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run on the left. Pass close to the right of the small 
island below the wagon bridge, at 18. A good camping 
place is found at Elkton on the shady bank below the 
boat house, at 17, on the right banK. Shoot the old 
fish dam below 18 close to left bank, and the old Bear 
Lithia dam on the right. Supplies can be obtained at 
Coffman's. 
In running the Naked Creek falls at 23, turn sharp 
to the left at the bottom. The mile or so of rapids in 
front of Shenandoah are passed close to the 
right bank. There is a small spring in the 
left bank opposite the railroad pump house at the 
lower end of the village, and another in the right bank 
a mile and a half below. A fine spring and good camp 
place is found on the right hand at Grove Hill. At the 
bottom of the bend below Grove Hill, between 31 and 
32, go clear in behind small islands on left to pass fish 
dam. The reefs at 32 are passed on the right. A fine 
spring and good camp ground are found on the right 
bank at 34. The falls under the cliff at 37 are run on 
the right. Kemple's Falls is probably the worst place 
on the upper river, with the Columbian Falls, a few 
miles below, a good second. Work through the head of 
Kemple's Falls close to the left bank. 
The long, swift, narrow canal close under the cliff 
on the left, below, is known as "The Devil's Race Path." 
Below the race path cross over to the right, and get 
through the remainder of the falls as best you can on 
this side until the fish dam at the bottom is reached. 
This is easilv passed by going out around the upper arm 
on the left, 'after which draw the canoe back up under 
the dam, and slip along down under the face of the 
dam until still water is reached below. Supplies may.be 
obtained at Keysers, on the right bank', just below the 
foot of the falls. A good spring and camping place 
are found on the left bank below the Newport dam. 
In running the Columbian Falls, go in close to left 
bank until the canoe is pitched out into the smooth 
water a quarter of a mile below. Enter, the 
reefs below the smooth water, in the middle. 
A troublesome half or three-quarters of a mile 
comes next. Get through the reefs as best you 
can. Pass close to right of small island below 
the reefs, and veer to the left at the foot of the island. 
Work through the remainder of the falls on the left 
until the big fish dam at the bottom is reached; pass this 
close to the right bank, and work out into the river 
below by keeping up under the dam. Do not jump the 
reefs at the left end of the dam, as a smashed canoe is 
likely to be the result. I have tried it. A fine spring 
and beautiful camp ground are found on the right bank 
at 42, half a mile below the falls. The average canoeist 
may be interested to learn that there are two still 
houses for the. manufacture of apple brandy at this place. 
Mail and supplies may be procured at Massanutton 
The canoeist wishing to visit the caverns of Luray 
will leave the river here, and reach the caverns after a 
pleasant walk over a picturesque limestone pike of three 
miles. The picturesque old Virginia village of Luray 
lies a mile further on, and is worth a visit. A single 
line of reefs between 52 and 53 causes a little fall of 3 
or 4ft. Go in behind the small island against left 
bank and a clear channel around it will be found. The 
Pig Path Falls lie around the bend to the left. Enter 
the reefs in mid-stream and veer to the left, following 
the lines of reefs. Go to the right of islands below the 
Pig Path. A small spring is found in the right bank 
below the dam at Shuler P. O., at 56. This is also a 
pleasant camp place. At 58 a veritable fall occurs, fol- 
lowed by a long succession of reefs. The boat channel 
is found to the left of the small islands over against the 
left bank. 
By pushing up Hawksbill Creek a quarter of a mile a 
fine spring will be found among the rocks on the left as 
you go up, and a camping place that will answer very 
Well. In shooting the falls, one-half mile below Hawks- 
bill, at 57, go to left of small island just at top of falls, 
and turn out into the river again just below the first 
line of reefs. Continue through the falls on the left. 
The channel is on the left through the reefs from 63 
to 64 Channel is on the left through Bumgardner s 
Falls, also through Keyser's Falls. There is a rough 
shoot on the left, in Goode's dam. Camp on left 
bank at Cedar Point, a mile below the dam. Supplies 
may be procured at Fleming's, on top of the > blurt. A 
cluster of islands will be found in the bend below ?o. 
Go to left of all of them. 
