Makoh 2, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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dollar on first male dog and $3 on each additional male dog 

 owned by one party; $3 on first female dog and §10 on each 

 additional female' dog owned by one party. Is it not time 

 that some of the owners of dogs in this btate 1 ake actiou Hud 

 see that they are represented in their view s iu our Legisla- 

 ture and not be imposed upon by this unjust, partial and 

 cruel legislation. If we are to be taxed more for dogs we 

 may happen to have for our amusement, sport or use, than 

 these legislators (?) are taxed for thetr hoi-aes, cattle or hogs, 

 why not afford us the same legal protection for our dogs._ As 

 it i.s we are to be taxed more for one dog than these legisla- 

 tors would be for any horse they ordinarily drive. Still the 

 o\vners of fine dogs are left at the mercy of the dog thieves, 

 with the law protecting the thieves and proclaiming that 

 dogs are not property. 



Some of these very men who make these so-called laws will 

 use every effort to avoid paying this tax^which they voted 

 for, if it becomes a law. However, we roust appreciate the 

 position of some of these dog la w makers as they cannot find 

 anything else to do, and in order to show their constituents 

 that they did something they have to pass a dog law or goose 

 ordinance. Gentlemen of Indiana, what do you propose to 

 do? Chas. K. Farmer. 



Indiajiapolis, Ind., Feb. 18. 



A World's Fair Fox Btunt. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 

 I have corresponded with the "World's Fair officials in 



Regard to holding a national fox hnnt. They say there will 

 be a bench show, but cannot give a field trial on account of 

 grounds. As for myself, I would not care to see five hundred 

 ar a thousand beautiful hounds cha,iued up, but it would be 

 the joy of my life to see that number in the field. Now, the 

 Western Massachusetts Fox Club have the ground and the 



'foxes, a broad, level, open country for our Western brothers 

 aud hills and mountains for the Eastern boys to exhibit their 

 hounds. While we cannot have a World's Fair in the East, 

 I do think we could have a fox hunt that would lay over the 

 world. Brother fox hunters, sound the horn and we Avill 



\ loose the chains and show our Western brethern that we are 

 'in it" when it comes to a fox hunt. 



Geo. W. Roraback, Pres. Western Mass. Fox Club. 

 Westfiei.d, Mass., Feb. 17. 



f editing. 



FIXTURES. 



MAT. 



30. Atlfintlc, Opening, Y. Bay. 



28. Pavonia. 



80. Excelsior, Open, N. Y. Bay. 



jimB. 



4. Pavonia. — . Atlantic, An.. New York. 



15. New York, An., New York. — , Marine & Field, An., New York 



17. Cor., Marblehead, Handicap. — . CorintMan, An., New York. 

 86. Pavonia. 



JULY. 



1. New Eoclielle, An., NewEoch. 10. Riverside, Cruise, L. I. Sound. 



1. Seawanhalca, An., Oyster Bay. 15. Cor., Marblehead, 1st Cbam. 



4. Larclimont, An., Lufchmont. 22. Cor., Marblehead, 21-footers. 



4. Cor., Marblehead, Club Reg-. 25-27-28. New York, Astor Gup, 

 8. Riverside, An., Riverside, Ct. Newport. 



AUGUST. 



— . New York, Cruise. 14-19. Cor., Marblehead, JlidsuDi- 



5. Cor., Marblehead, 2d Cham. nier Series. 



26. Cor., Marblehead, 3d Cham. 



SKPTEMBER. „ 



S. Cor., Marblehead, Sail off. 4. N. Y. Y. R. A., An., N. Y. Bay. 



4. Cor.. Marblehead, Club Reg. 



So FAH as the various principals, both owners and builders, arecon- 

 cerned not an authoritative statenaent has yet been made concerning 

 the new CuiJ defenders. What little is kno«'n has pai-tly leaked out 

 and has partly been discovered by means more or less honorable or 

 justifiable. What is now needed in the supposed interests of owners 

 and designers is some invention which -will i^rovide an opaque but 

 elastic envelope for the entire yacht and her rig, which will not inter- 

 fere with the free action of the wind on the sails or of the water on 

 the hull, but which will at all times conceal the deep mysteries of 

 modern de.signing not only from prying newspaper men but from the 

 ordinary hoipolloi of common everj' day yachtsmen. 



