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FOREST AND STREAM 
[March 19, 1910. 
left-hand shore, and we prepared to see Hol¬ 
yoke and the surrounding country. There are 
many mills and factories in South Hadley and 
Holyoke, Avhere a great variety of merchandise 
is made, and a visit to any one of them will 
be time well spent. We selected a cotton mill 
and employed a very interesting morning there 
going from the hopper to the weaving room. 
In the afternoon we boarded a trolley for 
Mount Tom, from the top of which we could 
pick our course on the river for the next day. 
Sightseeing being over, we returned to the 
Redcliff Canoe Club, where our outfit had been 
left, and by paddling a little below there-to a 
sandy beach an excellent place was found from 
which to start the carry around the dam. W. 
H. Thayer, No. 30 Canal street, South Hadley 
Falls, Mass., carted us for seventy-five cents. 
As it was rather late, we camped that night at 
the other end of the carry, just outside of the 
town, but within hearing of the factories, which 
hummed all night long, together with mosquito 
operas, for which this section is famous. 
From a canoeist’s standpoint the place has no 
particular charm, so the next morning before 
sun had gotten very high, the voyage of dis- 
A LOG JAM AT BELLOWS FALLS. 
covery was resumed. We found shallow water 
below here, and it was somewhat dirty because 
of the factories located above, but by keeping 
to the right the best channel was found. At 
Thompsonville we came very nearly shooting 
the falls against our wishes. The water runs 
very smoothly and swiftly, and we mistook the 
noise of the falling water for a train, almost to 
our sorrow, but a good-natured farmer on the 
shore shouted to us, and thanks to him for 
cheating the falls of its prey. 
A lockhouse on the right-hand shore marked 
the beginning of the canal, which ran parallel 
to the river for some four or five miles down 
to the Windsor Locks. To get into the canal 
w r e made a short carry, but the gateman would 
have opened the locks for $1. With the many 
bridges and Italian signs on the store windows 
along the banks it looked like the picture we 
had (not) seen of Venice. At the other end 
we carried down a small bank to the river 
again. Immediately below Windsor Locks the 
water was very low and full of stones, but it 
did not last long, and shortly we came to good 
deep water. The effect of the incoming tide 
was felt for the first time at this point, and as 
the shades of night were beginning to fall w T e 
pitched our camp on a sandy bank within full 
view of Hartford. 
On arising next morning we were surprised 
to see the river some distance further out, so 
we made an early departure to take advantage 
of the tide, which did good service for us until 
Middletown was reached, and there it turned 
against us. But it was not to be compared with 
the Hudson River tides we had to fight at hotne. 
so we kept going and soon met a couple of 
chaps who invited us to camp with them that 
night in a little stretch of woods near Middle 
Haddam. There is a North, East, South, West 
and Middle Haddam, all within a few miles of 
each other, and the people hear so much of 
Haddam, that they sometimes wish the devil 
had’em. 
It was a beautiful spot with a small brook 
just in the rear, the trickling of which could 
always be heard, and at night the owls sere- 
AN EASY CARRY AT WINDSOR LOCKS. 
naded one another, while the frogs croaked at 
the top of their voices. Rocky hills protected 
it on the rear, and so secluded was this little 
paradise from civilization that one could safely 
imagine himself in Northern Canada without 
fear lest some factory whistle would disturb 
the dream. Our friends very kindly explained 
to us the channel and currents from this place 
down to the Sound, so that next morning by 
arising early we were able to take advantage 
A FORCED LANDING ON THE SOUND. 
of an ebb tide, and with the information given 
us regarding the river, we reached Saybrook 
Lighthouse just after noonday. 
Long Island Sound was very friendly to us. 
All the big waves came in to extend their greet¬ 
ings, and we had a high time rolling about; 
but the trip along the Sound was not very 
successful, owing to the disagreeable weather. 
A storm that did terrible damage to Long 
Island by blowing down trees and houses all 
along its path happened to catch us camping 
on an open sandy beach without even a tree 
for a windbreak. Large railroad ties were 
placed on the sod cloth of our tent and the 
few stones in sight were piled on the stakes, 
but the balloon ascension was great,*■ accom¬ 
panied by the clatter of the pots and pans as 
they were tumbled about. 
We managed to get as far as Bridgeport, but 
as our time was up, we had to ship by steam¬ 
boat during the night to the East River, from 
which place we started early next morning and 
paddled up through Hell Gate, just as the 
Sound boats were coming through, of course. 
Then we went into the Harlem River, the 
Spuyten Duyvil and at last the Hudson, ending 
our cruise at Hermit Point at the foot of the 
Palisades. 
We would not advise any one to go further 
than Saybrook—from which place you can get 
the Hartford boat for New York—as the waters 
of the Sound are frequently too rough for a 
canoe, and good campsites are difficult to ob¬ 
tain, owing to the sandy beaches and private 
property. A. C. A. No. 5660, 
A. C. A. No. 5723. 
A. C. A. Atlantic Division. 
Vice Commodore Quasebart, of the Atlantic 
Division, has appointed the following commit¬ 
tees : 
Hackensack Cruise. — May 14-15: E. V. 
Walker, Chairman, 2S0 W. Anderson street, 
Home again—hermit point. 
Hackensack, N. J.; J. H. Shroyer, F. W. Bald¬ 
win, Chas. Spenner. 
Rancocas Cruise.—May 29-30: J. E. Edgar, 
Chairman, 1209 Herbert street, Frankford, Pa.; 
H. S. Lukens, F. Andreas', W. C. D. Gauntt. 
Frank T. Wilson, Purser. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Atlantic Division. — Jack E. Gunther, 2980 
Marion avenue, Bedford Park, New York city, 
by U. M. VanVarick. 
Central Division. — Francis Hall, 205 Garfield 
avenue, Syracuse, N. Y., by C. H. Mattison. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Atlantic Division.—5957, Melvin E. Southard, 
Bordentown, N. J.; 5959, Norman C. Applegate, 
34 Plillcrest avenue, Trenton, N. J.; 5960, Frank 
E. Schneider, 515 West 1721! street, New York 
city; 5961, Joseph L. Schneider, 515 West I72d 
street, New York city; 5962, J. A. Schermer- 
horne, 938 Carteret avenue, Trenton, N. J.; 
5963, Harry L. Case, Jr., 325 South Warren 
street, Trenton, N. J.; 5964, Ira C. Hendrickson, 
Morrisville, Pa.; 5965, Arthur Lucke, 141 West 
97th street. New York city. 
Central Division.—3956, Ralph S. Cron, 301 
Colonial Building, Wilkinsburg, Pa. 
Northern Division.—5958, H. L. Sutherland, 
232 Dunn avenue, Toronto, Ont., Canada. 
MEMBER REINSTATED. 
Atlantic Division.—5226, David S. Hill, 262 
Bellevue avenue, Trenton, N. J. 
MEMBER DECEASED. 
Central Division.—3371, J. E. B. Thorn, Utica, 
N. Y., died, aged 80 years and 8 months, Feb. 
12, 1910. 
