262 FOREST AND STREAM. [March 23, 1893. 



Mass.) Grordon setter bitch Gordon Norah (Mac B.— Nellie Gtordon) to 

 his Gordon Grouse (Ben Butler — Gordon Rose"), March 4. 



Nora II.— Valley Boxer. Heather Kennels'' (Hyde Park, Mass.) Irish 

 torrier bitch Nora' n. (Shamrock — Nora) to their Valley Boxer (Bob — 

 Liffey), March4. 



iMdy Novice — Pitzhugh Lee. A. D. Fiske's (Worcestei', Mass.) beagle 

 bitch 'Lady Novice (The Rambler— Lady Vic) to F. W. Chapman's 

 champion Fitzhugh Lee (champion Lee-^iiUet), .Ian. 14. 



Florence Gladstone — Antonio. Poston & BurdelFs (Columbus, O.) 

 Enghsh setter bitch Florence Gladstone (Gladstone— Murnan's Flounce) 

 to Blue Ridge Kennels' Antonio (Roderigo— Bo Peep), February. 



Latonia^QladMone Boy. Poston & BurdeU's (Columbus, O.) Eng- 

 lish setter bitch Latonia (Count Noble— champion Dido II.) to J. S. 

 Hudson's Gladstone Boy (Gladstone— Sue), February. 



Midget Nellie— Rajipy Toby. Eberhart Pug Kennels' (Cincinnati, 

 O.) pug bitch Midget NeUie to "their Happy Toby (Spokane— Nellie T.), 

 March 1. 



Peggy Pryde—John Bull. Eberhart Pug Kennels' (Cincinnati, O.) 

 pug bitch Peggy Pryde (Bberhart's Cashier— Flossie 11.) to their John 

 Bull (champion Loris— May Queen), March 6. 



WHELPS. 



Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Dolly O. H. O'Reilly's Gordon setter bitch Dolly O. (Gip— Fan), ten 

 ('seven dogs), bj' Inwood Kennels' King Noble (Ben — Belle). 



Tenny. Lansdowne Kennels' (Lansdowne, Pa.) fox-terrier bitch 

 Tenny, Nov. 1, three (two dogs), by their Desperado. 



Teiisa. .1. Rafferty's (St. Louis, Mo.) fox-terrier bitch Tessa (Pitcher 

 - Little Trotter), Ja.n. 8, four (one dog), by Ijansdowne Kennels' 

 Triton. 



Daily. T. M. Rice's (Philadelphia, Pa.) fox-terrier bitch Daity, 

 Dec. 4, four (three dogs), by Lansdowne Kennels' Triton. 



Dimity. Lansdowne Kennels' (Lansdowne, Pa.) fox-terrier bitch 

 Dimity, Feb. 1, three (two dogs), by Rochelle Kennels' Dusky Trap; 

 all since dead. 



Trim. Lansdowne Kennels' (Lansdowne, Pa.) fox-terrier IjitchTrim 

 (Warren Laird— Warren Tostle), Feb. 17. four (three dogs), by Ro- 

 chelle Kennels' Brittle; the bitch since dead. 



Mystic II. E. H. Bragg's (North Sidney, Me.) beagle bitch Mystic 

 11. (Ross— Spot^, Feb. 15, six (three dogs), by his Chubb (imported 

 Blue Boy— Mystic). 



Chief's Kate. H. B. Ledbetter's (Farmington, Mo.) Irish setter 

 bitch Chief's Kate (C!hie.f— Jennie P.), Feb. 10, nine (six dogs), by Hat- 

 field Kennels' Tearaway (Jluskerry- Floss). 



Dai^ Gladstone II. 0. Dean's (Glencoe, Can.) English setter bitch 

 Daisy Gladstone IL Ofed Gladstone— Miss Rhcisbe), Feb. 30. five (thi-ee 

 ■ dogs), by F. W. Eddy's Toledo Bee CColedo Blade— IMaggie Bee). 