What shape this much-needed invention will take is yet a question, 

 but just as nature is commonly beUeved to have furnished the model 

 for the America and various other speedy yachts, down to the Volun- 

 teer, in the humble barnyard duck so we may look to her for another 

 example in the cuttlefish, with its obscurmg flood of ink. It might be 

 possible to provide a system of piping throughout the keel, frame 

 and spars by which a dew se vapor, such as that which vexes the 

 souls of the unfortunate residents ou the North Shore of Staten 

 Island, should at all times be released to enshroud the entire yacht. 

 It is true that certain difficulties such as that of discovering one's 

 opponent or making out marks might attend this plan, but thes' are 

 mere trivial details that might be formidable so long as the necessity 

 for secrecy was confined to the slow-going Scotchman, but which 

 will be quickly brushed aside now that the great Yankee intellect is 

 grappling with the problem. 



IFaiung such an invention, the time must come, and in a few 

 months, when the proudest product of the locked and guarded work- 

 sliop must be revealed, as Thistle was, m the dry dock; while her sail 

 plan will come tmdei' the relentless fire of the camera. lu the mean- 

 while, however, it is possible to obtain information only through the 

 medium of- detective work or tiirough unfaithful workmen, and 

 yachtsmen must beheve what they please of the many rumors of flu- 

 keels, Tobin bronze bottoms, wnnderful appliances and novel com- 

 posite construction. The same rigid secrecy is observed at the 

 HerreshofE shops which evoked so much comment from iVmericans 

 in the case of ITiistle, but it is said that tl\e two Boston yachts will be 

 built in plain view: let us hope from some better motive than the 

 difficulty of apiolying the Clyde-Bristol plan to local conditions. 



The Stewart & Binuey boat is aU but an accomplished fact and a 

 ' final decision will probably be reached this week, as the building cannot 

 be dela3'ed much longer. Nearly all of the money has been sub- 

 scribed, the delay being over the last few thousands, and as the con- 

 struction of a fom-th defender is Ln no way local, hut a matter of 

 national pride, it -will be strauge if it is allowed to lapse for the want 

 of a little money. The yachtsmen of the Lakes and the West, many 

 of whom spend part of each summer on the Eastern cOast. ai e U' >t yet 

 I'epresented, though as deeply concerned as any La the adequate de- 

 fense of the Cup. 



So PAR as mere rumors ai-e worth auyrbing, they run to the effect 

 that both the Eastern parties, the Paiues aud tlie othei- synchcate, are 

 prepared to force the question of the fin-keel at once, while the Her 

 reshoffs, not unnaturally, are desirous of keeping this latest develop- 

 ment in reserve for another seab^oii; iu other words, following the 

 Wasp type with some essential alterations rather than the more ex- 

 trenie fin-keel type of Dilemma and Di-usilla. The Carroll boat may 

 -be classed as similar to Wasp, with the addition of a eenterboard, and 



report has it that the Morgan-Iselin boat would be similar to her, but 

 of lighter construction, while the Rogers boat has been set Aowa as a 

 Ireel, st 0! nearer to Wasp m model as well as general type. A still 

 later story rocs that in view of the possible developments iu Boston 

 the Herreslioft's will make a fm-kee.l of the Morgan-Iseliu boat. For 

 the present "mum's the word" everywhere, but unless the above indi- 

 cated invention comes along very quickly, we shall soon see what we 

 shall. The work at Bristol is going on rapidly, but there is a delay at 

 Lawley's, the steel for the Paine boat not having been received. 



There is a promise of a revival of the measurement discussion about 

 Boston through a very inteUigent letter to the Boston Globe from an 

 advocate of the old mean length measurement. While the writer 

 takes a very fair and liberal view of the whole question, he is unf or- 

 tnnate in the selection of his text, a, quotation from one of the old 

 builders, who cannot understand wh\', if he avails himself more fully 

 than others of the crude elements of power, he should be taxed for 

 each of these elements, and who demands the right to unlimited beam, 

 depth and sail area wdthout paying for them, so long as he abides by 

 the one limit of watei-line length. Discussions of the measurement 

 question are alw^ays in order, and if carried out on logical lines they 

 cannot fail to be instructive. Unfortunately, however, these discus- 

 sions are generally monopoUzed by the advocates of the idea that one 

 element alone can gauge the power of a boat, or by others who have 

 nothing tangible to offer, but content themselves by deci'ymg existing 

 rules audprochiimingfor a measm-ement of "size," as has been the 

 case of some of our correspondents in the past. 



