Fbb, n, 1891.] 



FOREST AND STREAM, 



7B 



HARTFORD TOtJRNAMENT.-Tbe lirat slinoting tournament 

 given bv the Hartford Gnn GInb wi]] be be.ld on the grouBds at 

 Union Grove, Feb, J9. A g''od programme of 10 events will be 

 shot, cue of which will be 35 ainglw keystone targets, entrance 

 $2,ro per man, for a fine 12-gauge bamnierlpss eiin, donated by the 

 Parlser BiotlierF, o£ Meriden.— ChAS H. Buhbidgi:, Sec'y, 



HACXENS ACK. N. J.. Fpb. 2.-0. Termlliger, H. Harrison, and 

 W. Disbrow defeated T. F. Timmons, J. GlaBser. and J. Ryan in a 

 live pigeon shooting malob heie to-day for $160 dollars aside, on 

 the grom dg of the Hackensack Gun Club. Score 30 to 28. 



CLINTON, Iowa, Feb. 8.— The shooting match here for 100 live 

 birds, $100 a Hide, between J. A. R. Elliott, of Kansas City, cham- 

 pion of America, and C. F. Rudd, of Des Moine-«, es-champion of 

 the cotmtry and present bolder of Iowa's championship, was won 

 by Elliott. The men stood thirty yards from the trap. Elliott 

 scored 98 and Buad 93. 



WAiJREGANS.— Feb. 5.-The Wauregan Gun Club changed its 

 Stamping grounds from Claremont to Dexter Park. Long Island, 

 and had if initial shoot there. There was a poor attendance, but 

 six members shooting for the two club medals at club handicap 

 distance, ten birds eitch. Boruhoft won flr-t prize in the club shoot 

 with a clean score, and in a subsequent sweepstake at five birds 

 heat M. Fay, with whom he had tied. 



LONG TSLiVjSTD, V-h. 6.— Shooters were out in force at Dexter 

 Park, L. T., to see two matches decided. The first was between 

 John Blake, of the Parkway Gun Club, and .James Bennett, of the 

 Glenraoie Rod and Gun Club, 2.5 birds each, STJ^^ ds, rise, Hurling- 

 ham rules, for §50. The latter won by a scorS of 20, Blakp killing 

 15. A double-handed match, under Hurl ingham rules, -50 birds a 

 man, 25yds. rise, for $100, was a close race througnout. J. Schlie- 

 mau and A. Bppig scored 74 to 73 by F. Lanzb-r and P Liebinger. 



WELLINGTON", ilass., Feb. 7.— P-rry won the silver cup^natoh 



Cher 18, Snow, Stanton and Sanborn l7. In the contests for silver 

 match boxes to-day, under the < lassifi cation system, at 35 blue- 

 rocks, Leslie won in class A, with 23; Melcher won in class B with 

 19; and -now in class 0, with 20. The other scores were: Purdy 

 18, Stanton 17, Gore 16. 



LONG BRANCH. N. J., Feb. 7. -The Central Gun Club held 

 their second monthly shoo^ at Pleasure Bay to-day. Thirteen 

 members took part and their scores were remarkably good, con- 

 sidering the unfavorable vve*ither. The event was a sweep at 10 

 iive birds per mHn and was won bv Douglas Slocum, who made a 

 clean score. Edward W. Reid was second, wiih 9 killed. The 

 Centrals will take i)art in a shnot with the I'arkway Rod and Gun 

 Club, at Dexter Park, L. 1., on Thursday. Feb. 26. Tne prize will 

 he a silver cup. Each club will he represented by a team of 10 

 men, each man to shoot at 10 live birdf, at 25yds. rise, 80yds. 

 boundary, the tise of both barrels allowed. The Long Branch 

 team will be composed of Wm. D. GMmobell, George Oubberly, A. 

 P. Cubberly, Edward W. Reid, Elisha Price, Phil Daly, .Jr., Doug- 

 lass Slocum, William C. Price, .Japhia Van Dyke and Cbarles 

 Wool lev. 



