttermilk in the shoot above, enjoying meanwhile 

 a good look at them. So absorbed was I in the contemplation of 

 tins scene as io be entirely oblivious of the fact that I was being 

 c arried a long way out of my course. The river makes a sudden 

 widening beyond the island below the rapids to the extent of 4 

 miles, then narrowing again in sight of Montreal, meanwhile 

 changing its course to due north. It was shorter for me to go to 

 the north of this island, but to do so it was necessary to cut across 

 the current. After a hard pull I succeeded in doing ibis, barely 

 escaping shipwreck in the meanwhile on several rocky shoals, 

 theehannel henceforth being shallow, full of rocks aud reedbed. 



Finally I came to a large isolated boulder, on which several 

 men were fishing, and shortly afterward sighted the great Vic- 

 toria Bridge. V/i miles long. Hie only structure of the kind across 

 the St, Lawrence. The middle span, under which I passed, is 330ft. 

 wide; all steamers and the huge rafts and other craft come 

 through this span, there being deep water and a stiff current 

 here, while in the others lay dangerous rocks. The bridge is 60ft. 

 above the water and built upon 24 piers of granite; it is of the 

 tubular type, a magnificent monument of engineering skill, and 

 cost altogether $7,000,000. After passing under the great bridge I 

 made a straight course for Montreal, a full view of which burst 

 upon me. It seemed very strange thus to come upon a large city, 

 there being besides the bridge few evidences of such a commun- 

 ity hereabouts. The. current was strong, continuing thus until 

 within 300yds. of the wharves; then came the harbor with its 

 tranquil waters, disturbed only by the passing of steamers and 

 other craft. The sight of several vessels ot the Allan line, loading 

 for Liverpool, and other vessels of the largest class, reminded me 

 that 1 was now on water directly navigable to all quarters of the 

 glo>>e. 



Rowing down to where the Montreal stenmers lay I found a 

 large public boat-house wit h a slip, and looking up the loquacious 

 and blustering Frenchman in charge of it, I put my boat in a 

 little house near by, and after storing away my traps took a cab 

 to the Windsor Hotel, two miles from the river, stopping on the 

 way for letters, etc., at the office of a friend. Tne hotel is an 

 enormous one, and very comfortable. Though the people here 

 are not squeamish about the peculiarities of one's dress, and 

 allow a stranger in knickerbockers to roam about unmolested, I 

 nevertheless changed my clothes for a more civilized garb. Fr-ni 

 several streets of the city Montreal Mountain can be seen, and a 

 fine sight if is, too. 1 fell to 1 uxuriating right away, and had my 

 clothes washed and mended, especially the latter, as I am in a 

 sad plight, tne experiences of the last, ten days having been rough 

 in the extreme. 



After taking quite a walk I had a rousing dinner at 2 P. M., 

 played on the hotel piano a little, and wrote until 5:30: then took 

 tne stage for the steamer for Quebec, which left at « o'clock. It 

 was a cloudy evening and no' pleasant on deck, so 1 nlayed ou the 

 instrument in the cabin, with two French Canadian priests sitting 

 near mo, read some from my interesting guide book, had a fine 

 supper at 8, did a little talking with the funny little "Monsieur le 

 Capitaine," and ret red at 0 P. M., musing niucn over my altered 

 circumstances since the morning, and especially on the contrast 

 between the present mode of traveling and that of the last few 

 days. 



At Montreal ended the third stage of my journey. I have made 

 since morning to-d*y 15 miles rowing, and have come from 

 Toronto altogether 371 miles, and from Albany 838 miles. My 

 worst trials seemed likely to end here, the rest of the journey 

 consisting of rivers mostly, and quieter waters. The official dis- 

 tant.- by water fiom Toronto to Montreal, as the steamers go, is 

 378 miles, while my log calls for 371 miles, which is a small esti- 

 mate considering how much I was taken out of my direct course 

 bv following shore lin^s and in a great, many other ways. My 

 time from Toronto was 13 aays, of wnich 2^4 days were void owing 

 to delays and stoppages. 



