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MINNEAPOLIS, March 27.— The opening shoot of the Min- 

 iifar.olis Gun Club for badges occurred to-day. The weather 

 was the w orst imaginable', a driving snow storm with the wind 

 directly cut of lie north mode perfect shooting out of the 

 quesiion. Ti c club has added fifteen new members to its already 

 laige mc mhcrship, with the prospect of a still largtr increase. 

 New buildings have teen erected, making the grounds the most 

 perfect and ecmpltif of any in ihe country. The amateurs were 

 a little timid and not. one of them turned out, to contest for their 

 badge. Hereafter they will have Tuesdays to themselves and 

 this should be a sufficient inducement to turn out a good crowd. 

 Dr. Kilvirgton has donated an elegant badge to the club and 

 known as ti e Senior Badge, to become the property of the mem- 

 ber mailing the highest average in badge events during the 

 season, but the memher must attend and take part in at least 

 ( welve badge events before an average, will be considered. Fol- 

 lowing arc the scores at 15 sintrles and 5 pairs: 



Knapp (J) 001111101001111—10 



Cutter (S; 110100011100111— 9 



Cummings (S.) 101111110011100-30 



Pratt (J) Ill mil 01111.1.0— 13 



Weigand (J) 010101001010130- 7 



Kenned v L F (J) 1 010000 fill 1100 — 8 



Ensign (S) 011100011003301— 8 



Joyslin (S) 001103030010303- 7 



ftockey (S) 3001300] ] Hionui— ? 



Nicholson (J) 001 10001 3 00 11 00— 6 



Lawrence (S) 110000101011010— 7 



Marsha 11 (S) 11111 1011111 101 - 1 3 



Pje (J) 111110111001101—11 



Morrison (S) ill 1 01111011113—33 



♦Richter 011 100000001101— 6 



*Kilby 00111110001.il 11— 10w. 



Harrison wins senior badge, Pratt wins junior badge. ♦Non- 

 members; J .junior class, S senior class. 



SALT LAKE CITY. March 28.— The regular weekly shoot of the 

 Salt Lake City Gun Club -was held to-day— a most lovely day, pro- 

 pitious for good averages and a good time— and was at tended by 

 about 25 spectators and shooters. This is encouraging and a 

 much better public attendance than was present at the first regu- 

 lar mateh. An improvement is noticed in the scores, and the 

 shooting was more even than at the last match. The club is gain- 

 ing new members daily, and, with regular practice at the traps 

 this summer, expects to become a power in this land of many 

 clubs aud associations. Several of toe members have indicated 

 their intention to attend the Rocky Mountain Sportsman's Asso- 

 ciation tournament, to be held at Cheyenne, in June. The new 

 traps have not yet reached us, but the old ones worked very well 

 to-day, very few birds being broken. The boys all champion the 

 good points of bluorock traps and bluerock pigeons. Following 

 are the scores: 



Regular match, 20 singles and 5 pairs bluerocks, three traps, 

 national rules: 



M B Brown 11110001110101111101 00 11 10 10 10-19 



Sam Browning OllllOOOfn lool luuoi io 10 10 10 10-16 



H W Spencer 1001101 1111 100001010 10 11 11 10 10-18 



Mr Walker OOlOllllli'OllllUUOl 10 10 10 10 10-18 



J Johnson 00011001110101110111 10 11 01 10 13-19 



A Taysum 11130313111111110100 10 00 10 10 10-20 



.1 Sharp, Jr lOOOOOOOOHOOUOlOIll 10 11 00 10 01-13 



Taysum won. 



