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FOREST AND STREAM 
[March 13, 1909. 
would come a wave on the bow, and spray 
would fly all over me. But when more than 
half-way across the boat’s bow was turned, so 
that the breeze was almost astern; and per¬ 
haps Bunny didn’t go some! First she would 
ride on the crest of a wave, fairly boiling 
through the water; then the wave would pass 
ahead, and her stern would sink in the hollow 
between the two waves; and just as the curling 
top of the next one bore down upon her, she 
would lift as lightly as a feather and dash ahead 
again. Here the deck was invaluable, for with¬ 
out it the canoe (loaded as it was with 75 
pounds of baggage besides my weight) must 
have been swamped. But owing to the deck, 
very little water was taken aboard; and under 
the lee of Dammeron’s Marsh smooth water 
was found for some distance. 
Meeting a colored brother here poling his 
boat against the wind, I asked him how far it 
was to the Rappahannock. 
“Oh. it ain’t no distance, Cap’n,” was the 
response; “you can ’most see it yonder.” 
“It is four or five miles. Uncle?” 
“No, sah—no, sah,” he replied; “jest ’round 
dat bluft you kin see a little ways down. Is 
you gwine clear down to the Rappahannock in 
dat li’l boat, Cap’n?” 
Upon being told that I had come from the 
Potomac and was bound to Old Point, the 
astonished darky stared open-mouthed, but re¬ 
covered his manners in a moment, wished me 
good luck, and proceeded on his way chuckling 
to himself about “dat li’l boat.” 
Upon reaching the point indicated by our 
African friend, a deep indentation in the bay 
was encountered and crossed, and was supposed 
to be the Rappahannock. Near its southern 
shore a wrecked schooner lay on her beam- 
ends; and here the water was so shallow that I 
had to get out and walk for a while, pulling 
the canoe after me, until deeper water was 
reached. Then, following the coast for a 
couple of miles, a river was reached which I 
took to be the Piankatank; but I was puzzled 
by its size, which was far greater than that of 
the indentation just crossed. Upon landing for 
fresh water I learned that in reality the Rap¬ 
pahannock was before me, and that what I had 
crossed a short time before was only “them 
creeks”—referring to Indian Creek and some 
others. A pleasant walk through pine woods 
brought me to the well, where my water-can 
was filled; then, launching the canoe again, I 
paddled across the Rappahannock without in¬ 
cident. 
The Coast Pilot tells us that “Chesapeake 
Bay is the largest bay on the Atlantic seaboard 
of the United States”; and any one who voyages 
upon it in a small craft can hardly fail to be im¬ 
pressed, not only by its size, but by the number 
and extent of its tributaries. What would be 
called a river, and a notable one, in Europe, is 
only a “creek” here; and each of the creeks, 
has innumerable ramifications that invite ex¬ 
ploration. The whole region is a perfect para¬ 
dise for the canoeist—that is, the cautious one; 
for the bay is too big a body of water for 
reckless canoeing. The principal drawback is 
the heat in summer; but on every day of this 
cruise there was sufficient breeze to make me 
very comfortable. Oystering in season is, of 
course, the main industry; and row after row 
of fish-stakes proclaims the next most import¬ 
ant means of livelihood. The water is very 
shallow close to shore nearly everywhere along 
the bay, and it is necessary for launches and 
large sailboats to keep a mile or more out from 
land in most localities; but a canoe can go 
along fifty feet or so from the shore, and its 
occupant can see much that the yachtsman 
misses. 
The Piankatank River was next reached; and 
here the sight of a large herd of cows reminded 
the captain that he wanted some fresh milk. 
But be didn’t get it! Boo, hoo! Here is what 
happened to him: 
THE QUEST OF THE COW-JUICE. 
The captain gay, in a tentative way, set foot on an 
island’s rim. 
Where herds of cows in a field did browse and waggle.d 
their ears at him; 
And he thought with glee of the fact that he could fill 
up his pail, no doubt. 
With the juice of the cow—he didn’t care how the process 
was gone about. 
But the maid so fair said they’d none to spare, and she 
gave him a glance so cold. 
That he almost froze to the tip of his nose—which was 
red enough, I’m told; 
.‘\nd he thought, with a sigh, “Oh, why, oh, why, in the 
land of the brave and free. 
Do the natives frown and turn me down, and all look 
askance at me?” 
But though puzzled at first, a great light burst when he 
■ looked in his little glass— 
For his sunburned nose and his tumbled clothes would 
have scared any country lass; 
And he looked, I’m told, like a convict bold, who’d 
escaped from a county jail; 
Can you blame the maid when she felt afraid, and her 
poor little face turned pale? 
.So he made him a vow (unkept till now) that a shave and 
a bath he’d take- 
flood clothes he’d wear, and a citified air, and the dust 
from his shoes he’d shake; 
And when in style he visits the isle where the petulant 
maid doth dwell. 
She won’t get gay, as she did that day, and all shall be 
glad and well. 
Percy E. Budlong. 
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