The tie for Ihe hog was not shot oil. Reinhardt bought Oollins's 

 Interest and decided to have another shoot at 2 o'clock next Satur- 

 day. Second money was divided ny Class and Erb, third money 

 by Hedden Hnd Castle. The final shoot of the day was at 8 birds 

 each, $5 entry, with three moneys: Hedden and Castle first, 

 Class and Collins second, Reinhardt and Erb third. 



TORONTO, Feb. 7.— The long-talked-of match between C. 

 Charles and J.Humphreys came ofiE this afternoon at Stark's 

 Athletic Grounds. Conditions, $10<J a sid*', 50 hve pigeons each, 

 nse of one barrel only, Owl Gun Club rules to govern: Charles 42, 

 Humphreys 27. 



NEW ORLEANS, La., F&h. 9.—[Spe.ei<il to Fori'at and Stream :i 

 The Northern team, consisting of Harvey McMurchy, Quimby. 

 Cranmer, Lindsley and WiUard, sbot against a team of the 

 Louisiana Gun Chtb, including Reinecke, White, Febiger. May- 

 ronne and Chaudet. The match was at live birds, five men to a 

 team, 25 birds to each man, and the Northerners won by a score of 

 106 to 98. There was a sQoot at inanimate targets, 15 men to a side, 

 JO shots each, which the Northern team also won by a score of 

 lis to 115. The conditions of the weather were not favorable to 

 sood shooting. There will be sweepstakes shooting to-morrow 

 and on Wednesday the Northerners will leave for Mobile. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream theii* 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 all interested in canoeing are 

 requested to forward to Fohbst Asd Stbeam 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, 1890-91. 

 Commodore: Waltkr U. Lawson, Boston. Mass. 



Skceetahy TRKAStrEER: Ealpb F. Br vzee, 47 Centi'al street, Lowell, Masa. 

 Regatta COMsaTTBE: .1. A. Gage, Lowell, JInsB.; W. O. MacKendrlck, 

 Toronto; L. B. Palmer, Newarlr, >f. J. 



CEOTRAL DrVlSrON. 

 Officers: 



ViCE-CoM.: CV.Wlnnp, Albany, N.Y. 

 Bear-Com.; T. p. Gaddls, Dayton, O. 

 Purser: Howard Brown,Albany,ifY 

 Ex. Com.; J. K. Bakewell and H. SI. 

 Stewart. 



EASTERN DIVrSION. 



Officers: 



ViCE-COM.: J. W. Cartwrlghr, .Tr. 

 RBAR-COM.: G, L. Pamiele, Hartford. 

 PURSHE: R. AppoUonio, Winciiester. 

 Ex. Com.: Paul Butler, E. S. Tosrae 

 and Sidney Bishop. 



Applications for mcmDership muse be made to dh-lsiou puraew, accom- 

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

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

 the general A. C. A. camp shall pay $1.00 for camp expensejs. Application 

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



Persons residing in any Dlnalon and wi.sliing to become members ol 

 the A. C. A., wlU be furnlshea with printed forms ot application by address- 

 ing the Purser. 



WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Ctommodorc— D. H. Crane, Chicago, III. 



Vlce-Commodore— N. B. Cook, Chicago, lU. 



E«ar-Commodoro— O. A. Woodruff, Dnyton, O. 



.Secretary -Treasurer— .T. H. Ware, 130 Rialto Building, Chicago, lU. 



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

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

 Initiation lee and dues for the current year. 



NORTHERN -DIVISION. 

 Officers: 



ViOE-CoM.: W. H. Cotton, Kingston. 

 Rear Com.; J. C. Edwards, Lindsay. 



Ex. Com.: Colin Eraser and F. H. 

 Gisborne. 



ATLANTIC DIVISION. 

 Officers: 



ViCE-CoM.: I. V. Borland, Arlington 

 Rear COM : E.D. Andwson.Trenton 

 Purser: Rlch'd Hobart, Newark,N.J 

 Ex, Com.: H. L. Quick and H. M: 

 Kreamer. 



FIXTURES. 