Sf. Lawrence River, Oct. b, Wednesday.— The Montreal left last 

 night one hour late, and thus did not arrive at Quebec until 7 A. 

 M. Coming on deck when within six miles of the city, I enjoyed 

 the grand- vie w very much, though the air was extremely cold, and 

 my summer clothes very thin. The Laurentian Mountains and the 

 mountains of Maino were on either hand In the distance, whilo 



the noble St Lawrence wound around through the hills, flanked 

 by well-wpodcd shores; and as the sun rose, lighting up the scene 

 and bringing out the changing foliage of the tieosJJie grandeur 

 and beauty ot the prospect made a great impression on me. Soon 

 we were at Point Levi, where the steamer stopped, and from 

 which a full view is had of the Canadian citadel citv, with its 

 frowning battlements overlooking the c.outitrv far and wide. Its 

 natural tortifieations are truly wonderful, ranking next to Gib- 

 ralter m strength and security. Everybody seems to be French, 

 all the officers ot the steamer are French, and the little captain 

 is a great, curiosity. 



After reaching Quebec I took an omnibus for the St. Louis 

 Hotel. The street ascended a remarkably steep hill, and was 

 narrow in the extreme. Most of the thoroughfares were wound 

 in and out ot each other, very narrow, with French names and 

 quaint old houses lining them. After partaking of a fair break- 

 fast, 1 hired a cab with an Irishman to drive, and went about to 

 see the town. My driver. Pat, was a good fellow, well versed in 

 the lore of Quebec, and he had a strong horse. I stopped first tt 

 buy a large basket of fruit from a pretty lit tle French girl, with 

 whom 1 had some difficulty in makiug change, owing to my 

 French, but I found the fruit very good com pan v. 



Then we drove to the Dufferin or Durham Terrace, the view 

 from which was very fine. One could look directly down on 

 "Lower Town," as the portion of the- city is called which is built, 

 at the foot of the cliff. After this we drove out to the Falls of 

 Montmorenci, 7 miles from the city, passing through the French 

 quarter, and a- ross the St. Charles River on a draworidge, thence 

 tni'otigh a, beautiful country, over a macadamized road. To is 

 thoroughf are commanded a nohle view of the river below and the 

 ranges of mountains beyond. The houses had steep roofs and 

 fnlse cliimneys, and wer-so placed as to corner on the highways, 

 so as to a void the winter gales and weight of snow Meu, women 

 ami children were all at work in the fields. After crossing a little 

 bridge over the Montmorenci River, and slopping at a small inn, 

 I walked through some woods, mostly balsam trees, and on arriv- 

 ing at the verge of the precipice over which the river plunges, 

 walked around to some precipitous stairs, descending a cliff op- 

 posite the falls. 



There are 250 steps in these stairs, and while going down two or 

 three at a jump, suddenly my feet slipped where the spray had 

 wet the planks, and 1 pitched headlong under tie railing, where 

 is a drop of 180ft. Very fortun ai ely I caugh t my left arm around 

 one of toe po>-ts which supported the railing, a.nd so managed to 

 pull myself up again. Excepting a badly harked pair of shins and 

 a shaking up, 1 sustained no injury, but the merest chance alone 

 prevented there being two big "falls" at Montmorenci to-day. 



The fall itself was niaguifieent.and the scenery ou all sides im- 

 posing. Rejoining the carriage 1 drove back a mile, where I got 

 out, and after walking for half a mile more through some fields, 

 went down into a dark piece of woods consisting of cedar, balsam 

 and birch trees, and following up the Montmorenci River came to 

 the "Natural Stairs," curious formations of flat rock bordering 

 the area, which here rushes through a narrow channel or flume be- 

 tween its high rocky banks, the dark water betokening the abode 

 of trout. 



The place was a wild gorge, and similar to the Au Sable Chasm, 

 though on a much smaller scale. 



