About Buying a Canoe 
I have paddled so long and watched their construction so care¬ 
fully, I know some things that perhaps the average buyer of canvas- 
covered crafts doesn’t realize. 
From the start I noticed that some canoes paddled hard, and 
“hung back,’’ while others, even when heavily loaded, seemed to glide 
through the water. Some models tipped easily and could not be suc¬ 
cessfully handled in rough water, while others acted as steady as a 
ferryboat. Then again, when I got mixed up with rocks and shallow 
water, some canoes seemed to snag and leak easily, while others took 
an amount of_ punishment far in excess of what I thought possible. 
I became interested, and began to study the whys and wherefores. 
I tried all the different makes I got a chance to step in. I called at 
many- factories, and saw the forms they were made on, the kind of 
material used, and the way the workman put them together. At last 
I found one shop—a comparatively small one—where design, material, 
and workmanship seemed to me to be about as near perfect as a 
human could expect. There was nothing fancy about this little shop 
or the sturdy proprietors, but they were making the best canoe, from 
every standpoint, money could buy, and they weren’t making any big 
noise about it, either. I am referring to E. M. White & Co., Old- 
town, Maine. 
There is just one point I want to tell you about in detail. It’s the 
way White puts on the planking. Instead of butting the boards up 
against each other, as all other makers do. White bevels and laps 
every seam, thus making a practically water-tight craft, before the 
canvas is stretched on. This method prevents cracks caused by 
shrinking or swelling, and keeps out the sand which is the ruination 
of canvas. 
When buying a canoe, ask the salesman, “Is the planking beveled 
and lapped?” If he knows what you are talking about, and is truth¬ 
ful, he will answer, “No”—unless it’s a White. 
President 
NEW YORK SPORTING GOODS CO. 
15 and 17 Warren Street Near Broadway New York 
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SALE OF ANGLING LEASES 
SALMON and TROUT 
The sale of Angling Leases for a term of five, years for 
Restigouche River and ten years for all other streams will 
be held at the Crown Land Office, Fredericton, N. B. (Can¬ 
ada), on Wednesday, the 20 th of March, 1912 , at ii o’clock 
A. M. 
The angling privileges to be sold are considered among 
the best in the World, and all are easily accessible by rail. 
No license fee or tax of any kind other than the annual rent 
is asked of lessees. 
Here is a chance for the man, or the big or the small 
club, looking for a river, or stretch, to enjoy the King of 
Sport at a moderate cost. 
For further particulars as to conditions of sale, the 
streams sold and upset prices, apply to T. G. Loggie, Deputy 
Surveyor General. 
J. K. FLEMING, 
Fredericton, N B., Surveyor General. 
20th February, S9i2, 
GUNNER GUMPTION’S 
LANTERN LECTURETTES ON 
GREENER GUNS 
The Greener Treble Wedge Fast Action .— 
W Many methods of uniting the top of the stand¬ 
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V have been introduced, but none are so strong and 
thorough as the Greener Treble Wedge Fast Cross 
;,r Bolt, which has been proved by actual experiment 
to add enormously to the safety and wear of a gun. 
At the famous London Fie/d explosive trials of 1878 , 
a special experimental gun was prepared by the editor of the 
Fie/d, and the following extracts from his report are a remark¬ 
able testimony to the strength and efficiency of this device. 
“to this action we had a little apparatus fixed as shown m this sketch, 
by this arrangement a piece of silver paper can be strained between the 
hook and the screw clip, attached to the barrels so that when any sepa¬ 
ration takes place during an explosion the paper breaks. We found 
that in Mr Greener’s action no breakage occurred, 
using any charge of powder which the cartridge 
case could be made to hold with the bolt 
m position the paper^remamed intact up to 
the last-*' 
In these experiments a charge of 
65 grains of Schultze powder and 
2 ounces of -shot was used with¬ 
out causing the breech to “give” 
in the slightest degree 
See that your new gun carries the Greener ’ 
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30 CHURCH STREET . . NEW YORK 
63-65 BEAVER HALL HILL . . MONTREAL 
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