I'EBBnARY. 



0. Canoe Reunion, Harvard Rooms, New York. 



MAY. 



30. Bayonne, Annual, Bayonne. 



JUNE. 



6. Hoisting Sail Competition, 20. New York, Sandy Hook Race 

 Brooklyn. 37. Brooklyn, Ann., Bay Ridge. 



13. New York, Awnnal, 8. 1. — . lanthe, Spring, Passaic Riv. 

 .TtjLy. 



11.S6. W.C.A. Meet, Ballast Island- 



AUGUST. 



6-37. A. O. A. Meet, Lake Chamoluin. 



SEPTEMBER. 



T. lanthe, Ann., Passaic River, 



WHITE SQUALL'S '88 CRUISE. 



SOON after the close of the '87 cruise, I left New Bru'^swick and 

 took up my abode for a Lime in tde domains of King Hem- 

 lock. Here I should have got encugh of camps and outd or life to 

 satisfy any reasonable person; but 1 was often attached to parlies 

 about the composition whereof I had no vote. While the boys 

 composing them were. In the main, what the world calls "good 

 fellows," many of them had a weakness for firewatpr— were blat- 

 ant, lond-mouthed and masters of three languages, English, good, 

 ob;|ectlonable and profane. Very little wonder is it, then, that 1 

 instituted many comparisons wh'ch were overwhelmingly in 

 favor of the quiet camp-fires and the gentlemanlj' companion sWp 

 of Horace. 



At last I concluded that I needed another cruise with him as a 

 paxt of corrective to the treatment 1 was then undergoing-, and 

 one flue evening in September I sent a letter asking him to plan 

 another ernise for the next summer in any direction he chose, and 

 I would be with him. He chose the upper St. .John, and said we 

 would start as soon as possible after .July 1, '88. He was to join me 

 at my home on J une 30, but the steamer on which he was to make 

 the trip left three hours before her regular time, and he was 

 obliged to stay over tUl July 3. 



That aftemoon a younger scion of our familv had sailed the 

 canoe about two miles down the lake. Soon after the steamer 

 hove in sight 1 saw a white felt hat swuner violently by some one 

 just in front of the wheel house, and the salute wa? being re- 

 turned from the Squall, which was lying close to the western 

 shore, side to the wind, with sheets away off. Then 1 knew the 

 cruise was a certainty. The young fe low says he is sure that the 

 old canoe recognized Horace, for as soon as he filled her avvay 

 "she just laid back her ears and traveled." The canoe shot under 

 the Ipe of the scow that transported passengers the hundred yards 

 from st.'=amer to shore before we had covered half that distance, 

 and was immediately offered us, which tender we accepted. We 

 jumped on board, shook out the i-eef from the mainsail, and were 

 boon Hying over the half mile between the boat landing and our 

 own shore. 



Instead of landing we stood across the lake, about three-quar- 

 ters of a mile wide, atid made several stretches down past our 

 starting point. It was the best sailing breeze 1 ever saw; in fact. 

 I never saw so heavy a wind so steady. With both of us out to 

 windward, the lee gunwale was just level with the water, and the 

 spray washed our decks fore and aft; but there were no unsteady 

 puffs, and we never had to lutf. I never expect to enjoy a sail any 

 more than I did that one. 



It took us all day Wednesday to get ready, and our outfit was 

 exceedingly simple, loo Our clothes were what are popularly 

 known as ''the relics of old decency;" and we took along an extra 

 pair of corduroy breeches and two pair of socks in case of accident, 

 and a rubber coat or two, and a cardigan jacket, as handy things 

 to have around. Our cooking utensils were a shallow boiler, 

 which at times we made do duty as a frying-pan. and a billy for 

 making tea. The grub-sack was cylindrical, and made of un- 

 blacked harness leather. 