Sweepstakes, 50 cents entrance, first two at 10, third at 7 blue- 

 rooks: 



Taysum 7 4 4 Browning 7 8 0 Larson 7 8 4 



Brown 8 7 6 Johnson 7 7 5 Walker 8 5 4 



Spencer 8 8 4 Sharp 765 



THE DIANA SPORTSMAN'S CLUB, of Brooklyn, held its 

 third monthly shoot of the half year at P. Koch's Bay View Park, 

 Bay Ridge, March 25. Only one-half of the members put in an 

 appearance. Shooting at bluerocks and glass balls occupied the 

 entire afternoon, and the marksmen did not leave the traps until 

 darkness prevented further shooting. The bluerock shooting was 

 extremely difficult, tee targets rising on the wind and the dis- 

 tance being further than usual. A. Botty captured the gold 

 medal in Class A on the bluer-nek targets with a total of 11 out of 

 13, J. Scharff, who was tied with him, broke only 2 on the shoot 

 off or 10 out of 13. In the glass ball competition D. Froeligh leads 

 at present in Class A with 11, and Ring in Class B with 7 out of 15 

 shot at. Two sweepstakes followed the reaular shoot, D. Mone, 

 .1. Scharff, C. Koch and D. Froeligh being the winners. 



DUNELLEN, N. J., March 24.— Many local crack shots were 

 present at the Middlesex Gun Club's grounds at Duuellen to-day, 

 when there was some lively shooting at both clay-pigeons and 

 and live birds. The first event was a sweepstake, 10 bluerocks 

 each, fifty cents entrance fee, with 11 entries. Apgar broke 9, C. 

 Smith, K. Miller and Manning each smashed S, Brautingham and 

 Soper tied on 7. Event No. 2 was a repetition of No. 1, with 11 

 entries. Miller and C. Smith broke 10 straight. Darby broke 9, 

 Manning, Robinson, Vennice and Nelson tied on 8. Next came a 

 special event between "Dick Lester" and W. Torrv, both of Plain- 

 field, who shot at 25 birds each for ¥150 a side. "Lester" (Samuel 

 Allen) shot out on the 21st bird. Terry scored 5 ahead and cap- 

 tured the stake. Regular events Nos. 3 and 4 were live-bird 

 sweepstakes at four birds each, S3 entrance fee. In No, 3 W. 

 Terry killed 4 straight and took first money. C. Smith killed 3 

 and took second money. In No. 4 Smith killed 5 straight. Miller 

 and Apgar tied on 8 and divided second money. 



AUGUSTA GUN CLUB, Augusta, Ga., March 26— At the sixth 

 annual meeting of the Augusta Guu Club, held at the office of 

 Mr. S. H. Myers. March 25. the following officers were elected' 

 L. A. Berckmans, Pres.; W. H. Harison, Jr., Sec, and Treas.; R. J. 

 Pot ter, Ordinance officer. Executive Committee, Fred 33. Pope, 

 Salem Du toner, Allie Berckmans. The club made a fine showing 

 for the past season and four new members were elected. These 

 swelled the membership to seventy-one. A committee of two 

 were appointed to make arrangements for a grand tournament to 

 be held on April 26.— R. J. Potter. 



BROOKLYN, March 26.— The second monthly shootiug of the 

 Erie Gun Club at Woodlawn Park, Long Island, to-day, was at- 

 tended by eleven members, and, although the shooting was not. of 

 the best description, yet the score of the. winner of the club badge 

 and first money, Ike Hyde, the veteran wing shot, was equal to 

 any well known amateur. He killed 9 out of 10, and hit Ins bird 

 with both barrels on the tenth- The second prize was divided bv 

 C. Plate and W. Schiller. 



PRINCETON, N. J., March 25.— At a meeting of tho Princeton 

 Gun Club held to-day the following officers were elected for the 

 ensuing year: Prest., A. B. Gladwin, '91; Sec.-Treas., J. L. Wil- 

 liams, '92. Executive Committee, L. Adams, '91; A. Spruanoe, '91; 

 A. Moses, 91. It was decided to bold a tournament on Saturday, 

 April 33, at the close of which gold and silver medals will be 

 awarded to the winners. March 26.— An i nt.eresting shooting con- 

 test took place between C. A. McKinney, '92; H. S. Forman, '93: O. 

 M. Ed wards, '93, and J. P. Adams, '93. McKinnev and Adams 

 tied, each braaking 10 out of 14 clay-pigeons. Edwards killed 8 

 and Forman 6. 