Blemton Rapture. J. B. Martin's (San Francisco, Oal.) fox-terrier 

 bitch Blemton Rapture (Regent— Rachel), Feb. 28, two dogs, by his 

 Blemton Reefer (V enio — Rach el) . 



Beauty r " ' ^ - 



ten (seven 



Bess. J. - - - - , - , , _ 



6, nine (two dogs), by W. L. Grrowall's Don G. (Turk— Cassandra). 



Minnie Wakefield. Poston & Burdell's (Columbus, O.) English set- 

 ter bitch Minnie. Wakefield (Count Wakefield— Minnie 3Iaclin), Feb. 33, 

 eight, by their Cinch (Rodffl-igo— Bo Peep). 



Queenie. L. M. Davis's (Tecumseh, Neb.) pug bitch Queenie (Pen- 

 rice— Mint), Eeb. 18. five (three dogs), by Eberhart Pug Kennels' Patsy 

 Bolivar (Bberhart's Cashier— Flossie H.). 



Pa7isy Judy. C. K. Farmer's (Indianapohs, Ind.) pug bitch Pansy 

 Judy. Feb. 17, seven (five dogs), by Eberhart Pug Kennels' Eberhart's 

 Cashier (champion Kash— Lady Thora). 



Pearl of Pekin. St. Patrick Kennels' (Denver, Col.) greyhound bitch 

 Pearl of Pekin, March 1, ten (four dogs), by their Boomerang. 



SALES. 



t3^ Prepared Blanks sent free on appllcatl m. 



Desperado— Lorna whelp. Fox-terrier dog, whelped May 1.3, 1893, 

 by Lansdowne Kennels, Lansdowne, Pa., to Miss May Van Kleeck, 

 Flushing, N. Y. 



Tessa. Fox-terrier Ijitcb, wheli^ed Feb. 1, 18S)2, by Pitcher out of 

 Little Trotter, by Lansdowne Kennels, Lansdowne, Pa., to John Raf- 

 terey, St. Louis, Mo. 



Nancye. Black and white ticked English setter bitch, whelped July 



8, 1892, by Toledo Blade out of , by Henry Materii, Jr., Sandusky, 



O., to C. H. Mills, Baltimore, Md. 



King Noble. Gordon setter dog, by Ben out of Belle, by Inwood 

 Kennels to E. V. R. Thayer, Boston, Mass. 



Derby Hebe. Bull bitch, by Reeves's Crib out of Hebe, by J. H. 

 Mathews, New York, to W. S. Gray, Baltimore, Md. 



Golden Gem. White fox-terrier bitch, whelped Get. 17, 1892. by 

 Blemton Reefer out of Blemton Brilliant, by J. B. Martin, San Fran- 

 cisco, CaL, to J. A. Sargent, California. 



Bohin. Gordon setter dog, whelped Dec. 29, 1892, by Regnald H. out 

 of Nan, by W. H. Worth to H. H. Haskell, Chicago, 111. 



Roy. Gordon setter dog, whelped Dec. 29, 1893, by Regnald H. out of 

 Nan, by W. H. Worth to J. Langston, Chicago, 111. 



Rajah. Gordon setter dog, whelped Dec. 29, 1892, by Regnald H. out 

 of Nan, by W. H. Worth to W. Einfeldt, Oak Parle. 111. 



Raven and Regnald'.^ Boy, Gordon setter dogs, whelped Dec. 29, 

 1892, by Regnald H. out of Nan, by W. H.Worth to 31. E.Schmidt, 

 Chicago, 111. 



Nixy. Gordon setter bitch, whelped Dec. 29, 1892, by Regnald H. out 

 of Nan, by W. H. Worth to H. Mertz, Chicago, 111. 



Nadjy. Gordon "etter bitch, whelped Dec. 39, 1892, b.y Regnald H. 

 out of Nan, by W. H. Worth to C. W. Dahlgreen, Chicago, 111. 



Neva. Gordon setter bitch, whelped Dec. 29. 1892, by Regnald H. out 

 of Nan, by W. H. Worth to J. Dubsky, Chicago, 111. 



