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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Mabch 30, 1893. 



Atlantic Division Meet. 



The programme for the coming meet of the Atlantic Division at 

 Captain's Island has been arranged as follows by the regatta com- 

 mittee: 



The races will be held on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Satur- 

 day, July 5. 6, 7 and 8. 



PBOGEAMMB. 



1. Paddling and sailing couibined: Half miles, alternately; total 3 

 miles. Time limit, IV^h. 



2. Paddling: Half mile straightaway. 



3. Sailing: 4U miles, same rig and ballast as in race No. 1. Time 

 limit, 2h. 



(These three races to constitute the record races.) 



4. Paddling: Open canoes, ^ mile straightaway, canoes to weigh 

 not under 551bs. Single. 



5. Paddling: Club fours, open canoes. 14 mile straightaway. 



6. Paddling, tandem: Open canoes, 5^ mile straightaway. 



(Single blades to be used in all open canoe races,) 

 r. Paddling tandem; Decked sailing canoes, 3^ mile straightaway. 



8. Paddling upset: Usual conditions, no special appUances. 



9. Hurry-scurry: Run, swim and paddle. 



10. Troi)hy sailing: Por the Elliot cup. No Umit to rig or ballast, 9 

 miles. Time limit 8i^h. ^ . 



11. Sailing: 2 miles to windward and return, no Imait to rig or bal- 

 last. Time limit, IJ^h. , , . . , . „ 



12. Sailing, club race: 4}4 miles, usual conditions. Tune hmit, 2h. 



13. Passenger sailing race: 3 miles, canoes to carry two men. Time 

 limit, 134h. . tt , 



14. SaiUng upset and maneuvenng: Usual conditions. 



EXTRA EA'ENTS. 



15. SaiUng unclassified: To be sailed under the rules of the Corin- 

 thian Mosquito Fleet. ,. . „, 



16. Sailing: For old type cruising cauoes. 3 miles. Time limit, 2h. 



17. Paddling: War canoe. 



CANOE NEWS NOTES. 



The annual meeting of the Tatassit C. C, of Worcester, Mass., was 

 held on March SO, the following officers being elected : Com., Howai'd 

 Frost; Vice-Corn,, F. A.. M;i.iiii; Pui-ser, W. N. Broolcs; Secy, W. B. 

 Walworth; Fleet Capt., F, P, Deau, Historian, F, W. Johnson. Execu- 

 tive Committee— T. P. Kendall and G. A. Goddard. Membership Com- 

 mittee— Dr. A. F. Townsend, C. S. Day, A. E. Davis. House Commit- 

 tee— T. H. Blood, W. F. Robinson and G. C. Halcott. After the meet- 

 ing a lantern slide exhibition was given by F. E. Dean and Fred Willis. 



After manv efforts to that end, the New York O. C. has at last been 

 incoriDorated, the following members signing the articles of incorpor- 

 ation: William P. Stephens. AVilliam fSTiitlock, J. R. Lake, John C. 

 Mowbry. Schuyler Schieffeiiu, George H. Daley, Robert I. Mui'ray, R. 

 B. Burcliard. William Willard Howard, C. Bowyer Vaux. B. Farquhar 

 Curtis, John E. Plummer, A. H. Johnston. H. C. Wai d, Everett Mas- 

 ten, Walton H. P. Veysey and M. T. Bennett. 



The latest volume of the "All-England Series" of b-^oks on sports is 

 now ready, and will bear the name "Canoeing with Sail and Paddle.'" 

 The author is Dr. John D. Hay ward, of Liverpool, late Vice-Com. of 

 the B. O. A. and an old canoeist and canoe-yawler, at present owner of 

 the canoe-yawl Tarie. From the prospectus the book promises to be 

 a valuable'addition to the canoeist's librar3^ 



Dr. Joseph Bowmaun, who was atthe Jessup Neck meet in the canoe- 

 yawl Bessie with Mrs. Bowmann, is building a handsome canoe-yav^'l. 