The A-shaped tent, of oiled cotton, was of our own manufacture 

 and design. The renr poles were jointed something lilie a pair of 

 compasses, but the joint was 2io. from the end, leaving a "saw- 

 buck" projecting wuen the poles were extended and set up. A 

 pair of these were fastened securely in place in front of the tent 

 and another in the rear, and when the tent was struck it was 

 wrapped around these and took up little more room than an um- 

 brella. In setting up the tent we d rove a stake in the ground a few 

 feet back from the site, fastened a small rope to it and passed the 

 free end through a grommet in the rear of the ten'. We had a 

 light spruce ridge pole, one end of which terminated in jaws like 

 a gaff, and in the other a hole 4in. deep was bored after an iron 

 ring had been driven on to prevent split' ine. We set up rear polps, 

 placed the jaws of ridge pole astride the joint, took two turns of 

 me rope aruund sawbuck and two haf hitches around ridge poles, 

 then set up front poles, inserting end ot projecting joint, noU into 

 hole in the end of ridge pole, securing as before by two turns and 

 two half hitches; passed tree end of rope through short gable in 

 front of tent, and tied down to stake driven in front of tent and 

 considerably to one side. The sides of tent were further secured 

 by wooden pins driven into the ground through loops attached to 

 canvas. The strong point of the structure is its stability. As a 

 test, we set it up with its open door toward a gale of wind, and it 

 never jarred. 



On Tuursday we were away about a half hour after sunrise. The 

 wind being southerly and our course for the first 7 miles to the 

 mouth of the lake southwesterly, we put the mainsail on and stood 

 over to the eastern shore for a, lee, then paddled about four miles 

 down to Shannofi's bluff. Our course from here being nearly clue 

 west, ^ve put on the sail and became aware of two unpleasant facts; 

 first, that our freeboard was very small, and second, that the 

 canoe was trimmed too much by the head and the seas washed the 

 decks from stem to stern. We soon romped across the first cove, 

 and under the lee of Gerow's Point we trimmed ship. 



Just here 1 noticed a newly developed feature in the character 

 of my companion- In my previous intercourse with him his ap- 

 parent blindness to the attractions of the gentler sex had been a 

 source of some solicitude on my part. He always made a favorable 

 impression, and would have been a great favorite had he not been 

 BO supremely indifferent, But on the morning in question we ran 

 close to a light double ender. in which was seated a young lady 

 handling the sculls far more gracefully than many a champion 

 oarsman. Chancing to glance at Horace just as I exchanged 

 greetings with her, I saw his face was lighted up with what 1 took 

 for genuine admiration of the ueauty and skill of the brown-eyed 

 Undine. There is hope for him yet. 



The Washademoak discharges its waters into the St. John by 

 two deep and narrow creeks, which inclose Little Musquash 

 Island. A little above this point the St. John is divided by Big 

 Musquash; the eastern channel being known as the Lawson River, 

 and ine western as the Frazer River. The latier is the one most 

 used in navigation. We reached the outlet of the lake about 9 

 o'clock, and turned up Col well's Creek, the northern channel 

 around Little Musquash. About this time there came on a slieht 

 shower — one of the unaccountables of an otherwise floe day. The 

 wind had increased to a gale, and, under all sail, we fairly flew up 

 the Law.son River, taking care to keep quite close to the island 

 shore for smoother water; and then it would be so convenient in 

 case of accident. 



Near this place have occurred about all the fatal canoeing acci- 

 dents that have ever been connected with the history of the lower 

 St. John; and with that superstition from which very few are 

 wholly free (though they may ridicule it as I do), I could not help 

 an uneasy feeling that if the Squall had any intention of turning 

 turtle, she would probably choose this place as the scene of the 

 exploit. As au account of the two accidents that have fken place 

 during my memory would probably be more interesting to the 

 average sportsman reader than the bulk of this narrative, I will 

 tell the story oi the "Hoodoo Gun," wiibthehistory of which they 

 are inseparably interwoven. 



In August 1871 there was a boat race on the Kennebeccasis, N. 

 B., between the four-oared Tyne crew, of Newcasile-on-Tyne, 

 Eng., and the old Paris crew, of St. John, N. B., in which the lat- 

 ter were victorious, James Renforth, the stroke of the former, 

 having dropped dead in his boat before the race was half finished. 