Novice. Gordon setter bitch, whelped Dec. 29, 1892, by Regnald H. 

 out of Nan. by W. H. Worth to J. O. DeSobe, Chicago, 111. 



Baby Ruth. Silver fawn pug bitch, whelped Feb. 17, 1892, by Penrice 

 out of Mint, by Eberhart Pug Kennels, Cincinnati, O., to C. J. Misch- 

 ler. New Orleans, La. 



Fannie K. Api'icot fawn pug bitch, by champion Kash out of Flos- 

 .siell., by Ebei-hart Pug Kennels, Cincinnati, O., to Richard Graham, 

 Mexico, 'Mo. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



There is no charge for ansivering questions under this head. All 

 questions relating to ailments of dogs will be ansivered by Dr. T. G. 

 Sherwood, a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 

 Communications referring to other matters connected ivith Kennel 

 Management and dogs luiU also receive careful attention. 



C. H. W., Latrobe, Dak.— Dr. S. G. Dixon, 2,015 Chestnut street, 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; Mr. James B. Blossom, 938 Prospect avenue. New 

 York city. 



W. A. K.— Will you kindly tell me how I can get my be.agle dog 

 Monkey Boy registered, and also when I can shoot partridges and 

 woodcock in Sullivan county, N. Y.; I can't tell from the game laws. 

 Ans. 1. Register Mith the American Kennel Club, 44 Broadway, N. Y, 

 2. The ruffed grouse (partridge) season in New York is Aug. 15 to 

 Jan. 1. 



C. H. H.— Write the Cumberland Kennels, Nashville, Tenn., or put 

 an advertisement in Forest and Stream. Great Danes are fawn, blue, 

 brindle, harlequin (fawn and white, blue and white, etc.). The^- are 

 more on the mastiff tvpe than any other breed, but fighter built. They 

 stand about 30 to •34in. in height. Their disposition is good. They 

 are active and faithful companions. Cost, according^ to breeding, 

 from $3.5 to $100 as pups Smos. old. 



M.— My fox-terrier seems to be suffering from some skin disease. 

 Skin under armpits, on belly and more particularly on back presents 

 an unhealthy, reddish apiiearance. Coat on back verj' rough; hair 

 falling out; brownish red scm-f noticeable in places. Skin evidently 

 in state of irritation, as dog is continually scratching liimself. Kindly 

 let me have the benefit of your advice. Treat for worms. Wash the 

 dog twice a week in a solution of creoline (1 to 40). Give the follow- 

 ing mixture: 



R Mag. sulph Ji 



Ferri sulph ^\ 



Acid sulph. dU 3 i 



Aq ad 5 viu 



Mix. Give one dessertspoonful twice a day. 



J. E. M., West Rush, N. Y.— 1. Wliat year were the Engfish setter 

 dogs Saxton and Britton shown at New York? 8. Was there a liver 

 and white pointer dog called Dan? Ans. 1. Britton was shown by 

 Mr. D. T. Charles in 1879 in open dogs. W^e c.^n find no mention of 

 Saxton. 2. At the show in 1878 a dog called Dan was shown by Mr. 

 John G. Heckscher, of New York. No pedigree given. D. W. Culver 

 also showed Dan, by Dash— Fanny. The native setter Saxon was 

 shown in 1881 by Dr. S. Fleet Speir. 



New Advertisements. 



Yachts and Boats, etc: General Electric Launch Co., Dan Kidney 

 & Son, Shortt Engine Co. Tackle: J. R. Payson. Wants and JSx- 

 changes: Guns, rifles, quail, sailing canoe, skilled workman, ad- 

 resses. For Sale: Rushton canoe, Gloriana, Vindex, stern wheel 

 steamer. Properties: J. W. Eckford, Robt. C. Lowry, Box 192, Ab- 

 botts, Campbell & Meredith, Geo. W. Gerow. 



fucf(tittg* 



FIXTURES. 



MAY. 