 19ft. 6in. long, at Rigby's shop, Canarsie. The new boat will be very 

 completely fitted for cruising. 



■ Mr. T. C. Zerega has presented to the Ne'sv York C. C. a handsome 

 silver-mounted penknife as a special prize for some competition to be 

 decided on later. Last year Mr. Zerega gave a very handsome mug 

 for a similar prize. 

 A canoe club has been formed at Sparrow Point, Md. 



A. C. A. Membership. 



Eastern Divisiou: Percy S. Gatas, Springfield, Mass.; George A. 

 Goddard, Worcester, Mass. Northern Division:' Gfeorge W. Mar- 

 shall, Cor. C. C, Toronto; E. W. Waldron, Kingston. 



FIXTURES. 



APRIL. 



6. Mos. Fleet. South Boston. 23. Cor., San Francisco, Squadi'on 



22. Cor., San Francisco, Opening, Cruise and Reception. 



Tiburon, Cal. 26. Corinthian, Atlantic City. 



MAT. 



6. Cor.,SanFran.,Cruise,Sausalito 30. BrookljTi, Opening, Gravesend 



7. Cor., San Fran., Cruise with Bay. 



San Fran. Y. C. Fleet. 30. Am. Model, Prospect Park. 



12. Corinthian, Atlantic City. 30. So. Boston, Open, So. Boston. 



13-14.Cor.,SanFran., Cruise, Vallejo 30. Fall River, Opening, Mt. Hope 



26. Corinthian, Atlantic City. Bay. 



27. Phila,, Opening Cruise,Del.Riv. 30. Cor., San Fran., Annual, San 



28. Pavoma. Francisco Bay. 

 _ Cedar Pt., Opening, Cedar 1^. 



30. Excelsior, Open, N. T, Bay. 

 30. Atlantic, Opening, N, Y. Bay. 



JUNE. 



3. WiUiamsburg. Opening. 17. Knickerbocker, An. Open, Col- 



3. Quincy, Club Race, Mass. lege Point. 



3. Lynn, Expert Cup, Lynn, Mass 17. Phila., Open Race, 15ft. Boats, 



4 Pavonia. Delaware River. 



6. Phila., Open Reg., Del. River. 19. Williamsburg. Spring Regatta. 



8. Monatiquot, Open, Weymouth. 21 . Quincy, Club Race, Mass. 



10. Larchmont, Spring Regatta, 22. Sehoodic, An,, Calais, Me. 



Larchmont. 24. Jersey Citv,An..Communipaw. 



10. Corinthian, Atlantic City. 24. Douglaston,An.,Douglaston,LI 



10-11. Cor., San Fran,, Cruise,with 24. Cormthian, An., New York. 



Encinal Y. C, Fleet. 24-25, Cor.. San Fran., An. Cruise. 



12. Brooklyn, An., Gravesend Bay. 26. Pavonia, An., New York Bay. 



15 New York, An., New York. 30-July 13 Phila., Club Cruise. 



17] Beverly, Open sweeps, Mon. B. — . Atlantic, An.. New York, 



17. Cor., Marblehead, Handicap. — . Marine & Field, An., New York 



JULT. 



1. New RocheUe, An., New Roch. 8. So.Boston,lstCham., So. Boston 



1. Seawanhaka, An., Oyster Bay. 8. IMonatiquot, Cash Prizes, Wey- 

 1. Beverly. Marblehead. mouth. 



1. Williamsburg, Club Cruise. 10. Riverside, Cruise. L. I. Soimd. 



1 4 Cor., San Fran., Martinez, 10. Corinthian, Atlantic City. 



Suisun and Vallejo. 1.'5. Phila., Pen. and Sweeps Race, 

 3 Indian Hai-bor, Special, Gi-een- Delaware River. 



wich, Conn. 