A PRACTICAL test of the disputed question of the value of aluminum 

 for yacht construction is about to be made in France in the construc- 

 tion of a racing 10-tonner under the new French rule, the yacht being 

 designed by Mr. Godinet for the Count de Cabannes La Palice. The 

 yacht will be •37ft. l.w.l., with a displacement of 13 to 16 tons; and it is 

 estimated that while the weight of good composite construction would 

 be 4,500 kilogrammes, the weight in aluminum wiU be but 2,500 kUos- 



The Cruise of the Cy-pres. 



TAVO WEEKS IX A 23-FOOT BOAT. 



[Continued from Page 150. '\ 



About 5 o'clock the pilot came alongside, and as soon as he was on 

 board and had made his boat fast we got up our mainsail and ran 

 the jib out on the bowsprit, having put it up in stops during the 

 afternoon so we could break it out quickly. The pilot took the tiUer 

 whUe I manned the windlass; I walked the chain right in as rapidly as 

 possible, but just as I got it straight up and down a sea struck us, 

 and as we lifted to it we parted the chain hke pack thi-ead. I pulled 

 the slack in on deck, broke out the jib and we were off; as her head 

 fell away rapidly. Hooked aft to see what was going on there and 

 saw that the pilot h£id let the main sheet slip through his hands till 

 the knot had run out chock to the block on the boom. As he luffed 

 up to bring the boom inboard where he could reach it the loops of the 

 sheet got foul of both rowboats and for a few minutes we were in an 

 awful mess. 



As soon as we had cleared the sheet we wore round aud headed for 

 the entrance of the river before a nice brisk breeze. I first took in the 

 jib and stowed it below, then got out our kedge and road Une to use in 

 place of the lost anchor. The tide ran in like a miU-race, and the stiJl' 

 breeze helpmg it along carried us up past the docks and club house 

 at railroad speed. We dropped our kedge in a deep pool just in front 

 of a httle fish house, or shanty, on the left bank of the stream, the 

 very spot that we had selected as being a good anchorage ground 

 when we rowed up at low tide. 



As soon as our mainsaU was furled I rowed ashore to telegi'aph to 

 Boston for a new anchor, but leai-ned at the hotel that George H. 

 deck, the keeper of the club house, was accustomed to dragging for 

 lost anchors, and could in aU probability get ours for us next morn- 

 ing. 1 found deck and told him what I had learned, and that we lay at 

 anchor 100ft. to the eastward and abreast of the big spar buoy that 

 lies about 200yds. out from the entrance to the river. He said he 

 could locate it near enough by that description and would go out after 

 it next mornmg, and would charge me $2 for the job. I thought this 

 cheap enough and returned to the yacht for F., who got into a dingy 

 and we rowed up the river to Kennebunk Port village. As at York, the 

 river was crowded with skiffs and canoes taking advantage of the 

 flood tide. The boats here were much handsomer both in model and 

 material than at York; iu fact, they were the finest lot we had ever 

 seen, their glossy sides showing that they were well cared for. 

 Rowing is about the only amusement they have here, and nearly every 

 one owns a skiff or canoe. It is about a mile up to the old village of 

 Kennebunk Port, and the river is not very pretty up to that jjoint, but 

 we were told that it was beautiful beyond the bridge, which crosses it 

 just in the village. Just below the bridge are several abandoned ship 

 yards, aud there are four good sized docks where large vessels could 

 he and load or discharge their cargoes, 



We went to the post office and dropped the usual postal card to our 

 friends announcing oiu- safe arrival, bought some fresh bread and 

 eggs, and then hunted up an old rigger, Mahhng by name, as we 

 wanted a new turnbuckle for our port stay, we having discovered that 

 oiu'S was cracked iu the threads and in a very unsafe condition. He 

 had nothing that would answer om- purpose, but did have an anchor 

 the exact duplicate of the one we had just lost. We were glad to find 

 this, as we could have it on short notice if deck should for any reason 

 fail to find the lost one. 



We learned from MahUng that in years gone by Kennebunk Port was 

 a very prosperous place, buildmg a good many ships and havmg a 

 West India trade. Now it is pei-feetly dead, the shipyards are idle 

 and the docks rapidly going to decay; no vessels ever think of enter- 

 ing here, except now and then a stone sloop with a load of stone for 

 the Government pier, which they are strengthening. 