28. Pavonia. 30. Am. Model, Prospect Park. 



30. Excelsior, Open, N. Y. Bay. 30. So. Boston, Open, So. Boston. 



80. Atlantic, Opening, N. Y. Bay. 30. Fall River, Opening, Mt. Hope 



30. Brooldyn. Opening, Gravesend Bay. 

 Bay. 



JtJNE. 



4. Pavonia. 17. Cor., Marblehead, Handicap. 



8. Monatiquot, Open, Weymouth. 32. Schoodic, An., Calais, Me. 



10. Larchmont, Spring Regatta, 24. Jersey City,An.,Communipaw. 



Larchmont. 26. Dougtaston,An.,Douglaston,LI 



12. Brooklyu, An., GravesendBay. 26. Pavonia, An., New York Bay. 

 1.5. New York, An., New York. — . Atlantic^ An.. New York. 



17. Beverly. Open sweeps, Mon. B. — . Maj-ine & Field, An., New York 



17. Knickerbocker An. Open, Col- 34. Corinthian, An., New York, 

 lege Point. 



.JULY. 



1. New RocheUe, An., NewRoeh. 8. Knickerbocker, Club, Sloops 



1. Seawanhaka, An., Oyster Bay. and Cutters, College Point. 



1. Beverly, Marblehead. 8. Monatiquot, Cash Prizes, Wey- 

 8. Indian Harbor, Special, Green- mouth. 



wich. Conn. 10. Riverside, Cruise, L. I. Sound. 



4. Larchmont, An., Larchmont. 15. Jersey City, Cruise. 



4. Cor., Marblehead, Club Reg. 15. Cor., Marblehead, 1st Cham. 



4. Beverly, 1st Buzzard's Bay 20. Monatiquot, Ladies' Day,Wey- 



Cham., Mon. Beach. mouth. 



4. Larchmont, An., Larchmont. 22. Cor., Marblehead, 21-footers. 

 4-5. Citizens Association, Open, 32. Beverly, 8d Open Sweep, Mon. 



Detroit, Mich. Beach. 



8. Riverside. An., Riverside, Ct. 35-27-38. New York, Astor Cup, 



8. Beverly, 2d Open Sweeps, Quis- Newport. 



sett. 59. Indian Hai-bor, An., Green- 



8. So.Boston,lstCham.,So.Boston wich, Conn. 



AtTGUST. 



— . New York, Ciruise. 14-19. Cor., Marblehead, Midsum- 



2. Monatiquot, 1st Cham., Wey- mer Series. 



month. 16. Monatiquot, 3d Cham., Wey- 



5. Cor,, Marblehead, 2d Cham. mouth. 



5. So. Boston,2dCham., So. Boston 19. Beverly, 1st Open, Quissett. 

 5. Beverly, 2d Buzzard's Bay 19. So. Boston,3dCham., So. Boston 



Cham., Mon. Beach. 26. Cor., Marblehead, Sd Cham. 



5. Knickerbockei-, Club, Gabui 26. Monatiquot, 3d Cham., Wey- 



Cats, College Point. mouth. 



13, Beverly, Marblehead, 26. Larchmont, Oyster Boats, 



Larchmont. 