 4. Larchmont, An., Larchmont. 

 4. Cor., Marblehead, Club Reg. 

 4. Beverly, 1st Bunssard'B Bay 



Cham.. Mon. Beach. 

 4. Larchmont, An., Larchmont. 

 4-5, Citizens Association, Open, 



Detroit, Mich. 

 8. Riverside. An., Riverside, Ct. 



15. Jersey City, Cruise. 

 15. Cor., Marblehead, 1st Cham. 

 30. Monatiquot, Ladies' Daj', Wey- 

 mouth. 



22. Cor., Marblehead, 21 -footers. 

 32. Beverly. 3d Open Sweep, Mon. 

 Beach. 



26-27-28. New York, Astor Cup, 

 Newport. 



8 Beverly 2d Open Sweeps, Quis- 29. Indian Hai-bor, An., Green- 

 sett, wich, Conn. 

 8 Knickerbocker, Club, Sloops 29-30. Cor., San FrsCn., Masquerade 

 and Cutters, College Point. and Cruise. 



AUGUST. 



2 Blonatiquot, 1st Cham., Wey- 19. (3uinc3SClubRac6,Quincy,Mass 



mouth 19. Beverly, 1st Open, Quissett, 



5 Cor Marblehead, 2d Cham. 19. So. Boston,3dCham.,So.Boston 



5. So. Boston,2dCham.,So.Boston 19-20. Cor., San Fi-an., Cruise, 



5. Beverly, 2d Buzzard's Bay Goat Island, 



Cham., Mon. Beach. 26. Cor., Atlantic City, Annual. 



Knickerbocker, Club, 

 Cats, College Point, 

 5. Quincy, ClubRace,Quincy,Ma8S 



Cabin 26. Cor., Marblehead, 3d Cham 



26. Monatiquot, 3d Cham., Wey- 

 mouth, 



5' Lynn, Expert Cup, Lynn, Mass 26. Larchmont, Oyster Boats, 



12' Beverly, Marblehead, Larchmont, 



13 Cor.. San Fran., Rowing Races, 26-27. Cor., San Fran., Cruise, Pet^ 



Tiburon. aluma Creek. 



14-19 Cor Marblehead, Midsum- —. New York, Cruise, Goelet Cups, 



' mer Series. Newport. 

 16 Monatiquot, 2d Cham,, Wey- — . Cor., Sweeps, 85ft. Class, New- 

 mouth, port. 

 19. Lynn, Expert Cup, Lynn, Mass 



SKFrEMBER, 



3 Cor., Marblehead, Sail off, 9. Beverly, Marblehead. 



2 Beverly, 4th Open Sweeps, 9. Cor,. San Francisco, Channel 



Mon. Beacli. Cruise and Race. 



3 Knickerbocker, Club, Open 14. Beverly, .3d Buzzard's Bay 



Boats, College Point. Cham., Mon, Beach, 



S, Quincy,ChibBace,Quincy,Mass 10, Pliila,. Open, Dela^vare Rivef. 



2. LjTin, Expert Cup, Lynn, Mass. 16. Lynn, Expert Cup, Lynn, Mass. 



4. Lynn, Open, Nahant. 21. Corinthian, Atlantic City. 



4. Cor.. Marblehead, Club Reg. 28-24. Cor., San Fran,, Cruise and 



4. N. Y. Y. R. A., An., N. Y. Bay. Corinthian Games. 



4. Beverly, 2d Open, Mon. Beach. — . Larchmont, Fall Regatta, 



6. Corinthian, Atlantic City. Larchmont. 



9, Knickerbocker, Ladies' Day, — . Larchmont, Special, Schrs. 



College Point, and 85ft. Class, Larchmont. 



OCTOBER. 