NEW YORK, March 7.— This evening the Turtle Bav Rifle Club 

 elected the following officers: C. H. Plate, Pres.; M. Reiser, Vice- 

 Pres.; A. Straub, Treas.; H. Steffan, Sec'y. After the meeting 

 their weeklv shoot took place when the following scores were 

 made: A. Straub 269, G. E. Jantzer 266, C.H.Plate 260, H W 

 Tamm 258, H. Steffan 215, C. Beck 205, C. Unlaudherm 190 T 

 Fitzpatrick 183. 



BROOKLYN, March 26.— The last monthly shoot of the Glen- 

 more Rod and Gun Club, was held at Cypress Hills, L. I., only 

 eight shooters going to the score. W. Levens won the Midas 

 badge, with 6 out of 7. Two sweeps followed the. regular shoot, 3 

 birds each, then miss and out. The second one was especially 

 well-contested. The score: Club shoot, modified Long Island 



TRENTON FALLS, N. J.. March 26.— There was some good 

 shooting here to-day at pigeons, a strong wind and strong birds 

 making difficult work. First event was a sweep, $10 entrance, 4 

 entries, II. and T. traps, at 10 birds: Dean Mage* and Frank 

 Heyer divided the money when each had killed 7 out of 9, Joseph 

 Atkinson and Harry Reed, the other contestants, having only 4 

 and 5 respectively. A $2 sweep followed, at 3 birds each: Frank 

 Heyer killed 3 and got the money. Third event, at 3 birds, S3 en- 

 trance: Magee won with a straight score. Fourth event, at -3 

 birds, 82 entrance: Heyer won with 3. 



LONG BRANCH, N. J.. March 24. - The Central Gun Club held 

 its regular business meeting to-day. The club decided to accept 

 the challenge of the Riverside Gun Club to shoot at live and day- 

 pigeons, two matches to be shot, one at Red Bank and the other 

 on the Central's grounds. Each team will be composed of ten 

 men, and the first match will be shot at 10 live birds per man or 

 May 6 at Long Branch. The other shoot will be at 25 bluerocks 

 per man, the match to be shot at Red Bank on May 20. 



BROOKLYN, March 28.— One-half of the members of the Cres- 

 cent Gun Club turned out to-day for the regular monthly shoot 

 at Dexter Parker, although it rained nearly the entire afternoon. 

 The cyclone which swept over the neighborhood of New York did 

 not interrupt the shooting in the least, the marksmen blazing 

 away at the birds to their hearts' content, until darkness set in 

 and prevented further shooting. Walter Gilman won the club 

 badge from the 28yd. mark with a clean score of 7. Four sweep- 

 stakes at 3 birds each were shot off later on; in the most closelv- 

 contested one Gilman, Simmons, Vagts and Cromelin killed* 3 

 each; Matthews and Hopkins 2. Score of the club shoot: Gilman 

 7, Simmons 5, Matthews 5, Vagts 4, Cromelin 4, Hopkins 6. 



FRANKLINVILLE, N, J„ March 27.— Representatives of Hip 

 different South Jersey gun clubs gathered in strength at Frank- 

 linville, near Clayton, this afternoon and contested for several 

 cash prizes, ranging from $100 to $50. at live pigeons, and the 

 teams were Chas. Doughty and W. H. Ward, of Millville; M. 

 Morgan and Jake Polhemus, of Yineiand; Chas. and Wm. Hand, 

 of May's .Landing, and others from Linwood and Clayton. The 

 conditions were 21yds. rise and 80yds. boundary and double birds. 

 The May's Landing team kilied 48 out of 50, Millville 16 and Vine- 

 land 44. Hand, of May's Landing, has challenged any man in 

 South Jersey for $1,000 a side at live birds. 



EMERALD GUN CLUB, March 26 —Prospects for a good day's 

 shooting drew quite a number of ardent sportsmen to Sam Bur- 

 bank's grounds at, New Dorp to-day. It was the regular monthly 

 shoot of the Emerald Gun Club. Ten birds were allotted to each 

 man. The prizes shot for were three medals, gold, silver and 

 bronze. In shooting for the gold medal (Class A) Mr. J Schroeder 

 and Mr. J. Maesel, Jr., tied. Mr. Maesel, who has already won 

 it once, won it again on the shoot-off. The silver medal in 

 Class B was won by Mr. G. Newark, he having killed 8 out of 10. 

