FOREST AND STREAM 
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The ISLES of PEACE 
Now that the present unfortunate conditions throughout Europe preclude all thought of pleasure 
travel across the Atlantic for some time to come, a question with many will be:— 
Where can I spend a few months away from all this disturbing influence? 
Where is there a place with which there is regular communication with our own country where one 
can be in touch with home by wireless and cable and yet far removed from the war zone? 
Where can I send my wife and children with perfect safety if it is not possible for business reasons 
that I should accompany them? 
Where can I find suitable accommodation, good hotels, nice reasonable priced boarding houses, or 
secure a comfortable cottage or larger home? 
Where will the cost of living continue to be reasonable? 
Where can such fine shooting and fishing be found? 
Where is all this possible? 
Where but in The Isles of Peace, Hawaii, “the loveliest fleet of Islands that lies anchored in any 
ocean.” 
A steamer leaves. San Francisco for Honolulu about every five days. One hundred and twenty to 
one hundred and thirty hours of delightful ocean voyaging—no stormy or foggy days. For detailed 
information as to rates and sailing, Inquire of, 
Matson Navigation Company 
Oceanic Steamship Company 
Pacific Mail S. S. Company 
all of San Francisco, California. 
Every four weeles a steamer leaves Vancouver, B. C., Canada, for Honolulu. For further data con¬ 
cerning this line write to the Canadian-Australian S. S. Company, Vancouver, B. C., Canada. 
Climatic conditions in Hawaii are most desirable. MALARIA, the dread of most tropical and semi- 
tropical countries is unknown in The Paradise of the Pacific. 
The scenery is beautiful, roads are good in the main. In fact no more desirable Home Land exists 
under the sun. 
For detailed information about Hawaii or illustrated folder write to 
H. P. WOOD, Director, 
Hawaii Promotion Committee, Honolulu, Hawaii. 
“You must get some; for we can’t start off 
without some provisions!” 
“Wal, I will go to the store an’ see what I 
kin do; and you uns, Boss, jess set sail down 
to the point a mile below yere, and wait fer 
me; an’ I will come back with the potatoes soon 
as I kin.” 
So saying, he skipped, and we set sail and 
and steered for the nearest point, being the one 
alluded to. The wind was light, and it took 
us a good two hours to make the point, and 
there we waited for an hour and a half more, 
under a broiling sun; and by that time it was 
nearly one o’clock. 
I had with me a jar of pickles and some soda 
biscuit and that was all in the way of food, 
as I had depended on July for the other things 
needed; and furthermore foolishly expected to 
catch 'bass and trout enough to supply our larder 
with fresh fish in abundance—and our guns 
would get us all the game needed. 
We shall see how it turned out—we broiled 
in our station for about two hours before Henry 
appeared, and then he brought nothing. Said 
he, “The ole woman, while I was gone, done 
cut up all the spuds, an’ dere ain’t none left; 
not a one in the cabin, an’ I could not even git 
a piece of sugar cane-” 
“Get aboard, Henry, and steer for the Sheriff’s 
house. He’ll take care of us, anyway.” 
So Henry leaped nimbly on board, we shoved 
off the prow, and Parker and I reclined on the 
thwarts, while Henry guided us on the way to 
unknown regions. The scenery was wild enough 
to excite the greatest interest in the observer. 
There were great cypress and water oaks lining 
the banks of the river, and on either side there¬ 
of were immense beds of lettuce, or bonnets, 
as the Southerners call them—wherefrom re¬ 
peatedly the white cranes flew, and myriads of 
grackles were feeding undisturbed by our pres¬ 
ence. 
We put out our trolling spoon and trolled for 
bass, but without avail. Plenry pulled at the 
oars as the wind died down and the shadows 
of evening fell- Finally we spied out in the 
middle of the river, which here widened out 
into the appearance of a vast lake, another sail 
boat, containing four voyageurs like ourselves, 
making slow progress, and whistling for a breeze. 
One of the occupants of this boat hailed us, 
calling out something which I did not under¬ 
stand. At first Henry made no answer. The 
call was repeated. Then Henry sang out some¬ 
thing about “Yanks”; and the “Secesh,” for 
such they were—in the other boat, all looked 
around at us. 
Seeing this, I told Henry to " Shut up, and 
pull for that boat!” 
Henry did so, and we were soon alongside. 
The occupants of the boat were Confederates. 
On the gunwales lay four navy pistols with 
barrels as long as one’s arm, all ready for in- 
mediate use—and the “Secesh” eyed us “Yanks” 
suspiciously. However, I had a never-failing 
panacea for Confederate use; and putting my 
hand in my breast pulled out a well-filled flask 
of such “Red Eye” as does not often enliven 
the liver of those who live in those parts. I 
removed the cap, and presented the flask to the 
hand of the man who was handiest. He took 
it and tried it, and handed it to the rest, and 
we were friends forthwith. 
Then said I: “Good neighbors, we are on 
our way to the house of the Sheriff of Orange 
County. Now, can you tell us how to get 
there?” 
“Certainly,” replied the spokesman, to whom 
I had first passed the flask. “Certainly. All 
you’ve got to do, stranger, is to go right back 
to the first turn in the river at your right. Did 
you notice an old flat-boat laid up on the bank 
there, as you came by?” 
“I did!” said I. 
“Well, then, you want to turn right up by 
that boat on the bank; and the sheriff’s house 
is on the shell hammock, on the same side at 
the next turn above-” 
“All right,” said I, “much obliged. Take an¬ 
other smile!” 
“Thank you, Yank. We ’uns would like to 
have you camp with us, if you wish. We shall 
go ashore in the hummock across this bayou; 
and this is high hummock, dry and we shall 
have comfortable quarters; and would like to 
have you spend the night in our camp.” 
I thanked the speaker, and told him that it 
was essential for us to get to the sheriff’s house 
that night, as we were very anxious to see him. 
“Well,” said the Confederate,” you get in the 
bow of the boat, and watch for the discarded 
flat boat, and keep above it to your left, and 
you won’t be long in getting to your destination.” 
So, with mutual satisfaction, we parted; and 
the writer took his station in the bow of tlv 
boat, with a lighted lantern to guide us on the 
way. In the meantime the sun had set and 
simultaneously therewith darkness fell on the 
whole landscape like a blanket. 
(To be continued.) 
When the over-cautious hang back, the big 
advertisers seize the opportunity to make a spurt. 
It is a fact that many of the biggest companies 
are extending their campaigns. 
SAFETY FIRST 
You hear it everywhere. The 
Safety is one of the superior 
points of the a Gun that Blocks 
the Sears.” _ The Safety which 
makes accidental discharge 
impossible. 
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ESTABLISHED 1853 N. R. DAVIS & SONS, l** b ox 707, Assonet, Mass. 