7-8. Cor., San Francisco, Cruise. 14. Cor., San Fran., Closing Diiy, 



For the twelfth time Mr. Ogden Goelet has made his handsome 

 donation of $1,500 in prize ctips to be raced for in the annual race 

 which bears his name, and which is pre-eminently tlie event of the 

 yachting year. This year there is every promise of a hot and exciting 

 contest in each division; the four new single-st'ckers should all be in 

 racing form by the beginning of the cruise, in fact this race is likely 

 to be the first assembly of the entire quartette. The two-sticker 

 division should be equally interesting with Lasca, AlwBa, Iroquois and 

 the new Emerald and Ariel, together with others whose entry- is yet 

 uncertain. 



Poor Mr. Carroll has fallen in hard luck almost at the outset of his 

 enterprise. He has incurred the serious disapproval of the Boston 

 Herald. Its discovery of Mr. Carroll's real reputation among his as- 

 sociates in the New York Yacht Club is probably the most startling of 

 the important (if true) facts with which it has recently favored the 

 yachting world. So far as we have heard, this dire calamity has not 

 induced Mr. Carroll to give up entirely the proposed transatlantic trip. 



The question of secrecy in building, which has come so prominently 

 to the front of late, is discussed at some length in tlie last issue of the 

 Yachtsman, as will be seen in another column. The "Man at the 

 Wheel" is, however, very far off his course in regard to the Forest 

 AND Stream's position in the Thistle matter. AVe have been compelled 

 to allude many times in the past five years to the circumstances 

 .attending the construction of that yacht in a closod shed, but while 

 we have condemned such a course as unwise and impolitic in the 

 extreme, we have at the same time explained the peculiar cu'cum- 

 stances which justified it; the blunt and absolute refusal of the New 

 York Y. C. to enter into any agreement with the Royal Clyde Y. C. as 

 to a common length of challenger and defender. In view of such a 

 refusal it was not to be wondered at that the indignation of the Clyde 

 yachtsmen led them to what was then an unprecedented step, and we, 

 at least, have never joined in the general denunciation heaped upon 

 them by American journals. At the same time we considered the 

 move a foohsh one, as it was so used as to create a great deal of pre- 

 judice against Thistle and her owners, and to rob them to a certain 

 extent of the popular welcome extended to Genesta and Galatea, 

 while, as events proved, the couceahnent availed nothing but to inten- 

 sify the mortification of defeat. Looking at the matter now, after the 

 lapse of five years, it is probable that Mr. Watson himself and his 

 fellows would admit that it would have been far better had Thistle 

 been buUt in the open, Uke Volunteer and Mayflower. 



Again the Yachtsman is equally in error in assuming that we have 

 excused or justified the position of the Herreshoffs in concealing every 

 detail of the new boats building at their shops. Naturally, we look at 

 the matter from a different point of view from the designers, owners 

 and many yachtsmen ; but assuming that a newspaper is a necessaiy 

 evil that no one could do without in these pushing times, the yachting 

 editor or reporter has a right to liis side of the question, as much so 

 as the designer or owner. The leading yachting journals on both 

 sides of the Atlantic, daily and weekly, are conducted by men who 

 have held their positions for many years, who are well known to 

 yachtsmen, and especially to the designers, and who do, or should, 

 possess the confidence of the latter gentlemen. The fli-st duty of the 

 newspaper man is to furnish news; his readers, who may safely be 

 assumed to include the entire yachting conimuaity, pay for news and 

 expect it. At the same time there are very few indeed of the recog. 

 nized yachting writers who do not fuUy admit the rights of the de- 

 signer to the sole Imowledge of certain facts, or who fail to respect 

 these rights. However unwilling he may be to recognize it, the de. 

 signer is under constant obligations to the writers; to lum fame means 

 money, and what makes his fame is not alone what his boats do, but 

 what the papers say that they do, and good or ill-will of even an im- 

 influential paper may have a material effect on a designer's fortunes. 