SEPTEMBER 



3. Cor., Marblehead, Sail off. 9. Knickerbocker, Ladies' Day, 

 2. Beverly, 4th Open Sweeps, College Point. 



Mon. Beach. 14. Beverly, 3d Buzzard's Bay 



2. Knickei-bocker, Club, Open Cham., Mon. Beach. 



Boats, CoUege Point. — . Larchmont, Fall Regatta, 



4. Cor.. Marblehead, Club Reg. Larchmont. 



4. N. Y. Y. R. A., An., N. Y. Bay. — . Larchmont, Special, Schrs. 

 4. Beverly, Sd Open, Mon. Beach. and 85ft. Class, Larchmont. 



9. Beverly, Marblehead. 



The work on the last of the quartette of Cup defenders, the Boston 

 syndicate boat, has been commenced at Pusey & Jones's yard, Wil- 

 mington, where Volunteer was built, and in all probabiUty the fleet 

 wUl be fairly tuned up by the time of the rendezvous for the New 

 York Y. C. cruise about x\.ug. 1. This last boat is to be a fin-keel even 

 more extreme than the Paine boat, and with no centerboard, so far as 

 reported, but drawing some 18ft. The Paine boat is now well under 

 way at Lawley's, her keel plates being set up on long shores to permit 

 of the subsequent construction of the fin. Slie wiU have, in addition 

 to the main centerboard in the fin, a small board in the forefoot. The 

 Rogers boat is being hurried on at Bristol, but the keel of the Morgan 

 boat is not yet laid. The bottom of the latter will be of Tobin bronze, 

 the fii-st use of the metal for suoh a purpose. The plating above the 

 water will be of steel. 



A Vacation Voya.ge.— II. 



\Contimterl f rom Page 21,0.] 



Our mainsail and foresail Averp already set, though hanging with 

 lowered peaks. It was but the woiic of a moment to stretch them taut 

 from clew to peak. 



"Belay foresheet: slip moorings; cast off downhaul and staysail; 

 that's well," and the Flora wore short round on her heel and started 

 at a livelv ]inee down the harbor after the pack. Several small craft 

 \M I ! , i to cross the line, and through these like a roll of smoke 

 tl:^ ■ - 5«'ept. 



jj ,: - it leads," exclaimed the mate, with the deepest interest 

 depicted i;Li bis face. "3Ir. Frank has taken a start of five lengths 

 from the cutter." 



"Yes, but it's only a trick," answered the master, who had his hands 

 full watching the race and keeping the yacht wing and wing. "The 

 first two sides of the triangle are to leeward, and the Nugget can hold 

 her lead that far; but wait till they're janiiiied up ro windward." 



When we turned the first buoy we had actually passed some of the 

 little ones, but we were not nearly holding the swift pair that led the 

 fleet. 



"No use chasing all around the course. Look out for a jibe from the 

 foresail. There, haul aft sheets and give lier the fin." 



When the gallant cutter swept around the second buoy, the Nugget,' 

 after standing toward the shore on the port tack, was ready for stays. 

 She had a long lead, but the water was i-oiioli and the wind was fresh, 

 ;ind we e.xpected yet to see the Fiasco overtake her rival. So, with the 

 wind abeam, we loitered in their ooiu-.se until they had clawed up to us, 

 and then ilattened sheets and follo^ved tliera to the line. 



"Ma)' as well change your mind about schooners and centerhoards, " 

 laughed Dan. "the Fiasco is squarely beaten." 



"Yes, she points up well; but the Nugget has the legs of her. It was 

 all down on the programme for that light boat to draw ahead with the 

 wind aft, but I'm blowed if I thought she could make such a plucky 

 fight on the wind." 



"Hello!" from the skipper, "my canny friend from Charlevoix is 

 coming to an anchor down here by the Point. He's too proud to take 

 second." 



"Just what the biggest boat of the lot ought to do auywaj'," added 

 the crew. 



Next morning the sun shone warm on a bay so peaceful as though it 

 nevei- felt a zephyr. "Where does the White Elephant locate the wind 

 to-day?" 



"Well, Skip, there's a dead calm from northeast at present, with un- 

 failing signs of a white ash trade wind." This nearlj' evoked a mutiny 

 from the deckhand. "No, sir, none of that white ash; I can get out 

 and walk, but none of that in mine, please." 



"This don't look much hke reaching the Straits, does it; guess we 

 children had better go over to Petoskey, as soon as this calm lets up; 

 what do you think?" "How joUy !" from Dan, while Bert showed his 

 assent by casting off stops and taking in the awning. Petoskey lies 

 across the bay from Harbor Point, about six miles in a southeasterly 

 direction. There we finally arrived after what seemed a tedious wait 

 hi the breathless calm. But for the private shp at Mr. Prank's boat 

 house there is no shelter in this part of the bay. When we luffed for 

 the little cove, the old gray -haired boatman, still exultant over the 

 Nugget's victory, came out and took our line. 