 A heavy sum of money was won on the race by Charles McAlpine, 

 of Cambridge, an ardent sportsman, and he invested the whole of 

 it in a line muzzleloading shotgun. The old "croaker" in relating 

 this would call particular attention to the fact that the gun was 

 bought with money won through a boating accident, or, at least, 

 through the death of a man in connection with boating, for 

 which, in the light of what followed, I can hardly blame him, 

 however widely I may differ from his conclusions. The follow- 

 ing spring, while hunting geese with this gun. McAlplne dropped 

 through the ice and had a very narrow escape from drowning. 



In September 1876 Doctors CunniuKham and Foster, of St. John, 

 went up to Oamoridge for some snipe shcoting and Foster bor- 

 rowed McAlplne's gun. One morning they, in company with D. 

 P. Leonard, were returning from Foshay's Lalie when a terrific 

 squall came up and the.canoe broaching too was filled, Foster and 

 Cunningham "both drowned and all the guns lost. The supersti- 

 tious shook their heads— Mac's gun was unlucky. The guns were 

 at the bottom of the lake about a year. Then David Nevers raised 

 all three and McAlpine's and Leonard's were restored to their 

 owners. 



In April 1878 McAlpine and W. H. Chase were paddling a light 

 lapstreak canoe near the scene of the accident— they had been 

 shooting muskrats in the flooded woods below the Dugway — both 

 were heavy men and sat well in the stern of the canoe, as is 

 mostly the custom here in tandem paddling. Suddenly a huge 

 comber filled the canoe from the stern, both guns went to the 

 bottom, and Chase was drowned and McAlpine had an almost 

 miraculous escape. Then half the popularlon were ready to 

 swear that the gun was a "hoodoo," and it is even said that Mc- 

 Alpine threatened to make trouble for any man who would raise 

 her a second time. A few years later David Nevers was drowned 

 two miles up the river and his body was found only a short dis- 

 tance from where those of the victims of the former accidents 

 were recovered. Taking it all tog-ther this story presents a 

 unique claim of circumstances. 



Tne crossmg of the Lawson Channel to the mainland opposite 

 the head of Big Musquash was anything but a pleasant experi- 

 ence, as the canoe lay poised on the top of a wave, the crest of 

 w^hich seemed higher than the sides of the canoe, and the water 

 swashed along the deck and against the combing, occasionally 

 taking a slap at that part of my trousers within most easy reach. 

 At the lighthouse opposite Gagetown Creek we rounded to, 

 trimmed ship (our ballast consisted of two round stones muffled 

 with sacking) and prepared to cross to the creek, where we knew 

 the water, not being so mu' h affected by the tide, would be 

 smoother. It is a narrow reach of water some five miles long, 

 which extends up behind a sort of peninsula known as Grimcross 

 Neck. At a point near the head of the creek where the neck is 

 about eOyds. wide, a canal has been cut, This enables the vessel 

 of light draft to avoid tbe h«ad in the St. Joba, oailed "No Man's 



We made the crossing over quartering seas much easier and 

 drier than we did before with tae wind dead aft Ouce in the 

 creek wf fa.irly flew under all sail by the small village of Gaee- 

 town. turning out of our course once to speak some men who were 

 building a water fence, f • r as I had only been through the "raging 

 canawl" once, and then in a steamer, I did not feel quite sure ot 

 my way. As it was, we came very near grief on a submerged 

 stone row that had been built out at low water a short distance 

 from the southern bank of the canal, or rather, "cut off." We 

 were only saved by a quick luff and a kindly set off by the tide, 

 which runs through here like a mill race. 



la the river the ebb tide was running in full force dead against 

 the wind, and if the se-as we'o hills below, here they were moun- 

 tainous. We ran tinder the lee of the banks and tied a reef snugly 

 into the mainsail, preparatory to a game of pitch and toss. While 

 Horace was extended full lengtb on the forward deck tying in the 

 forward reef point, a boat propelled by two striplings, rigged out 

 in baseball caps and belts, wl'h a third similarly attired acting 

 as coxswain, steered straight for us amidships. Finding that we 

 did not scare worth a cent thev veered sharply and passed between 

 us and the shore, staring superciliously at the outfit the while. 