 Considering how prone yachtsmen are to follow a few leaders or to 

 take up a prevailing fashion, we venture to say that no dpsigner to- 

 day is so situated that he can disregard enth-e!y the comments, 

 favorable or otherwise, of the press. 



The task of the honest and conscientious writer is at no time an 

 easy one, his opportunities for observation in any one of a dozen 

 different branches of yachting are necessarily much less than those of 

 the designers and yachtsmen who are making a special study of this 

 one branch; and yet he is expected to be fuUy informed in every de 

 tail, and not infrequently is he compelled to pose as an expert. Work 

 as he may, in these progressive days it is no easy matter to keep pace, 

 especially in the hurry of other incidental work, with the progress of 

 design and construction; to post himself so fully as to enable him to 

 report accurately and to discuss intelligently the occurrences of the 

 year. The greatly increased number of new yachts in the past eight 

 years, and the many advances in design and construction, have added 

 enormously to the work of race reporting. It was one thing to note 

 the doing of one or two new boats in a fleet of old ones, for instance 

 of Bedouin against Gracie, Fanny and Mischief; but it is a very differ 

 ent matter to follow a fleet like the 21-footers of last year, the 46. 

 footers of 1891 or the 40-footers of 1889, and to gauge even roughly the 

 merits of the various types and models. 



Difficult as the writer's task has been of late, it promises to be far 

 worse this year, as his opportunities for acquiring even a superficial 

 knowledge of each boat are precisely those of the average yachtsman, 

 his reader. He is rigidly barred from a view of the new yaeiits until 

 they are in the water, and if he is lucky enough to get a sight at one 

 when docked, it is only because of the impossibility of fencing in the 

 large drydocks and railways. At the same time be is expected to set 

 before his readers the latest news and the most careful disoussious, to 

 know and comment on everything in the yards, the th-afting rooms 

 and the clubs. 



It is not to be denied that there are among yachting writers some 

 who are no credit to the profession, but the majority, with reputa- 

 tions to sustain, are not such fools, to put it no higher, as to publish 

 all that they know. Keen as he maybe after "news," every writer 

 understands that, even from a newspaper standpoint, it is fax- better 

 to know a good deal and publish only a portion of it than to know very 

 little and print it all. Those who have had any experience in journal- 

 ism are constantli' alert to make up a newsy and attractive story and 

 yet to reveal nothing which will close the source of information to 

 them. In the case of a yacht this is an easy matter; it is possible to 

 go over a vessel carefully and write a long and interesting description, 

 aU that the average reader demands, and yet say nothing of the essen- 

 tial elements, the displacement, the exact diniension.s, the location o£ 

 the centers and such secrets of the designer, or c<,nir,se y t the t>re.^ent 



time the circumstances ai-e peculiar, as the "freak" features play an 

 important feature of most designs; but, even allowing for this, there 

 is little to justify- tlie fireseut attitude of the Herreshoffs and other de- 

 signers toward the press. As a matter of purely personal advantage, 

 apart from any love of his work there is no one who works harder 

 for the advancement and prosperity of yachting than the yachting 

 writer whose living depends on the sport, and no one reaps more from 

 the result r,f tbiK labor than the designer, who profits in a, stdl greater 

 degi'ee from any boom in yachting. The interests of the two are in 

 this sense idt nf ical, and we question both the wisdom and the justice 

 of a course ivbich <;loses the shops and yards to the yachting press, or 

 at least to writers; of known reputation. 



So FAR as the actual benefits derived from absolute concealment, we 

 believe that they are slight; the practical result is that yachtsmen at 

 large, the non-technical portion of the yachting world, are deprived 

 of a general knowledge of the new boats which would add vastly to 

 the interest in comparing theu- iDerformances, but would work no in- 

 jury to the designer, while the really vital facts are seldom success- 

 fully concealed from the very ones who should not possess them, the 

 rival designers. We venture to say now that the pi-e\'ailing ignorance 

 in regard to the exact dunensions and features of the new boats, 

 American and British, is not shared by the designers, but that each 

 has a very tolerable idea of what the others are doing. We may men- 

 tion in this connection a fact weh known to yachting writers, that even 

 the most secretive of desigue.i's at times make an exception to the rule^ 

 they favor the f uUest ] )ublir'ation of details — of the other fellow's boat. 