Returning to the city I saw the remains of the old walls sur- 

 rounding Quebec, with some of the ancient cannons guarding 



nor's Garden, the house where Montgomery was laid out, the Es- 

 planades, Parliament Buildings, Thistle Lacrosse Grounds, Laval 

 University, French Cathcdal, and other places of interes' ; after 

 "doing" which I was driven up to the citadel, where a private 

 showed me aionnd the fortifications, which are of the highest 

 order. From the bastions one could look down on the city, 300ft. 

 below, with its narrow winding streets and the quaint peaked 

 roofs of the homes; while the view ef the river and harbor was 

 simply grand. I went to the barracks and all over them, 30 acres 

 of ground inside the main citadel walh The place was bristling 

 with cannons on all sides, many of which were quite interesting. 



As it now began to rain, we made a direct dash for the hotel, 

 where I had a cold lunch at 2 P. M. I saw many military swells 

 about, with small round chapeaux stuck over their left ears. 

 After dinner I walked to the Dufferin Terrace, which is 1,400ft. 

 long and 200ft. above the river, from its railing one could drop 

 a stone down some of the chimneys in Lower Town, and the 

 promenade here on summer evenings must he thoroughly enjoyed 

 by the residents. All the old gates through the wall have been 

 removed, save that of St. Louis. Among the other sights one sees 

 mans strange vehicles and a pretty face or two; but these latter 

 are rare on the street, though the people possess generally fresh 

 complexions. On the whole, Quebec impresses you as a foreign 

 city, with but few English names, or anything else in fact, of 



anglicized character; Rue St. meets the gaze at every street 



corner. 



I took the same steamer back from Montreal at 5 P. M., more- 

 over occupying the same stateroom as before. There was com- 

 paratively little shipping lying in the river, a fact due, I under- 

 stand, to business depression. At the- same time T saw craft of all 

 sizes and hailing from all parts of the world It is 180 miles 

 from Montreal to Quebec by water. Lake St. Pierre, which be- 

 gins about 45 miles from Montreal, is 35 miles long and about 7 

 miles broad, while "Trois Rivieres" is midway between the two 

 cities. Lake St. Pierre is difficult to navigate, being very shallow 

 except in one narrow channel which courses through it and also 

 subject to very violent squalls. Quebec is about 800 miles from 

 the. Atlantic Ocean. 



SI. Lawrence River, Oct. 8, Thursday.— A cold morning, the tem- 

 perature below 32 Fahrenheit, the sky cloudless, the sunrise clear 

 and beautiful. When I had eaten some fruit Montreal again 

 hove in sight and before long I was again in a cab, rattling away 

 to the Windsor, where a good breakfast was in store. Jluring 

 the morning I was busy calling at Cartier's to replenish the ex- 

 hausted excheouer, buying many necessaries, such as blankets, 

 cooking utensils, etc. The rougher portion of my voyage now 

 being past, I stocked up with a good assortment of provisions, for 

 the boat can carry 501 bs more cargo. Lunched at 1 P.M. and then 

 repaired to the wharves, calling first at the express office to send 

 my valise to Albany. This proved trouhlesome, as they make 

 one sign a declaration and hunt up a notary to witness the same, 

 to the effect that there is nothing dutiable in the baggage. These 

 little services, together with the fees for notary, custom house, 

 etc., make the expressage sufficient to carry a trunk from New 

 York to San Francisco. The difference between getting mv valise 

 to and from the Domiuion was marked indeed. 



The boat house man at the foot of Jaques Cartier street is a 

 renowned character, Joe Vincent by name. Though a blustering 

 fellow, he was really very attentive, the former accomplishment 

 doubtless arising from the fact that he hod been spoiled by the 

 wealthier people slopping here with their yachts, as his choice of 

 acquaintances was apparently large. I now took the apron off 

 my boat, it having been on since I left Lewiston, Niagara, many 

 hundred miles back; and every available space on boa>-d was 

 snugly packed with provisions, etc., the craft being loaded down 

 welt in the water. 