On our way down the river we noticed every little wa.v a large post 

 or spile, close to the water, aud worn fiiU of deep grooves, evidently 

 made by ropes; we also saw occasionaUy iu the rocks great iron rings, 

 securely fastened; we coneluded that these were relics of the bygone 

 days when the shipping was warped up and down stream. 



On getting back to the vacht v e fished out our spare anchor, which 

 had lain undisturbed under the cockpit floor for two years or more. 

 We supposed it weighed at least lOOlbs., for it was quite large, and 

 seemed to be very much bigger than the one we had cai-ried on the 

 bow, but were agreeably surprised to find that it was marked 581bs. ; it 

 was one of Herresholf's patent, made in three pieces. The shank 

 shpped through an eve in tlie fluke like a pick and could not pull 

 thi-ough. The stock was round aud passed thr-ough an eye m the up- 

 per end of the shank and also through a shackle juade especially for 

 it, a taper key fastening all together securely. It was very easily put 

 together and we were delighted with it. On gettnig out our cham to 

 make it fast to the anchor, we found the broken huk still hanging to 

 it; it had never heen properly welded and the galvanizing had covered 

 up the defect. We had strained the chain pretty hard at York and 

 probably started this link at that place, and the jerk it got when get- 

 ting under way finished it. 



We found our ancJiorage anything hut a comfortable one; the 

 mosquitoes swarmed down on us in clouds and made Life a bm-den; 

 the tide when it turned, being opposed to the wind, kept up a con- 

 tinual fight with it for the mastery, and we turned and twisted, di-ove 

 ahead one uiiuute and dritted back the next, sheai-ed off first on one 

 side, Then the othe.i-. rill we thought, our anchor was fouled past all 

 clearing. We went to bed ver\- early, as the cabin light attracted the 

 mosqiutoes, but did not get ruuch sleep, for we were anxious about 

 our anchor holding, and our cabin was alive with the tiny monsters, 

 who woidd not be satisfied with anything but blood. 



'R'e were also very much aunoj-ed by the continual bumping of our 

 dingy against the yacht's stern. This I determined to stop and ne.xt 

 morning I found' in my box of odds and ends a wooden bullseye, 

 which I lashed fu'udy to the end of the boom. Through this I passed 

 the end of a light line and spliced on to it a snap hook. At night we 

 would i>idl the dingv in close to the yacht, snap this hook into the 

 ring lioU in the stern and shove her off, hauhng on the inboard end of 

 the'hne. and making it fast to the mam sheet cleat. We would leave 

 just enough slack on the line that the dingy could not touch the 

 yacht. After rigging up this martingale, as we called it, we had no 

 more trouble durmg Uie cruise. 



F)-iday, Julu 2:^.-1 went to the club house immediately after break- 

 fast to see if deck had found our anchor. He was there, but with an 

 anchor that weighed over iODlbs., which he "had found just where we 

 had been Iving, and the probability is that we were foul of it when our 

 chain broke. Sweeping for an anchor is a very sunple thing when you 

 see it. The necessary tools for its accomplishment are a rowboat, a 

 good long strong line and a lot of stones and a Imoy. Tlie buoy is 

 fastened to one end of the line, and a scone or siul^er is tied on far 

 enough from the end to aUow the sinker to touch the bottom without 

 drawing the buoy under, then other stones oi- sinker are tied on about 



6 or 8ft. apart, and the line coiled down in the bottom of the boat. 

 When the boat is in the vlcinty of the lost anchor the buoy is thi'own 

 over and the boat is rowed around in a large circle, the line being paid 

 out as the boat progresses. The weights wUl carry the line to the 

 bottom, where it wiU lie in a large loop, and if the anchor is inside of 

 this loop you will get it surely by pulling Ln steacUly on both ends of it 

 at once. H you don't get it the first time repeat the operation, but 

 cover a different portion of the bottom with the loop until you do. 



We were very much cUsappointed at not getting ours, as we were 

 anxious to get out of this place and would have gone anyway, but 

 deck promised to go again the next morning if there was not toomucn 

 wind, and as we dislilied to leave our anchor behind, we decided to 

 stay and wait till he had another try at it. We spent the day as best 

 we could, rowing up to the village for supplies and newspapers, and 

 going ashore for water at the artesian weP, etc. We also uncoupled 

 the defective turnbuckle.'and substituted a small pair of blocks that we 

 had, originally intended for a preventer backstay purchase. By set- 

 ting them up taut and making fast to a cleat on deck, we got the 

 stay as tight as a fiddle string and it never gave us anymore trouble. 