 The man who will look a reporter straight in the eye and fill him with 

 the most astounding statements about his ovra boat will v,-it\x Liie next 

 breath inquire eagerly and earnestlj- as to what is doing in his rivarb 

 yard or drafting I'oom. 



Iji taking the side of the designers our contemporary looks at the 

 question from the British standpoint, but things are very different on 

 this side of the water, Americans want the news, often a great deal 

 more than they hare a right to, and they generally got it, whether in 

 politics, social life or j'acbting. The files of any of the American 

 yachting journals for the last fort^' years will furnish a complete 

 record of yacht bniUliug and of the course of design, as well as of the 

 racing, the woi k of an able bodj"; of j^a^hting writers who have now 

 almost entirely passed away. The English papers, on the contrary, 

 have for many years reframed from publishing technical details of 

 yachts. A look through their files will disclose comi)lete and careful 

 reports of naces, which are valueless from the fact that no detaUa 

 other than tlie, toiui.nge of the yachts are given, no indications of type 

 and model iiud of succi'ssive chauges and inipi-ovetuents. It maybe 

 that Amei-ican papers must follow the same model, but we doubt 

 whether such a course would be acceptable to American readers. 

 The Yachtsman itself is an example of this— young, enterprising and 

 "sassy," with plenty of yachting news of a certain kind, one seaa-ches 

 its pages in vain for accurate and definite desci'iptions of the modem 

 British racers. 



Asothbr statement of the YacMsman to which we must oppose a 

 positive objection is that relating to the "science" of yacht designing. 

 So far from the successful designing of yachts being nothing more 

 than a mere copying of extraneous or "observable" features, oui" ob- 

 servation is that the exact opposite is true. The merest tyj'o can draft 

 an exaggerated snout or a he.ivy fin keel, but, so far from being a suc- 

 cess, the result of a blind copying of these "ob.servaljle" fixtures, 

 regardless of the hidden mysteries of the balance of the various cen- 

 ters, would be a disastrous failure. In our estimation,, the secret of 

 designing, whether it be art, genius, "science" 6r hard horse sense — it 

 js probably a mixture of the four — lies first in the selection of the 

 crude qualities of the design, the dimensions, displacement and sail 

 area, and secondly, in the proper adjustment of the centers; without 

 these essentials, the mere copying or even originating of freak features 

 will avail nothing. 



According to the latest news from the Clyde, Mr. Will Fife has gone 

 to the extreme in his 86-footer, making her a flu-keel of 35ft. beam and 

 120ft. over all. She is of composite construction, the steel frame.s e.v- 

 tending downward to form the fin. WhUe all the new British cutters 

 will approach the fin keel in general type, the Fife boat will be the only 

 absolute bulb-fin. 



A Vacation Voyage.— III. 



IContinued from Page S63.] 



As WE drew nearer to the object of interest we saw that she was 

 fast on the reef, headmir nortli, with, the great wrecker Favorite along- 

 side. A fewmiuutes after the tug wuh the gang of Indians, half- 

 breeds and dock-whollcip'-'i's trom Harbor Springs had arrived and dis- 

 charged its load, we s« uir< I'onnd her stern and .luchored alongside in 

 two fathoms, ^he was the Cuba, Merchants' Line, Hamilton, Can., 

 bound from (Jhioago to Kmirston with a cai'go oi grain loose in the 

 hold. Then her tranijwavs were cleared, and all on board but the pas- 

 sengers. v,-ho ^vt■^t• L;-atlu-i-ea aft on the upiifr elect.:, rormed in line with 

 buckets and wm-kvO. with fcvwish zeal to l.r-ave out ihe eartro. To 

 starboard a gi-eat tinekot. ojiorated by steam, was throwing out the 

 vahiable gi'am ljtt.v ijusiiels at every dip. 



