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The Canoe: History, Uses, Limitations and Varieties, 
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Catching a Tow in the Porgie. 
BY C. G. DAVIS. 
It was Monday morning about 9 o’clock 
when I slowly drifted out into the river in the 
Porgie. We were all alone, the Porgie and I. 
Sunday, a party of four—father, mother, Will 
and I—had made a rattling run up the Hudson. 
Starting from New York at noon, we fetched 
Sing Sing about 7 o’clock that night. They had 
all deserted and gone back to New York by 
rail, leaving me, as I was not working, to bring 
the Porgie home. 
The Porgie didn’t object, and neither did I. 
We would both have been in fine spirits if there 
had only been a breeze; as it was, we had to 
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only sign of life on the river were the long 
‘‘tows” of canals creeping along the west shore. 
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The Porgie didn’t seem to understand this move 
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it would take me at least one or two days, prob¬ 
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folks, too, would not expect me for a couple of 
days. Now my scheme was to get a tow behind 
I HOVE THE ROPE. 
one of these tows, of canal boats coming down 
the river, get home by night and surprise all 
hands. 
A long string of canal boats being towed by 
the tug-boat Jas. T. Hart was coming down 
quite near us. The Porgie could not imagine 
what I was up to when she saw me get out a 
coil of rope, make one end fast forward, lead it 
outside the shrouds and then coil it all neatly 
on the top of the cabin. With the oars and boat¬ 
hook handy, 1 let the tug pass and wait until 
the first canal boat was opposite me; then I 
put out my oars and paddled toward the tow. 
When viewed at a distance these tows seem 
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alongside the bow of the last “canal,” I began 
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her rail to hold on until I could get a line made 
fast. The Porgie now saw what I was up to, 
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she proceeded to skate out sideways from under 
me. 
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could not go any further, but the hull still kept 
going out sideways, and one of two things was 
bound to happen. I either had to let go and 
lose not only all chance of getting home that 
night, but also my boat-hook, or hold on and 
have the Porgie upset. I chose the former 
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