 Mr. L. Ryan was the only one to shoot in Class C, and he there- 

 fore was the winner of the bronze medal. His score was only 2 

 out of 10. 



PARKERSVILLE, L. I„ March 26.— A well- contested match 

 at bluerocks took place to-day on the Tremont G un Club's 1 

 grounds, between H. Blackley and F. Ossmann, at 25 bluerocks. 

 25yds. rise. Association rules. Blackley allowed his opponent 3 

 targets. H. Meissner, of the Erie Gun Club, also took part in the 

 contest. Ossmann won with 17, the other t wo shooters breaking 

 15 each. The club at their monthly shoot made the following 

 score at 20 glass balls: H. Blackley 12, H. Meissner 12, E. Miller 12, 

 E.Bennett 11. The man making the best average through the 

 season will win the handsome prize given for competition. 



PINE BROOK, N. J., March 27.— Beautiful weather and first- 

 class sport rewarded the many trap shooters and their friends 

 who had undertaken the journey to Frank Class' place to-day. 

 The attraction of.the day.was:a!match'at 50 birds between F. Class 

 and S. Van Camp, the stakes being $250 a side. Hardly less in- 

 teresting wa» another match between F. GritTin and W. Wheaton, 

 both members of the Newark Gun Club, and weU known to the 

 trap and field shooting fraternity of New Jersey. In the first 

 match Frank Class beat Van Camp by a score "of 43 to 34, his 

 longest straight run beiDg 25 to his adversary's 13. lu the other 

 match the. veteran was victorious, defeating young Wheaton with 

 40 to 34 out of fifty. Some well contested sweepstakes followed 

 the matches. 



RED BANK, N. J., March 28.— The Riverside Gun Club held 

 their weekly shoot to-day. Clay birds were used. The opening 

 event was at 10 singles, fifty cents entrance, and was won by E. 

 W. Throckmorton and O. Hess with 9; John Cooper, second; E. 

 M. Cooper and James Cooper, Jr., third. Second event, F. Beal 

 and E. W. Throckmorton, first money. Third event, at 5 pairs 

 doubles, was won by Ed. Cooper with 9. Fourth event, team 

 shoot, three men, 10 singles. John Cooper, Dr. Field and Ed. 

 Throckmorton won with 21; E. M. Cooper, James Cooper and F. 

 Beal, 19. Fifth event, team shoot, three men, 5 singles; E. M. 

 Cooper, James Cooper and F. Beal won with 9; John Cooper, Dr. 

 Field and E. W. Tnrockmorton, 8. 



Mr. C. G. Braxmar, of 47 Cortlandt street, has recently issued 

 a new catalogue and price list of badges and medals. It is a 

 handsomely gotten up work printed in blue ink ongoodpaoer, and 

 copiously illustrated by a multitude of cuts and designs. The 

 average man has no idea, until he looks over a catalogue of this 

 kind, how many and how beautiful are the designs adopted in this 

 branch of work. The catalogue will be sent post free on receipt 

 of 25 cents.— Adv. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Streaji their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., of 

 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and 

 report of the same. Canoeists and aU int erested in canoeing are 

 reauested 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. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



OFFICERS, 1889-90. 



Commodore: Remit Stanton ) w __ v ., 



Secretary-Treasurer: P. L. Donneix.. j ae ™ Ior «- 

 Vice-Corn. Rear-Ccrm. Purser. 



Central Div..Geo. A. Warder.,.. E. L. French J. K. Bakewell, 



tlODiamtaidistreet, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Eastern Div.. Dr. J. A. Gage A. S. Putnam Ralph F. Brazer, 



Lowell, Mass. 



N'tnern Div. .W. J. While W. J. Read C. W. Whltlaw, 



Montreal, Can. 



Atlantic Div. .M. V. Brokaw I. V. Borland W. R. Havilanci, 



Yonkers, N. Y. 