A cold west wind was blowing and something of a current was 

 also with me as 1 put off with a good heart, as this was the turn- 

 ing point of my journey. Henceforth every stroke was to briug 

 me nearer my goal, and nor, far below Montreal I was to turn 

 southward. Bidding farewell to my friends gathered on the boat 

 house slip. I rowed out between the piers under the criticising 

 ejes of about. 200 people, and, passing under the stern of the huge 

 Montreal, in whose spacious cabin I had passed the last two 

 nights, I shot out into the St, Lawrence, and after pulling past 

 St. Helen's Isle, opposite the city, shaped my course straight- 

 down the river, due north. Montreal soon disappeared from 

 sight, and I felt once more alone in the world. 



A stop was made 5 miles beyond at a little wharf on a project- 

 ing point, and going into a diminutive village I found a small 

 store, where, in^ spite of my bad French, I managed to buy some 



, which my 

 ow to say 



- .„ lv j they gave 



me. Embarking once more, 1 continued on down the great 

 river, endeavoring to keep m the channel bv means of the oc- 

 casional lighthouses and tne buoys. The shores were generally 

 stony, with a few sandy beaches, and the country around was 

 not very interesting, being quite level, with a few farms 

 here and there. Many islands blocked the channel, and at 

 places shallows appeared and marshes, but frequently the river 

 presented an expanse free from obstructions and it was gener- 

 ■ 11 y quite wide. 



The wind made the water quite rough, with a nasty chop sea, 

 m which it w snot easy to row regularly. Looking lengthwise' 

 down the river no land could be seen when there Were no obstruct 

 mg islands, an.t the Sf. Lawrence impresses one with its great 

 slzp. Toward evening I kept withm about a mile of the south, or 

 rather the eastern shore, and after dark was considerably dis- 

 turbed on account of toe buoys. It is very startling when rowing 

 quietly along you suddenly see over the shoulder a great dark 

 mass loom up in the dim light, and iust grazing the boat, shoot 

 »,s quickly aflt#rn out of sight. One fceavfs a long breath, ending 



in a whistle, and thanks Heaven for another narrow escape from 

 destruction. 



At 7:30 o'clock I cruised along sho^e, keeping a sharp lookout 

 tor a place to land. Rowing thus for a mile or more and finding 

 nothing hetter, I anally camped on a rocky beach exposed to the 

 wind, now blowing furiously. I had been forced to stop, as the 

 islauds made the navigation very difficult, and besides the differ- 

 ent lights m the distance are confusing, as one cannot tell 

 whether thev are from lighthouses or vessels. Moreover I was 

 nervous about the buoys, as to run into one would capsize me and 

 probably 'smash the bnat, Eluding an old canoe on the desolate 

 shore I made a windbreak of it, then went for some wood to a 

 ghostly deserted house not far off, to roach which I had to mount 

 a, steep hill, ascending irom the beach. 



Making some tea and boiling some of the eggs bouf* 6 near 

 Montreal, I made a good meal and then wrote a little. It is ex- 

 ceedingly cold to-night, and I rolled in my three heavv blankets 

 with much satisf rrom Montreal j have rowed twenty 

 *»»io afternoon, to accomplish which I did some n»rd row- 

 ing, and kept it, up steadily. The Montreal passed this evening 

 on her way to Quebec, and as the cha nnel is near this shore 1 

 could see her plainly in the dark. M. B. 



PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 



HERALD AND THE RICE LAKE CANOE. 