After getting below the islands cross and skirt close 
along the right bank through the long line of reefs or 
falls which extends nearly to the Golden Rocks, several 
miles away. There is a steep fall of several feet in 
height near the bottom of this rapid, which may be 
run near the right bank. Pass to the right of the island 
at 73 below the Golden Rocks. A troublesome little fall 
at the bottom of the bend at 74 is easily passed by keep- 
ing close to the right bank. The reefs from 75 to 76 are 
passed close to right bank. A fine spring and good 
camp ground are found on the right bank at 70. Ine 
spring is hard to find, as it is concealed among the 
bushes. It is just above the foot of the falls or rapids, 
just after the river swings around the bend to the left. 
A veritable fall, as high as a mill dam, is found a mile 
below Milford, or Overall Station, at 78. It is readily 
jumped close to left bank. Keep in to the right bank- 
through the rapids bek > the Hazard mill dam. 
McCoy's Falls is the next point requiring attention. 
The river is very wide here, and very shallow, and 
the finding of the boat channel is a necessity. The chan- 
nel <*oes in close to the left bank, and continues on this 
side for half a mile or more. At the top of the falls 
a loner line of reefs and small, flat, grassy islands ex- 
tends across the river. Some distance below is a similar 
line The channel is inshore to the left of these. A 
third and much heavier line then puts across. Paddle 
out through the still water above this line, about one- 
half or two-thirds of the way across the river, when the 
channel will be found in the shape of a narrow, rippling 
little canal down through the reefs. It continues on the 
right for the rest of the falls, occasionally veering out 
toward the middle. 
An old dam with a steep, rough rapid below it, a mile 
below the ford, may be shot on the right. Half a 
mile below this fall Flint Creek comes m, on the right, 
spanned by an iron railroad bridge, visible from up 
the river A comfortable camp may be made on the 
point at-the mouth of the creek. Water may be procured 
from a spring in the right bank of the creek, just below 
the railroad bridge. The rapids are troublesome in 
low water from here to Riverton, as the river is broad 
and shallow, Blakemore's dam is broken out at the left 
end, and a passage may be safely made with a little 
care. 
Camp under the trees on the left bank, just above the 
big dam at Riverton. Water may be procured from 
the neighboring residences, or from a flowing spout 
across the river, a little beyond the foot of the bridge. 
The Shenandoah proper begins here with the con- 
fluence of the North Fork. The united streams make a 
considerable enlarged river, and the water is much bet- 
ter, particularly in low water. The rapids and falls are 
long, and at a fair stage of water, rather rough, but the 
channels are plainly apparent, with good water. The 
short fall at 105 is 'easily passed 011 the right. Go close 
to left of small island in the Cow Tail Rapids, at 107-8. 
A good spring in right bank at 107. 
There is a fine spring and good camp ground at in, 
opposite Hardesty P. O. Ashby's Falls just below con- 
sists of a single reef about as high as a small mill dam, 
with a good, easy shoot next the left bank. The White 
Horse is a huge sandstone boulder in the water's edge 
on the right bank at 1 17. There is a fine spring and good 
cam ping place here. Shoot the old dam at Sharplift, 
just below, to the left of center. Burrell's Island is three 
miles long. Pass to the left. A small spring in the left 
bank, opposite the foot of the island, will be bailed with 
delight by the thirsty canoeist. 
Camp at Tilthammer mill. There is a goodi spring in 
the left bank, just below the mill. This mall, like all 
the mills below Riverton, while situated om thse river, de- 
rives its power from a small stream flowing into the 
river, instead of from the river. There are no dams in 
tne river below Riverton that cannob be readily shot by 
the canoeist, except the big pulp Email dam at Harper's 
Ferry. Pass to the left of the falls below 127. Price's 
mill is a picturesque old mill of the l 'sidewheel" persua.^ 
sion situated on the river bank at 128. A small brook 
turns an immense 40ft. wheel. There is an excellent 
spring in the bank just above the mill. Go to the right 
of the islands just below the mill, as there is an old dam 
at the foot of the islands in the left-hand channel. Camp 
at Castlemans Ferry. Mail and supplies may be pro- 
cured here. 
The canoeist will pass into West Virginia at the foot 
of the lowest of the two islands below Castleman's Ferry. 