We were the only yacht in the river and the center of attraction, 

 every boat that came to or left the club house passed by us, and occa- 

 sionally some one would ask what club we belonged to, as our flag was 

 not a familiar one in these waters. AU were somewhat surprised to 

 learn that we hailed from the Great Lakes, and one man asked, "Why, 

 you don't mean to say that you have sailed that little boat all the way 

 from there out here this summer?" 



At slack water at low tide we got our anchor up and cleared it; as 

 the flood commenced we paid out about ten fathoms of chain, aud 

 then carried our kedge up stream and took the line in aft. This held 

 the yacht very steady, and when we turned in that evening she was 

 lying more quietly than at any time since we came in here, 



I was afraid we might have trouble with owv kedge when the tide 

 turned, and made up my mind to get up at the change and see how 

 things went. Well, of course I slept longer than I meant to, and when 

 I awoke the wind was howling overhead and the rain coming down in 

 torrents. I jumped out of my bunk and peeped through the little win- 

 dows in the side of the companionway, but could not believe my eyes, 

 for right abreast of us loomed up the dark outltne of the club house, 

 and — yes, it was slowly but surely moving up stream. It took a second 

 or two for my sleepy brain to grasp the situation, and then my hair 

 fairly stood on end as I realized that we were dragging both anchors 

 out to sea in this howling storm. 



Calling to F. to tumble up, that we were dragging our anchor, I 

 hurried on deck and soon saw what the trouble was. The tide had 

 turned and was running out with gre%t swh'tness, the wind which had 

 been from the southeast when we went to bed, was now blowing a 

 gale from the northwest. Our kedge which had been carried up 

 stream in the afternoon, was not heavy enough to hold her and had 

 allowed her stern to swing out into the stream, where the powerful 

 current, aided by the high wind, had caught her broadside on, and 

 was slowly but surely carrying us out to sea. It did not take us very 

 long to cast off the kedge line, carry it forward, and make it fast to 

 the bitts, and at the same time give her a few more fathoms of chain; 

 this brought her head to wind aud tide and checked her drifting at 

 once. 



After taking bearings on shore aud satisfjdng ourselves that we 

 were not di'Lfting an)' more, we tm-ned in and slept tiU 3:45 A. M., 

 when it was slack water, we got up again and with the aid of our 

 kedge worked our way back to our origmal anchorage, grounding once 

 or twice on the way. 



Saturday, Jtdy S3.— The sun rose in a clear sky, and a very gentle 

 breeze followed it from the southeast. This was just the right kmd of 

 a morning for ,Jeck to work, and I fuUy expected to find our anchor 

 on the dock waiting for me; instead, I found deck's man there waiting 

 for him, and swearmg because he did not come, deck had told this 

 man to be ready with his lines and two dories at 4 A. M., and they 

 would go out at that hour, the man was there at the appointed time, 

 and had been waiting for him ever since. He thought deck would 

 surely arrive in a few ininutes, so I went back to the yacht and sat 

 around till 9 o'clock, when I again rowed ashore to see what progress 

 was being made. I could find no one on the floats, and thinking that 

 they might be then dragging for our anchor, rowed down stream and 

 outside to the place where we had been lying, but saw no one at work 

 there. I learned on returning that deck had forgotten all about his 

 Instructions to his man, and did not come down to the boat house till 

 nearly 9 o'clock, and then went immediately on hoard the bigschoonpr 

 yacht Troubadour, which was standing off and on outside, waiting for 

 high tide and a pilot. 



We determined not to stay in that tide hole another night, but to 

 sail at high water, which wotdd be about 11 o'clock. After leaving in- 

 structions to ship the anchor by express to our address in Portland, 

 we rowed up the river again for fresh butter and eggs. On om* return 

 to the yacht we shook out our mainsail ready for hoisting, put om- 

 jib up in stops, stowed away dishes, etc., and got everything ready for 

 a quick start when the right moment should arrive. The wind had 

 been very light from southeast aU the morning and grew lightei- as the 

 time for higli tide approached. Fearing it would die out altogether, 

 we got our anchor up a half hour before slack water, and beat slowly 

 down to the piers. The tide was stiU making a little and the wind be- 

 ing dead ahead and very light, made beating m so narrow and crooked 

 a channel anything but fun. 