DANIEL HERALD, the builder of the original Rice Lake 

 canoe and the inventor of the Herald building process, 

 whoso fame as a canoe builder and designer is, it is no exaggera- 

 tion to say, world wide, lost his life on the evening of Feb. 21 while 

 attempting to cross the line of the Grand Trunk Railway at 

 Cobourg in front of a, moving tram. The part Dan Herald played 

 in the development of the Canadian canoe was a oy no means 

 unimportant one; to his skill and industrv many of the good qual- 

 ities are due, and t/> the last ho enjoved a reputation second to no 

 other Canadian builder. Mr. Herald was an Irishman by birth, 

 a native of Downpalriek, m the famous old County Down, where 

 he was boru about 1834; and in 1852, having thoroughly learned 

 his trade he came to Canada and settled himself for life in thp 

 pleasant sunny little village of Gore's Landing. He built 

 skiffs at first; I believe he was also the builder of several small 

 steamers and yachts, but he was soon attracted bv the undefin- 

 able c harm of the canoe, and in 1857 he produced the first reallv 

 satisfactorily-built canoe ever turned off the stocks in Canada 

 Mr. John Stephenson, of Peterboro, had several years before built 

 a rib and batten eauoe, taking his method of construction from 

 the Rice Lake skiffs, his model from the beautiful log canoes then 

 used on the Trent chain, but it was not for five years after that a 

 built canoe which combined enough of the advantages of the log 

 with tnose of the skiff to make them popular with the gunners" 

 was produced, and Herald was the builder. 



During the years that he was experimenting with the canoe— 

 for Herald built his first canoe a short time after Stephenson 

 built his— he had the assistance, financial and otherwise, of a 

 keen sportsman and yachtsman, a gentleman named Stanley, who 

 ordered canoo after canoe from him, experimented with' them 

 all and suggested improvements for the next of the series. In 

 1871 Mr. Herald invented a system for building boats, but particu- 

 larly canoes, of two thicknesses of cedar, one running athwart 

 ship, the other lengthwise of the canoe, which he patented, and 

 his hunting canoes, built in this manner, have been shipped by 

 him all over the world. At t he time of his death Mr. Herald was 

 at work upon the lines of a canoe, adapted to the use of the 

 modern canoeist, and several racing canoes were to have come 

 from the moulds in his shop during this spring. He was in 

 Cobourg, when he lost his life, to arrange the details of a con- 

 tract which he was entering into to complete the 40 footer Alex. 

 Cuthbert was at work upon when he died. Mr. Herald was a 

 Skillful workman, an enthusiastic believer m the canoe, and his 

 ability as a designer was by no means small. His son, Mr. F 1) 

 Herald, hopes to be able to carry un the business. If he does not 

 I will not know where to go for a new canoe. Retaw. 