"Say, that fellow by the tor'd gangway there, must be the second 

 mate, is beckonmg for us to eoine up. What a lark it would be to take 

 a load of corn and sell it," said Dan. 



"We might as well drop alongside anyway: peak up the foresail and 

 raise the hook," 



The mate, a very agreeable "Blue Nose" boy, said that she had gone 

 on twentj'-four hours before in the fog. "As soon as we lighten her 

 some, the tug will try to yank us off stern first. I doirt know what 

 It's worth but you boys mishi as well fill up witii tins corn. Von can 

 get nd ot It most ain'whi-re. and youi- cockiiit will liold a lot. That's a 

 perc-looking .shq-ini.n.te I lu-n-, i " 'incing at Vag. 



-So we dropped ninl,rr j:aii--v.iLV where the vellow corn was faUiug 

 almost ill a stiwly .st iv-an,, and si>.-.n our boat was full to the top of the 

 center board bo.'c. As tht-re was uo immediate prospect ot seeing the 

 great reckin- lUL' ..|),-ru,te, we shook hands with our new triend and 

 filled awav oLi Uif- I inrt tack. We found her rarJa-r too low aft, but 

 she stood up \s dl ana the aiiusual weight was u.< iletriniGut in work- 

 ing to wmdwaril. Alter sailiug a short distance we went in stays and 

 headed soutlieast. 'i bis ^vas a long leg, and it was noon when we 

 fetched in close, wiLli tlje land near Cross N^iUage. 



By this time the sky v. as clear and ihe wind stendy, though still dead 

 ahead. So aU the rest ot tlie day we kejot reachiug Iid the sliore, keep- 

 ing in a narrow streak of wind. We were withiu sight ot the old white 

 church at Middle Village, that marics the entrauce to Little Traverse 

 Bay at the north, when the wind quite gave out. 



"There's a full moon to-night, and we can't count on getting very 

 far." 



"Boys," said the AVhite Elephant, with tragic air, "I've poked into 

 every "locker and there's nothing good on board but a half loaf of 

 Vienna and a few crackers." 



•■I thought we were running short; expected to grub up at Mackinac, 

 but we left Sunday. We'll bring out what there is and let the morrow 

 supply its own hardtack." ,So it was divirli'Ll into foin- parts and 

 sjieedUy put where it would do the most eor,(l. 



A watch that night was of no more interest than it' the anchor were 

 down. -All throiigli the Ion-, still liours wi- lay with sails set, but no 

 steeragev.a.v. Ainl now, though the sun liad elimliecl far tVom the 

 horizon. the-straiiKe white church still had the same t,L-a,rin-: by com- 

 pass, Lit:e a painted Ymit the Flora rested m..tir.uless on die 'glassy 

 surface. The skii)iier and foremast hand were still enjoviug" their 

 watch below when they o\-erheard the hungry mate soliloquizing: 



"This is one ot those things that you read about. 1 didn't st-art ou 

 this cruise for an .A.retic extJedition," and why should it come to tlus? 

 Ah. I know know now what drives crews to jjiracy. .41asl what a 

 mockerv of man's power, that a boat erigas,'ed in tlie transportatiou 

 of food" stuffs should not keep its own crev.- from starvat irm 1" Then 

 his voice indicated resigaat;,iou as he continued: "No, N'ax. yon needn't 

 get up and go for'd. Are we Indians or Cbinanien:' Vou re t.:).;. tough 

 and would make us sick. Besides, we haven't the facilities. Petoskey 

 in sight and stUl no wind I These canvas shoes of mine would make 

 thin broth, but I beiieva that's the grthodox thing before ca,sting 

 QtS,' 