"No, I sailed that short sloop there yesterday, and we were nowhere 

 in it. But: my boy Hill handled the Nugget; he's the same as laid her 

 down at first, and I 'low he's a right smart hand at the stick. Going 

 to the .Sti-aits be ye ; I haint been there this many a year. Drawing two 

 foot aft? Well, you may w-ork through between the islands and out 

 off a good bit, if you've a fair wind, but don't try it in a sea. There 

 used to be a fisherman's shed there for a mark." The rest of the day 

 was spent in idle sight-seeing, but it is safe to assert that if on our 

 course we could not have safied fifteen miles. 



The next day, the sixth of our cruise, as appears by my open log- 

 book, was Sunday. Better weather for leaving Petoskey could not 

 have been made to order, so saying a friendly good-bye" to om- new 

 acquaintances, we puUed out of the slip, and with sails spread wing- 

 and-wing, stood west-northwest out of Little Traverse Bay. It was 

 mid-afternoon when we reached the point where we had met the squall 

 at night. 



•The wind is going to be dead ahead when we double Waugashance 

 Island." asserted the mate. ■■W e don t get to the Straits this way.' 

 and see what it's fil« ' 



"WeU. 



m } 



til 



1 



we get there." 

 i-en the island and the 

 ny. about a mile from 

 led aft tlie sheets, she 



li- 1 th 

 Ion 1 



knuckled do 

 .steep waves. 



■ We might ttirn back and lie behind tUe island, ' saidtUe captain, 



J the sttft breeze and almost dove through the short, 



"but I don't fancy that; and we ha,ven't seen the worst of this wind 

 yet. Why not put her head before it and run for the islands west- 

 ward; the chart shows a fine harbor at St. James on the northeastern 

 part of Beavor." 



The crew was jtist about to chime in with "Won't that be jolly," 

 when the jibhalliard block strap gave out and the little staysail caime 

 down on the run. "That settles it. Up with the centerboard I Lighten 

 sheets fore and aft: Now stow her jib." Our course, as we laid it 

 after a look at the chart, was such that we must pass within a stone's 

 throw of the fight. Still we held westward, until as the shade of 

 evening was deepening, the Flora crept into the port of St. James and 

 rounded to under the lee of the land. 



The crew slept that night without any riding light until hungry Vag 

 waked them in his amusing way of standing on one's digestive por- 

 tions until heard from. When om- breakfast of canned beef and 

 "murphys" was disposed of we cast about for amusement. Nothing 

 better offering, we begged passage of an old fisherman who was 

 pulling out in his boat to fift a pound net. He was a jolly old 

 Hibernian, with a red face fringed with whiskers, and seemed glad to 

 take us along; that is, all except the long-eared passenger, who re- 

 mained behind as shipkeeper. As we pulled the heavj' old skiff out 

 the harbor entrance he proceedexl to enlighten us on points of local 

 interest. 



"This 'ere Beavor has twinty-siven thousand acres. 'VVTiere do I 

 live? Sure, an' its up country in the back deestricts, about two mfies 

 from the wather. Yis. I'm a farmer now an' only kape wan smgle 

 poundnet fur mesilf . But onct I was a saUorman, went to aU sorts o' 

 furrin parts as a foremast hand, an' then .sailed a hooker on this here 

 lake fur many a year." He was the only fisherman I had ever talked 

 with who was not a pessimist, and I regretted to learn that he fol- 

 lowed the calling as a mere amateur. "Oh, yis, this 'ere's a foine 

 island, a foine island," he continued, punctuating his sentences with 

 whiffs of smoke from a dirty clay pipe. "They catches fish by the 

 boatload. Ye see that old house yonder with the open windys'? 

 That's where Strang, him as was the Mormon King, was murdered by 

 his son-in-laws. Naw, that was before I kim here, and there ain't 

 none o' sich people fives 'ere now." 