Applications for niemoersliip must be made to division pursers, accom- 

 panied by the recommendation of an active member and the sum of $2.00 

 for entrance fee and dues for current year, livery member attending 

 the general A. C. A. eartip shall pay $1.00 tor camp expenses, Application 

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



Persons residing in any Division and wishing to become members of 

 the A. C. A., will be. f umished with printed forms ot applieati on by address- 

 ing the Purser. 



WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Commodore— C. J. Stedman. Cincinnati, Ohio, 



Vice-Commodore— T. J. Kirkpatrick, Springfield, O. 



Rear-Commodore- -Thos. S. Gates, Columbus, O. 



Secretary-Treasurer— J. B. Keogh, SI Montauk Block, Chicago, 111 



Applications for membership should be made to the Sec.-Treas., on blanks 

 which may be obtained from him, and should be accompanied by $2 as 

 initiation fee and dues for the current year. 



FIXTURES. 



May. 



30. Red Dragon, Spring Regatta 29-June 1. Passaic River Meet, 



and Trophy Cups. Newark Bay. 



30. South Boston, Open. 



JUNE. 



7. Marine and Field, Bath. 21. New York, Annual. 

 14. Ianthe. Spring. 28. Brooklyn, Annual. 



17. South Boston, Club. 



JUDY. 



1-15. Central Div., Lake Chan- 2fi. South Boston, Club, 



tauqua, N. Y. — . Northern Div. A. C. A., Lake 



12. South Boston, Open. of Two Mountains. 



12-26. \V. C. A. Meet, Ballast 

 Island. 



AUGUST. 



2. South Boston, Open. 23. South Boston, Open. 



8-22. A.C.A.Meet, Jessup'sNeck 30. Orange, Annual. 



SEPTEMBER. 



1. Ianthe, Annual. 30, 31, Sept. 1, South Boston, Har- 



bor Meet. 



1.500 MILES IN AN ADIRONDACK BOAT. 



PART XIV. 



LAKE CHAMPLAIN, Oct. 13. Wednesday .-My supper last 

 evening consisted mainly of pancakes, and beiug withal 

 rather a heavy one, I went down a few rapids, etc., during the 

 night, and in the morning found the blankets far out of reach. 

 This cold was instrumental in rousing a very stiff man in the 

 morning, otherwise I should have slept until 10 o'clock. We had 

 pancakes for breakfast, too, at 7, and I did my full share, 

 especially favoring the maple syrup, made near by. The farmer 

 was a nice old man, with a large and happy family, Yankee in 

 every particular, true "Green Mountain Boys." 



It froze hard during the night, and the day was rendered 

 cloudless by a strong west wind. A guide for a party camped 

 | across the lake sta>ed here all night, as he was afraid to risk 

 rowing across in the wind. His skiff would have held two like 

 mine, and I had a good laugh at the fellow. I got off at 8, with a 

 big lot of Porter apples and some Durham milk. Rowed straight 

 up the lake, south, and for six miles experienced a bad cross sea. 

 which made the boat quite wet. Passed Port Henry on the west 

 side, its houses looking like clothes hong out to dry on the sreat 

 mountain side. There were numerous hell divers around, and 

 they as well as the ducks and gulls were very tame, being 

 evidently aware I had no gun. 



At Westport the lake widened out again to a width of four or 

 five miles, till just below Fort Henry, where it takes a turn 

 through a narrow strait and thenceforth resembled a river, 

 at first one mile wide, then narrowing down to one-half and one- 

 quarter mile, and thus continuing about thirty miles to White- 

 hall, where it ends. The wind gave me much trouble in the 

 wide part of the water, but the views I had of Mount Mansfield 

 in Vermont and Whiteface and Mount Hurricane in New York 

 State, quite compensated for all such inconveniences, as they 

 were perfectly grand, towering aloft with white summits far into 

 the clear atmosphere. Above Chimney Point, where Chainplain 

 finally narrows, I was fooled by Bulwagga Bay; which, of equal 

 width, seems to be but a continuance of tho lake; and, the strait 

 at the Point being but one-eighth of a mile wide, is easily over- 

 looked. Consequently I went some distance out of the wav. 