The Cy-pres worked beautifully, however, and we were congratu- 

 lating ourselves that we had gotten out of this vexatious port, when 

 we saw the Troubadour coming in the mouth of the river. AVe were 

 well over to the right bank, going out on port tack, and so close to the 

 shore that we had to go about. I hoped to be able to stand across her 

 bows on this tack and get between her and the East pier, so that when 

 I went about again I would be to windward of her, and not get com- 

 pletely blanketed by her huge sails. As we were now on starboard 

 tack, and close hauled, too, we stood boldly across for the East pier, 

 but just as we reached mid channel they hailed us, asking us to give 

 them the right of way, as they drew so much water they could not 

 give it to us without going aground. I jammed the tiUer hard down 

 and as we came slowly "round into the wind they glided past us, 

 scarcely moving in the almost dead calm. Their huge sails took all 

 the air there was, and we were left drifting helplessly in theu' wake. 



There was not air enough stirring to enable us to gather headway 

 again, and the tide was gradually setting us on to the low sandy bank 

 on the west side, when F. jumped into the dingy and towed us out of 

 the liver. As we neared the end of the piers we met a sharp little 

 chop, which made the rowdng in the hot sun laborious. After repeated 

 urgings F. came on board, and I was just getting iuto the dinghy to 

 reUeve him, when the breeze, which seemed to be quite brisk outside, 

 finally reached us, and we moved off without any more expenditure 

 of muscle. 



We headed for Cape Porpoise, as an old fisherman at York had told 

 us it was a safe harbor iu any wind, and we wanted to see it for our- 

 selves. We intended to run in and explore it a little and then go on to 

 Wood Island; but seeing an ugly looking squall gathering in the west, 

 decided to stay over night. We foUowed the chart closely and found 

 all the buoys just as marked. Goat Island Light House is easily seen a 

 long way from shore, and a red can buoy about half a mile out from 

 it marks the entrance. The channel is crooked at the entrance, but 

 the buoys plainly mark every turn. After passing the last black buoy 

 it is perfectly straight and about 200yds. wide. There is a row of 

 moorings up the middle of it, so that even at high tide it is easily fol- 

 lowed, and at low tide the flats on either hand show plainly the proper 

 course to follow. 



"We passed a large fishing schooner at the turn in the channel jUgt 

 beyond the lighthouse, and just beyond her lay at anchor a large 

 sloop yacht, the Lydia Adams, of Boston. We ran close to her, aud 

 her white-hau-ed skipper advised us to keep as near the middle of the 

 channel as possible, as it was shallow on either side. We ran about 

 100yds. beyond them, and as the wind was blowing up the channel 

 against the ebb tide we took in all sail as we went along, not dropping 

 our anchor tiU it was aU in. As soon as our anchor was down and 

 the saUs furled we got into our dingy and sounded all aroimd the 

 vacht. We found 3J^ fathoms in the channel, which seemed to have 

 steep, well defined banks. This we found to be the case, for in about 

 an hour they were all bai-e. We were lying between two smaU fishing 

 schooners, and every little while we would forge ahead dangerously 

 near to one of them. 



Knowing from our exjjerience of the last two days at Kennebunk 

 Port, how restless the Cy-pres would be iu a tide way, we decided to 

 moor her stem and stern to one of these schooners, and had just ac- 

 complished this when a thunder storm that we had noticed gathering 

 over the land burst upon us. There was not a breath of wind, but the 

 lightning was bUuding and the crash of the thunder nearly deafened 

 us, whfle the rain came down in torrents. It proved to be as short as 

 it was sharp, and in fifteen minutes the sun was out again, hot and 

 bright. We soon got out of' our oilskins and into the dingy for a row 

 up the harbor after fresh water. 



About a quarter of a mile up fi'ora where we lay we found a dock 

 and large warehouse on the i-ight bank of the stream and landed 

 there. We were told that there was a good well in an open field or 

 common a little way from the dock, so scrambled over a couple of 

 stone waUs and finally found the weU was there all right, but there was 

 no provision whatever for getting the water out of it, and we were 

 completely stumped for a few minutes. We finally solved the problem 

 by getting a piece of stout cord from a fisherman at the dock, and ty- 

 ing one end to the jug jounced it up and dowm in the w'ater until it 

 gradually- filled and sank, 



This haibor is completely landlocked and perfectly smooth water 

 can be relied cm iu any slant of wind. The tide does not run very 

 swiftly, and a boat can work in or out at any time of the day or in any 

 kind of a breeze. It is infinitely better than Kennebunk Poi't, take it 

 any way you wiU, and we decided then and there that we would never 