Lifting a poundnet was a trick for us to learn, and we concluded, 

 after two hours of hauhng and tugging, and when we had narrowly 

 escaped ducking a half dozen time's, that fishin.g possessed a serious 

 phase. But at last the catch of glistening, splashing beauties was 

 cornered, and Dan, pleased beyond measure, transferred them to the 

 skiff in a scoop, a bucketful at every dip. 



When we got back in the harbor with our Hoad we refused with 

 thanks the old fellow's offer to show us the relics of the Mormon in- 

 vasion, and returned to the yacht. We thought at first that the time 

 had arrived to make another attempt for Mackinac, for the wind was 

 strong from south. But wo had no more than reached our anchorage 

 when it increased with the suddenness of a summer squall to a living 

 gale of wind. The blow had but the sweep of a mile across the harbor, 

 so with afi our cable out we felt secure. What seemed strangest was 

 that it came from a clear sky; when a gust of unusual severity struck 

 the Uttle bay one could trace its path w^here the water turned "white as 

 driven snow, and the air glowed with prismatic colors. Indeed, we 

 felt it worse between puffs, for then the short, choppy seas climbed 

 over her bows and were driven the full length of the yacht in blinding 

 spray. In the worst of aU we turned in for sleep, satisfied, as the 

 White Elephant expressed it, that if anything happened we would 

 learn of it by bringing up on the beach. 



Fortunately, no such incident occurred, and when we turned out at 

 sunrise it seemed as though a fairer morn never gladdened the heart 

 of the cruiser. "Yes, I expected that," said the sldpper, pointing to 

 the south, where stretched out in a long line we counted a score of 

 vessels that had anchored under the lee during the squall. Then w^e 

 drifted out on the broad lake, that only indicated how fiercely it had 

 been swept by a long ground roll before the morning breeze. As we 

 leisurely skirted the reefs to the south of Garden Island, the west wind 

 came up in earnest. Thence we held cUrect to the "Shanks," a place 

 now become so unpleasantly familiar that we adopted its common 

 nickname. 



This was a run of twenty miles, and the rest of the distance to 

 Mackinac, twenty-five miles, we did at a proud pace. MUe after mfio 

 she reeled off, never yielding a foot to the largest working schooners 

 bound our way. When we rounded the can buoj^ at 3Iaclduac Island 

 and steered in for the little crescent-shaped "harbor, it still lacked 

 .several hours of sunset, though we had made a stop for provisions at 

 St. Ignace. 



Michilmackinac, the meeting of the waters! How much of history, 

 of tradition, and of romance clusters about your far-famed rocks! 

 Noble Island, where was the trysting place of "the woods' dusky deni- 

 zens; island that echoed to the anthems of F.ither Marfjuette, of 

 Charlevoix and Duluth! Upon how many scenes of interest and in- 

 struction has your quaint old-fashioned fort lookefl ilown. You have 

 sm-vived in pristine solemnity the changes wrought on all the tribes 

 that ever camped on your pebbly beach, and now even the summer 

 toui-ist, with his artificial manners and his mileage book and his hay 

 fever, cannot mar your haughty silence. 



Next morning we all set out on a tour of exploration. Followed by 

 Vag, we toiled up the steep winding patli to the fort, filed across the 

 parade ground, and soon to the highest point o£ the whole island. 

 In this place, where now flourish sturdy oaks and lofty pines, was 

 once located the old fort of the pioneers. We ascended a tower of ob- 

 servation, said to place one eight hundred feet above the water, and 

 there with the northern floods of Michigan and Huron blending at our 

 feet, the mate related the old story of Indian artifice and cruelty. 

 How more than a hundred years before, the meteor Pontiac had called 

 to their ultimate uprising lus childlike minions, and Mackinac was the 

 first prize to reward their cunning. 



