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Canoeing. 
Detroit to New York by Canoe. 
Concluded from page 625. 
Our sail attracted a great deal of attention 
along here. People would come running out 
of their houses to see us go by, calling each 
other to see the ship, as they invariably called 
it, go by. Once in a while we would hear some¬ 
body say, "I wonder how they will get back 
again.” Small boats are very seldom seen along 
the canal; a few launches, no sailboats and very 
seldom a canoe. No wonder we were a curi¬ 
osity to the natives. In a great many places the 
canal runs directly through small towns and at 
meal time we would simply lift the canoe out 
of the water and onto the porch of some hotel. 
At the different locks we had very little trouble 
getting through in the usual way. To be sure, 
it is just as much work to put a small boat 
through as one of the full-size canal boats, but 
the lock tenders, as a rule, are a good-natured 
lot and a little jolly went a long ways with them. 
Some of them seemed to expect tips, which we 
politely forgot, as there were entirely too many 
locks to think of tipping some lock-tender at 
each one. 
The further we proceeded along the canal, 
the more beautiful became the scenery. We 
passed through the richest of farming country. 
Fruit was ripe and we helped ourselves. In a 
great many instances this required no more ex¬ 
ertion than standing up in the canoe and pick¬ 
ing what we wanted as we passed through an 
orchard. The apples through here are very 
fine, one of them being about a meal in itself. 
At Rochester we struck the first lift-bridges. 
Up to this time all the bridges we had passed 
were built so a canal boat could just pass under. 
Of course, the passengers would have to low- 
bridge, but you get quite accustomed to this on 
the Erie Canal. These lift-bridges were level 
with the water and were hoisted with machinerv 
worked by water power. If it were not for a 
permit given us at Rochester by the division 
superintendent, we would have had trouble here, 
but his word is law to bridge-tenders, and if one 
stopped us, we would wave our order in his 
face and demand passage. We felt quite puffed 
up when the gongs would ring as we came 
along through the city, and horses, street cars, 
etc., were held up, while the machinery of the 
lift-bridge was put into operation and our small 
boat went through. 
A funny incident marked our entrance into 
Syracuse. We set out to make this city one 
night, and it was well after dark as we ap¬ 
proached it. We ssemed to pass around the 
entire town between dark factory buildings and 
under bridges, with an occasional carry around 
some lift-bridge, which they would not raise, 
as we did not have a light, ours being out of 
commission. Finally, after about giving up 
hope of striking the city proper, where we 
could get a hotel for the night, we began com¬ 
ing to a number of bridges, under which we 
had some difficulty in getting our boat. One 
especially low we came to, and both of us laid 
down in the bottom of the canoe and pushed 
along by taking hold of the ironwork of the 
bridge above. \A"e finally pushed clear to find 
ourselves in the very center of Syracuse. All 
was excitement around us—street cars, auto¬ 
mobiles and brilliantly lighted buildings met 
our gaze. We just sat there and stared at each 
other in amazement until we could get our 
senses together again. 
The following day another thing happened 
which was equally amusing. We were sailing 
along at a good clip with the wind directly 
after us and came to a bridge at Canastota, 
which our mast would not clear. The bridge- 
tender, an imposing fellow, sat facing us with 
his feet up on the rail; you could see at a glance 
he did not care to be disturbed. We decided in 
case he refused to lift the bridge, we would 
play a joke on him. When about 200 feet from 
the bridge, we motioned him to raise it; he paid 
no attention and we kept coming on full swing, 
and at the last moment he thought better of it 
and made for his house and set the machinery 
in motion. As we came close, we lifted the spar, 
sail and all clear of canoe, and once on the 
other side, set it in again. By the time the 
bridge-tender had raised his bridge, we were 
just going out of sight around a bend, much to 
the enjoyment of some of the villagers who 
noticed the incident. 
Along here we began to run across what we 
termed the bell fishermen. Their system 
seemed to us unique. They baited their hooks, 
and after throwing the line into the canal, at¬ 
tached a small bell to it and placed it on the 
dock or ground nearby. The end of the line 
they made fast, leaving plenty of slack, so that 
when a fish took hold, the bell would ring. 
Then the fisherman came out of a nearby house, 
or tavern, to see what he had caught. You may 
imagine what fun we had with this style of fish¬ 
erman. When we were coming along fast 
enough to get safely away afterward, we would 
give the line a yank and going to a safe dis¬ 
tance, watched the fun. 
Early one morning we decided to leave the 
canal and take to the Mohawk River, of which 
we caught glimpses from time to time, running 
swiftly along beside us. Starting at Amster¬ 
dam, we had a beautiful morning, making 
Schenectady at noon. The scenery along this 
section, the Mohawk Valley, is particularly fine. 
At times you can catch a flash of sunlight in 
some small lake, set far up in the hills, maybe 
ten miles away. Small villages are' seen here 
and there, clustered on the side of some hill, 
many of which were almost mountainous in 
height. 
In this short run down the Mohawk River, 
we had plenty of excitement; often shooting 
rapids and were obliged several times to jump 
overboard and push clear of some stone to es¬ 
cape being swamped. 
At Schenectady, we had the novel experience 
of crossing one stream while traveling in an¬ 
other. The Erie Canal is carried across the 
Mohawk River at this point, in what is known 
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