Henceforth the view of the highest mountains is lost, and at 

 Crown Point the lower Adirondack ranges around Lake George 

 loom up instead. The Otter River, flowing into the lake on the 

 Vermont side, is navigable as far as Vorgennes, 20 miles. Near 

 Split Rock Mountain and Point the lake is exceedingly deep, and 

 has never been correctly fathomed, though several attempts have 

 been made. Bottles tightly corked have been sunk to a great 

 depth and on being raised have been found to be full of water, 

 though still corked. Crown Point has 3,000 people, and I noticed 

 the promontory of that name whereon the French, in 1731, built 

 Fort Frederic, which the English took in 1759, and which was 

 finally captured by Ethan Allen. At ISO P. M., after rowing 26 

 miles since starting, I reached a little hotel on the west shore 

 opposite the ruins of Fort Ticouderoga, where a capital dinner 

 was prepared, with pumpkin pie. genuine New England style, 

 and a good strum on a little old-fasbioned piano in the sitting- 

 room. The hotel was in a very beautiful spot, commanding good 

 views of the mountains of Lake Oeorge and "Fort Ti," as they 

 call Ticorderoga hereabouts. 



quite a current. The scenery here was enchanting, consisting of 

 broad valleys, meadow lands and fine trees, while the rugged 

 mountains, covered with bright colors, hung over the valleys. 

 The wind had gone down, ana when I bid farewell to the noble 

 lake not a ripple disturbed its placid bosom. Lake Champlain is 

 properly 150 miles long, one picture of varied beauty and mag- 

 nificence from end to end. It is hard to believe that some of the 

 bloodiest wars which have disturbed this country have been waged 

 arouud and on all sides of it. While passing the majestic ruins 

 of the fort, three cheers were given for the memory of Ethan 

 Allen and his Green Mountain boys. 



I pulled for a mile up the outlet of Lake George to the little 

 landing, whence I walked to the village of Ticonderoga, half a 

 mile distant, and looked up a character nauied Fletcher, pre- 

 viously heard of, to cart me across to the lake. It took some time, 

 to find him, as he was out of town and engaged in hauling apples. 

 These were fine Rhode Island greenings, hut they were less inte- 

 resting than Fletchei's pretty daughter, who was dressed up and 

 going down town as I arrived, while her plainer sister was doing 

 chores about the little shanty. A sad instance of the fact that 

 though beauty is onlv skin deep, ugliness goes to the bone. 



I pitched in and helped with the apples, and then, hitching up 

 a horse to a long buckboard truck, we went bowling down t hrough 

 town and over the steep hill beyond, to my boat. I had much ado 

 to keep my feet on the wagon, and our turnout caused some ex- 

 citement in the little place, which increased materially, however, 

 when we came back with the canoe. Fletcher stood up', straddling 

 the bow, while I sat in her, on the wagon, eating apples and sing- 

 ing with all my might. Being a vehicle known as a buckboard, 

 and the road none of the smoothest, my dinner was well shaken 

 down while I was generally shaken up. The singing seemed to 

 gratify the inhabitants, judging from their looks, and the "Black 

 Brigade" seemed to touch old Fletcher in a tender spot. 



We arrived at the small outlet below the rapids, 1% miles from 

 below, about sunset. This stream falls 247ft. in one mile, La.k« 

 George being higher than Lake Champlain by that elevation. I 

 rowed off through a mass of saw logs one mile tathe lake, passing 

 at one place between two rocks where the current is swift enough 

 to entitle it to the name of "The Rapids," given by the settlers. 

 It was now nearly dark. I stopped at a house to get some eggs, 

 and rowed on directly south, past a large mountain. The scenery 

 was dark and very grand aud wild, the water placid, and every- 

 thing as still as death. Several small islands were dott ed here 

 and there over the lake, and after rowing a mile further, and 

 becoming convinced that, navigation in such a place was uncertain 

 and dangerous without a light, I made for the west shore, and 

 having passed another tall mountain, drew up my boat on a nar- 

 row sandy beach 30yds. long and 6yd«. wide, eoinpletelv shut in 

 by the forests and overhung by a tremendous cliff 1,000ft. high, 

 which towered aloft overhead. 