Pass the long falls at 139 on the right. Camp on the 
right at Shannondale Springs; permission to camp must 
first be obtained from the management. The long 
rapids below, terminating in an old mill dam, are best 
passed on the left. There is a broad chute in the dam 
next the left bank. Pass to the right of the island at 
Bloomery, and slip over the low dam. Newcomer's 
Eddy is a beautiful lake-like expanse, a mile and a half 
long and half a mile wide. 
Watson's Falls, at the foot of the eddy, is the begin- 
ning of the rooft. descent to Harper's Ferry, six miles 
away. This is the worst place on the river, and must 
be approached with care if the water is at all flush. 
Lives have been lost here. The walls of an old stone 
factory, burnt years ago, stand on the left bank at the 
head of the fall. There is no boat channel, as boats were 
passed around this place through a canal, with locks, 
behind the factory. The river makes a short, steep 
descent of 10 or 12ft. in the space of a quarter of a mile 
over a massive limestone ledge. In low water the river 
is lost in the innumerable fissures and crevices in the 
ledge, and there is no shoot, but the canoeist can easily 
slip doAvn through the innumerable brook-like fissures 
without much clanger by getting out here and there and 
assisting his canoe a little. In flush water the 'river 
rages and roars down the falls in a horrible manner, and 
a passage is made with great risk. A long island lies 
along near the right bank. In low water the best pas- 
sage will be found out in the river, near the left bank of 
this island, veering well to the right at the foot of the 
island. In flush water go in behind the island, next the 
right bank of the river, and work along close to the 
right bank until the island is passed; then take your 
chances in the open river. A careful survey of this place 
is recommended before attempting it, be the water 
flush or low. 
The Brick Mill Fall* lie a mile and a half below. The 
river is rough and completely filled with reefs and fish 
dams between this falls and Watson's. Skirt close along 
the left bank after getting deair of Watson's Falls, and 
the boat channel will soon be picked up, when no 
further trouble will be experienced. The boat channel 
leads out into the river again, just above a low dam, 
which lies above the Brick Mill Falls. Do not attempt 
to rim these falls, as what natuial chutes there are are.^ 
obstructed with fish traps. Skirt along inside the dam 
until the mill race is reached, on the left bank. This is 
also the boat channel: the boats were let down into the 
river again through a deep stone lock, which still exists, 
a short distance above the mill, though hot in use. 
Follow the race down to the mill and carry the canoes 
down into the river again. 
The fall of the river from the old stone factory at the 
head of Watson's Falls to the Brick Mill, at the foot of 
the Mill Falls— a distance of one and a half 
miles—is 37ft. The river is broad and stately for 
about three miles, until Bull's Falls is reached. A heavy 
1 ?i i id — 1 1 would be somebody's falls if in the upper 
river— extends for one-half mile above the falls. There 
is a good boat channel close along under the left bank, 
alongside the railroad. Bull's Falls is an almost perpen- 
dicular cataract over a limestone ledge some 6 or 8ft. 
high, and is easily passed by means" of a canal cut 
through the rock along close to the left bank. 
On reaching the head of the rapids above the falls, at 
152, the canoeist should land and walk down a mile 
or~more, and survey the rapids, the falls and the rapids 
below, which are also very rough. The boat channel led 
along' close to the left bank below the falls, but is now 
unavailable, except in flush water, when it affords the 
only safe passage. In low water pick the best way pos- 
sible through the reefs below the falls; over toward the 
right bank will be found the best passage. When the 
long dam of the pulp mill is reached, at 154, slip under 
the head gates on the left into the race behind the rail- 
road. This is the old boat channel. , „ * . 
It is not worth while to attempt to run the mile of reefs 
below this dam. In flush water the river is horribly 
rough, and in low water not enough water will be found 
to float the canoe, as the dam diyerts it all into the canal. 
Once in the canal no further trouble will be found in 
reachinp- the Potomac, except the mill itself, which is 
built squarely across„the canal, and must be carried 
around. 
The canal runs along inside the railroad between the 
mill for one-half or three-quarters of a mile, and then 
debouches into the river again a few hundred yards 
above the Potomac, and completely below all the reefs, 
rapids and falls. The pulp mill is right in the village of 
Harper's Ferry, about one mile from the railroad sta- 
tions, and the canoeist can, if he so desires, end his 
cruise here, instead of taking the trouble to portage his 
canoe around the mill and into the race again. 