CANVAS BOATS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



1 have read with much interest the article of "Lmcewood" in 

 Forest and Stream of Feb. 20. 1890, ou folding canvas boats. I 

 think few people know the many really good points of a well built 

 canvas boat ot good model. I have had much experience with 

 them and have owned and used several of the best makes, aud I 

 think for all uses except as a family boat thev are superior to one 

 built of cedar. The idea prevails that they are frail, cranky and 

 unsafe generally, while as a matter of fact none of these objec- 

 tions hold good in a well-built and well-modeled boat; they will 

 resist snags and rocks, where a light cedar ore would yield. I 

 used one in the far West, on rapid mountain streams, where I 

 think a cedar hoat would have gone to pieces, and I have never 

 yet put a hole into one nor capsized it. The best one I have ever 

 used is the one 1 now have, invented by Dr. CM. Douglas and 

 made by Mr. Henry C. Squires, 178 Broadway, New York. La^t 

 year I took this boat with me through the lake region of New 

 Hampshire, across to the Adiroudacks, and so on home to New- 

 York, and when I left there the last of December for Florida 1 

 took it with me on the Savannah steamer to Sanford, Fla., bv way 

 of the Sr.. John River, and from there to Lake Weir, where 1 used 

 it for a month, and then on here. I now have it on Alachua Lake, 

 where I go (two miles.) every day to look at my trays and fish and 

 shoot. 1 have transported this boat over 3,000 miles, and have 

 rowed and paddled it hundreds of miles more, and with all its 

 rough usuage it is in perfect condition, in fact the on] v expense I 

 have been to was giving it a coat of the oii prepared for tne pur- 

 pose, at a cost of about, 50 cents. This boat is 9ft. Ions, carries 

 two readily, aud three when necessary; it is very stiff in calm as 

 well as rough waters, in fact I take chances in it that, I would not 

 take in a cedar boat of same size. I wish to say that I have no 

 interest whatever in the manufacture of the Douglas boar, and 

 no motive whatever in writing this article other than to put some 

 brother sportsman in the way of getting a good boat suouid he 

 conclude to get a canvas one. There are no doubt other good 

 canvas foldiug boats, but, as "Lanccwood" says, one often hesi- 

 tates about such a boat, because thev don't want to jump in the 

 dark. I can assure such as hesitate that they will int. run any 

 risk with this boat. Albert Smith 



Gainesville, Fla., March 4. 



Editor Fonfest and Stream: 



In your issue of March (I "Subscriber" asks others who have 

 used canvas ooats to give their experience with them. 1 for an- 

 other would be pleased to have readers <>f the Forest a tin 

 Stream who have used canvas boats, especially those woo have 

 used the portable foldiug kind, to give their experience with the 

 same through these columns. It has long been my desire io own 

 a boat that would fold up aud could be carried by rail or buck- 

 board to or near the headwaters of some of our inland streams, 

 and one that would carry if necessary two large men and light 

 camp kit, and at the same time not- draw too much wafer. I 

 think that some of the boats lately advertised would fill the bill; 

 but never having seen a canvas hoat of any kind! am not satis- 

 fied as to their steadiness, carrying capacity and general safety, 

 and would be very glad to bear from any one who has tried ihern. 



Clarion. 



AN "UNK-TA-HEE" FOR ROCHESTER.— Captain Ruggles,of 

 Rochester, the veteran canoe builder, whose Graft has taken many 

 prizes in tne American Canoe Assoeiat ion resrattas, is now ai work 

 on what is the largest canoe, without doubt, in the United Stares 

 It is for the Rochester C C, and is modeled after Unk-ta-hee, the 

 mammoth Toronto Club canoe. It is 30ft. over all, 50m. wide and 

 22in. deep amidships. The b >w and stern are pointed, of curse, 

 aud 46in. deep. The framework is largely of oak, and the plank- 

 ing will be of California cedar. It will be finished in oil and shel- 

 lac. Sixteen paddlers will man it, and it is calculated to comfort- 

 ably hold 35 men. The canoe is so liglit that four men can easily 

 propel it. The Rochester Club will use it in making extend <d 

 excursions on Lake Onta ■rio a rid Irondequolt Bay, — mxcliojtfjt:. 



HARRISBURG C. C.-On March 7 the Harris bu rg C. C. bold 

 its annual dinner at the residence of Mr. E. J. Joues. A mini t er 

 of ladies were present, and music and dancing followed the din- 

 ner. The club, though small in numbers has a fine club house 

 and a fleet of 22 canoes. The officers are: Com.. E. B. Fiickinger; 

 Vice-Corn.. Geo. G. McFarland; Seo'y, Martin W Eager; 'LYea-s. 

 E. R. Dnsher. A lantern water parade will be held on" July 4. 



NEVVBURGH C. AND B. A.-Officers 18y0: Com,, N. S. Smith : 

 Vice-Coin., Chas. S. William;; Captain, Ilar.y A. Marwl; Pmser, 

 Robt. Johnston; Member of Executive Committee, B. B. Moore' 

 Member of Finance Committee, J. N. Dickey, Tue following new' 

 members were elected: H. Rodficld French, Geo. VV. Peck. 



A. O. A. MEMBERSHIP.— Eastern Division: Henri Schaeffer 

 Frederick VV. Taylor, Lowell, Mass. Atlantic Division: J. C 

 Massa, R. 0. Alexander, New York. 



MISSOURI RIVER.— A correspondent who proposes to ernise 

 on the Missouri River Ibis summer is desirous of obtaining in-, 

 formation, 