It was a sheltered little cove, with two or three boulders and 

 huge trunks of trees lying about. The weather was very cold, 

 and my feet being numb and my hands badly chapped, a large 

 lire which was soon roaring skyward was comfortable in the ex- 

 treme. First of all, I t"ok a refreshing but frigid swim, and then 

 had suppeT; after that I read and wrote, sit ting meanwhile in a 

 little corner under some rocks, with the lire ou the outside. The 

 place was perfectly beautiful, and I felt as If I were in an Adiron- 

 dack camp once more. The birch trees added not a little to my 

 bivouac, with their white trunks and graceful foliage. At 10 

 o'clock I retired in the, boat, hauled up on the sand a few feet 

 from the water. I rowed to-day 31 miles and portaged \% miles. 



Lake Oeurge, Thursday, Oct. 1G.-1 was awakened at 3:30 A. M. by 

 the rain, and getting up, slung the tent over the boat and warmed 

 myself a little at the lire, then turned in again. The water bad 

 risen with the south wind now blowing and the tiuv waves were 

 lapping within 3ft. of me. My second nap lasted until 7:30, when, 

 shaking things out, I rowed two miles to a small house, where 

 they cooked a good breakfast. 



The people were French Canadians, and though they could talk 

 English to me they spoke in their own patois to each other. It 

 sounded too much like old time for my comfort, and visions of 

 "bad eggs" and "dead rats" came up as I listened to their lingo. 

 The old fellow had a very clever and intelligent dog, which could 

 go through some amusing performances. They informed me that 

 some men were hounding for deer a little distance back and quite 

 probably I might come across one swimming in the lake during 

 the morning. 



Starting on at 9:30, I made for a long point one mile distant, and 

 then rowed straight up the middle of the lake against quite a 

 head wind and heavier water than 1 expected to find, the wind 

 having a sweep of 9 miles here. My boat pounded a great deal, 

 making the rowing difficult. After a hard pull of several miles I 

 stopped at Sabbath Day Point to lay in a pie and to inquire the 

 course. The wind now became exceedingly strong and steady, 

 retarding the boat at least 1J4 miles in every 4 rowed. I passed 

 several beautiful islands, and at 1:30, when opposite Black Moun- 

 tain, stopped on the lee side of one, where I had dinner, after 

 making some tea and boiling a few eggs and having some revolver 

 practive at some ducks before putting off again. 



Not a house was visible from my dinner Btation, and the out- 

 look was of the wildest description. Two miles further on I 

 entered the Narrows and the Hundred Islands, in which were a 

 few more wild ducks. As the day was a cold and raw one and 

 the water warmer than the air, the little paddlers naturally 

 disliked to fly and allowed me to get within a few yards of them 

 without evincing any alarm. Urged more with regard for their 

 future safety than the desire to do them immediate damage I had 

 fired thus at, them to convince the hardy paddlers that it was not 

 a healthy place for them. 



On emerging from the islands the lake widened, and the wind, 

 having things clear for twelve miles, kicked up a furious sea, (he 

 heaviest I ever saw on such a body of water. It was dangerous 

 too, being short and choppy, and I had all that I could do to keep 

 the boat from filling. As it was, within ten minutes both 1 and 

 the cargo were thoroughly soaked. At each successive wave she 

 would pitch np, throwing a bucketful of water over my back. 

 Besides this she ducked in the most extraordinary manner, and 

 twice the waves knocked the oars from my grasp. 



The wind was almost a hurricane, and when the gust came it 

 would flatten down the water for a moment, a heavy sea invari- 

 bly following. Wave after wave broke over the boat, and I 

 heartily wished that the well was covered. Had it not been for 

 the decking and coamine- she would have gone down in a few 

 minutes. With the apron over the cockpit I could laugh at the 

 sea in security. Rowing against such odds was next to impossi- 

 ble, and I could not have kept it up long. Reckoning the chances 

 of cutting across the lake diagonally, I Bbaped my course for 