F. R. Webb. 
New York C. C 
The New York C. C. has had a very successful sea- 
son at its-home on Gravesend Bay; the club house offers 
every comfort to members, with rooms and restaurant, 
the sailing waters are unequaled, and the club has now 
a large membership and a fleet of canoes, sailing boats 
and small yachts. The one-design class established this 
year has proved verv popular. After its old-time fashion 
the club held a fall regatta on Sept. to. with the usual 
races and water sports, the results being: 
Sailing open canoes, with lee boards: W. Carmalt, 
first; R. D. Bayley, second. Time, 40m. 30s. 
Sailing races, three miles; record event: Louis May, 
first; F. C. Moore, second; J. C. Mowbray, third; W. 
H. Fales, fourth; H. H. Smyth, fifth; G. W. McTag- 
gart, sixth. Time, 43m- 10s. 
Maneuvering contest: F. C. Moore, first; G. W. Mc- 
Taggart, second; W. H. Fales, third; J. C. Mowbray, 
fourth. 
Paddling race; decked canoes, half-mile: A. A. Bren- 
nan, first; F. C: Moore, second; W. Carmalt, third. 
Tandem paddling race; open canoes: Fredericks and 
Mowbray, first; May and Quick, second; Fales and Mc- 
Taggart, third. 
Club fours: open canoe: Canoe Jag, first, with Mow- 
bray, Moore, McTaggart and Fredericks as crew; Canoe 
Nahma, second, with Bennett, Smyth, May and Quick 
as crew. 
Water tournament; final bout: Quick and Moore 
bested Fredericks and Mowbray after a contest of 15m. 
It is probable that by this time the burgee of the 
N. Y. C. C. is floating over the Philippines, as indicated 
by the following postal card: 
Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, off Colombo, Aug. 13: 
— Just a line from the Indian Ocean to tell you that I 
have my canoe Caribee on board on the way to the 
Philippines, and that I suppose this is about the first 
time that the burgee of the New York C. C. has been 
unfurled in these latitudes. Hope to see you again 
about Thanksgiving time. 
(Signed) Poultney Bigelow. 
The Columbia River* 
We have a request for information concerning the 
Columbia or Kootenay River from a correspondent, 
who proposes to cruise on it in a canoe. He wishes to 
know in particular the best portions of the river for 
•canoeing, and the proper season. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
Applications for membership may be made to the purser of the 
•division in which the applicant resides on blanks furnished by- 
purser, the applicant becoming a member provided no objection 
he made within fourteen days after his name has been officially 
published in the Forest and Stream. 
Central Division. 
Associate member: Mrs. Frank L. Danforth, Buffalo, N. Y. 
lnswer£ to (^orrenpondqnfa. 
No notice taken of anonymous communications. 
F. L., Clifton Springs, N. Y. — The eye of my pointer bitch has 
become opaque, or partialry so, and of a leaden color. The left 
one has been so for about a year, and the right one is becoming 
so. I think she can see but little if any with the left one, but 
some with the right. The whole of the ball of the left one has 
the leaden or opaque appearance, the right one partially so. Judg- 
ing by a vein of the side of the right eye the trouble would seem 
to be in outer part of the ball. I have applied a drop a day of a 
•solution of 2grs. of nit. of silver in loz. of water, but with no 
apparent results thus far. The dog is twelve years old and 
healthy. The eves do not run. The veins around the edges of 
the eyeballs have a bloodshot appearance. What is the trouble 
and remedy, if any? Kindly answer in this week's number, as I 
wrote you about two weeks ago and have no answer as yet, but 
presume same has been overlooked or mislaid. Ans. Cataract, 
from your description, and a surgical operation is necessary to 
effect a cure. At your dog's age, it would be better to refrain 
from treatment. 
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Wild Fowl of North America. 
Mr Francis P. Harper will issue this fall a popular work by 
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"North American Shore Birds" and "Game Birds of Amer- 
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The David Williams Co., New York, send us the fourth re- 
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has been ' amplified and extended so that it may be called a. 
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