 Whether they were some of the natives who had become imbued 

 with pseudo-English ideas, ov some of the St. John boys out on a 

 vacation, trying to do the correct thing, we had no means of know- 

 ing. We felt slightly nettled at first, but a little later we heard 

 such hearty, free, soulful laughter from the diiection of their 

 boat that the feeiing quite passed away, for whoever knew a bad 

 man to laugh heartily and freely? 



We reached L'pper Gagetown about 12 o'clock. Here we moored 

 nnr canoe beside a convenient scow, and took what is known as a 

 "cold bite'' ashore, under the shade of some willows. While this 

 substitute for diuner was in progress two Indians in eano-s came 

 along, stopped, looked the cahoe over, and gesticulated and jab- 

 bered for four or five minutes before moving on. What they said 

 was a blank to us, but no doubt it was the Melicete equivalent 

 for, "To what base uses, etc." 



Just as we got under way a wood boat passed with the foresail 

 sheet trimmed dead aft, so as to bring the sail well In Ifo of the 

 mainsail, the latter doing most of the work— a sure sign that the 

 vessel has a little more wind than she has any use for. The wood 

 boat, a craft so far as I know, peculiar to the river St. John, is a 

 large keel schooner-cat, with a square tucked-up stprn like that of 

 an ordinary rowboat. Their eapaciiy is anyttiiner from 20 to 1.50 M. 

 of lumber. The foremast is stepped in the eyes of the boat, and the 

 sails are the ordinary schooner mainsail and foressil, with the 

 latter considerably enlarged. This craft is also known by the 

 name "jake," and a wood bo^t hull with a schooaer rig is com- 

 monly called a "jakentine." 



Oa our last cruise f did all the steering, an arrangement that 

 grew out of my greater experience with boats in general and 

 canoes in particular, but it struck me that a continuation of this 

 practice would be an injustice to my companion, and before start- 

 ing on this one I notified H. that I would sit in the stern of the 

 canoe exactly half of the time. It was now Horace's trick at (he 

 tiller, and the wind was so very heavy that he concluded to take 

 off the mizen till he "caught the knack" of the work. Anv green 

 hand who thinks it requires no 8k)ll to steer a canoe like ours 

 with II crowd cf sail broad oft" the wind In a gale, should try it 

 once (In shoal water). It is far more difficult to keep her from 

 rolling than from yawing or broaching. 



The Squall sailing off wind with a helmsman who could not 

 steady her, would commence to rock gently, gradually increasing 

 the motion, and the top of the mast describing a larger arc of a 

 circle, till the sail struck the water. We have to flerht continually 

 against this motion, and at the end of tne forenoon of which I 

 write my wrist was strained from the work. Horace was a little 

 nervous at first, but he did his work as well as I could have done 

 it. The wind was hauling westerly, and our cour.^e was trending 

 more and more in that direction, bringing us by the wind, so we 

 put on the mizen. 



Opposite a little sawmill, near IJ pper Gagetown, a fearful gust 

 that knocked her down to the coaming struck, and the millmen 

 shouted derisively torus to "take in our rags;" but we treated that 

 as we do the rest of the advice we get. We were beginnii'g to 

 look out for Ox Island, which we knew was not lar ahead, when 

 we were surprised to see a herd of 20 cattle swimming about oO^ds. 

 from the river bank, and feeding as they swam on aquatic plants. 

 Says Horace: "That's Ox Island ahead all right, hut the labels 

 have washed off." Now about as mean an entry as I could im- 

 agine in our log would be, "Canoe collided with a cow, listed to 

 starboard and filled " To avoid the necessity of any such record 

 we gave that beef blockade plenty of room. The wind continued 

 to shift to the west, and by the time we had reached the upper end 

 of Gilbert's Island we were sa.iling close hauled. 