It was a remarkable clear day : to the west the eye followed the line 

 of coast and island to distant Waugashance; to the northeast lay 

 Les Cheneaux close to the Northerji Peninsula, and we fancied we 

 could trace the shore on to Detour Channel, which opens northward 

 to St. Mary's River. Almost under us lay the low, wooded shores of 

 Bois Blanc Island. 



When we were ready to continue our trip, we fell in with a couple of 

 bluecoats from the fort, who seized on us as legitimate prey, and did 

 all in their power to elicit .some expression of wonder and surprise. 

 First we must see Arch Roclc, We looked at the wonderful formation 

 without a word, and called for lemonade at the ubiquitous refresh- 

 ment stand. Then we must see Sugar Loaf Rock, our guides told 

 us. Thither we turned. It was impressive, certainly, that mighty 

 boulder reaching fifty feet from the level and poised on so narrow a 

 base. 



The White Elephant wanted to know what good it was, and offered 

 to bet that if some one would put some meat on its top Vag could get 

 it down. The soldiers explained that it was impossible to put it there 

 in the first place. Still they did not despair. We had not yet .seen 

 Lover's Leap, and this Avould surely move our hardened sensibifities. 

 When finaUy all but Vag had crept out on this overhanging rock, a 

 hazardous feat, where sheer below us, nearly iOOft. we estimated it, 

 the surf was beating on a ragged beach, the more hopeful ot the two 

 began the old, familiar yam. He had reached the point where "W'awa- 

 nita, or whatever the Indian maiden's name was in this particular in- 

 stance, was forced to believe her lover's perfidy. "AticI then she 

 climbed out here and pitched off here on to the rooks be.lo';\ . " 



"It must have hurt her, didn't it?" asked the mate, with grave solici- 

 tude. 



"Well, it kiUed her. And then he found it out and he stabbed 

 his enemy what made it aU up, and then came and jumped oft' from 

 here, tool" 



' 'Oh, yes ; I read the rest of that," said the skipper. "The whole tribe 

 were so smitten with grief that they all came here and jumped off one 

 by one, didn't they?" 



Our friends looked at us from the corners of their eyes but could 

 not detect the slightest flaw in our sincerity. Dan merely murmured, 

 "How foolish," and tossed another pebble over the edge. 



"WeU, you fellers hev some queer notions," was all we heard as 

 they arose with a weary ah and quit us. 



At last the skipper broke the sfience. "If it wasn't for that smoker 

 beyond Graham Shoals there it would be easj' to imagine that we 

 were the first pale faces that ever looked dowm from here." 



"By the way, fellows, what grand old boys those early explorers 

 were," drawled out Bert, hiUf in soliloquy, "Joliet and Duluth, and 

 Marquette and the others. They were the true cruisers. Let us be 

 followers." 



"Yas, they were a fearless lot. A journey of a thousand miles 

 afoot and by canoe was no more to them than it is for the rich and 

 dyspeptic traveler of to-day." 



"I'm positive that they didn't smoke cigarettes," Sighed Dan. And 



so we spent Wednesday. 



For the rest of the week our time was filled to the best advantage. 

 We visited the ore docks at St. Ignace; we inspected the curious 

 transfer steamer, bearin.g the same name, a boat fitted with a pro- 

 peUer wheel at the bow, that keeps open a channel all through the 

 winter mouths; we took a run down to Cheboygan, the port which 

 patrols the Straits mth its great wrecldng tugs, as that Alpine 

 mountain pass is patroled by the faithful dogs sent out from the 

 Hospice of St. Bernard. 



Saturday we cleared Cheboygan, with a wind fair for the island, and 

 had a little brush with a worldng schooner bound our way. At first 

 she blanketed us and was ilr.avving away, -n-hen the wind suddenly 

 whipped around and blew from northwest; tlien it was our turn. 

 She took the starboard taok, we the port, and after both had gone 

 about so that our com-ses intersected we [JdSsed lier to wind w ard very 

 neatly. Then we dodged into the rocky channel between Round 

 Island and Bois Blanc, skirted the north shore of the former and 

 drifted lazily to oiir anchorage under the guns of the sleepy fort. 