JuHt below Burton Wharf we sighted the General Wolfe, Com- 

 modore Weldon, lying at anchor, and we ran in and hooked on for 

 a talk. The commodore is what is generally known as a charac- 

 ter, having built with his own single hand more vessels than any 

 man in the Province. By the number of Britain's heroes whose 



remember. Germany also comes in for some of his admiration, 

 as witness the names Crown Prince and Prussian "Gineral," two 

 more of his vessels that I recollect. The King William was built 

 on more queerly proportioned lines than any vessel I ever heard 

 of, except <he Boston cat Em-Ell-Eye, viz., 28ft. keel and Mft. 

 beam. 



In all of the vessels he drove every spike, placed every plank, 

 besides doing the rigging and making the sails. He sailed them 

 all single hanled, and even more so, for I hav^e often sesn h'm 

 sailing two of them tandem— a touerh story, I know, hut true as 

 the aphorisms of Josh Billings. In the summer of '78 he sailed 

 the Crown Prince and the first General Wolfe in this way, and 

 would beat them to windward, too. "How did he doll ?" Now you 

 arc asking me something I can't answer: 1 only know he did it; 

 and you can now understand how his skill in handling a fleet won 

 him the title of comuEodore. He has a son who is one of the 

 smartest captains that ever sailed a square-rigger out of St, John 

 Harbor. 



As the Commodore had carried ashes for me, and also for 

 Horace's father, we were on quite familiar terms with him, and 

 in answer to our hail of "hello, grandpa" (he is over 80 years old), 

 he greeted us with, "Well, now, how did you boys get way up here 

 in that? Come trom Washademoak to-day?" "Yes." "Good 

 heavensl" He told us that the wind had beeu westerly up there 

 all day, and that when it headed him he cast anchor and waited 

 till it "was ready to go his way." He gave us a good deal of in- 

 formation, and wound up with the assertion that "the load of 

 ashes wa« for Mr. Randolph, of Frederictou, the best man in the 

 province." 



Wishing the old man a prosperous voyage, we stowed sail and 

 bent to our paddies. At Burton Wharf we landed and hunted np 

 a spring. (Water tastes good when you have had none for twelve 

 hours.) A schooner came along just ae we re-embarked and we, 

 sometimes paddling and sometimes sailing, hung in her wake the 

 rest of the day, and camped at night a short distance from where 

 the ebb headed her. We pitched our tent just above the bend in 

 the river below Oromocto Village, and less than a hundred yards 

 from a house. 



Before we started we had been severely cautioned to be careful 

 where we camped, for the reason that many of the people would 

 be liable to ord'er us off. The warning was well meant and came 

 from a man who had some acquaintance with tiiat part of the 

 river, whereas we had none. So before unloading we headed 

 straight for the house to ask permission. We found a young man 

 in the garden who told us to camp where we liked, and better than 

 that, gave us all the milk wo wanted. Later he piloted us to a 

 sprinar of good water, talked politics with us without disclosing 

 his political complexion (perhaps because we wouldn't show our 

 hand), and when a thunder shower was imminent came down to 

 tlie tent and insisted that we should go to the house with him. 

 We could scarcely make him comprehpnd that we would rather 

 enjoy a good thunder storm in camp. I would be pleased to im- 

 mortalize the name of so good-hearted a man by putting it right 

 here, but I do not know it. 



So much hath been said and sung of the festive mosquito by the 

 tourist, the would-be humorist and the blamed fool, that any ref- 

 erence to him smacks of that delightfnl chestnutty flavor so 

 sought after by certain writers for the seculkir press but which 

 would not go down very well with the readers of the j lurnal for 

 which this is intended. Yet, as we never had been troubled with 

 them in any of our previous camp.", I feel bound to record that 

 we were well roasted here. Horace said that, had there been 

 fewer "pieces" in the band, he thought possibly he migbt have 

 enjoyed the serenade. The next morning he observed that blood 

 en(mgh had been shed and life had been taken during the night to 

 form the essential part of one of Rider Haggard's novels; but a 

 year later he acknowledged that this was gross hyperbole. 



L. I. Flotvbh. 



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