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C*j>*e Handling and Sailing. 
The Canoe: History, Uses, Limitations and Varieties, 
Practical Management and Care, and Relative Facts. 
By C. Bowyer Vaux (“Dot). Illustrated. Cloth, 
168 pages. Price, $1.00. New and revised edition, 
with additional matter. 
A complete manual for the management of the canoe. 
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their uses and how to remedy them. In this discussion 
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Unde Lisha’s Shop. 
Life in a Corner of Yankeeland. By Rowland E. Robin¬ 
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The shop itself, the place of business of Uncle Lisha 
Peggs, bootmaker and repairer, was a sort of sportsman’s 
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the hunters and fishermen of the widely scattered neigh¬ 
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The Origin of the Sail. 
Continued from page 584. 
Three hundred men felled the timber and 
as many oxen hauled it to the shore. Six 
months expired before the timber was on the 
beach. But at last it was on board, when, lo! 
eleven ships of the enemy were sighted in the 
offing. Wen-Amen was blockaded, and in 
despair he sat down on the beach to weep. The 
king heard the news and wept also, but sent con¬ 
solation in the person of a singing girl, together 
with promises of aid. The Zakkala were per¬ 
suaded to let the timber ships depart, but con¬ 
trary winds drove them into strange waters. 
Cyprus was in the way, and stranding on that 
coast, where the natives threatened to kill him, 
the poor timber contractor was in sore straits, 
for he could not speak a word of that country’s 
language. But the queen interposed, and find¬ 
ing an interpreter who spoke the stranger’s 
tongue, our bold mariner begged for his life and 
protection for his goods. Here the papyrus 
was cut off for a sail, and the official report 
ends. Egypt was at the feet of all the pirates 
ashore and afloat, so that the eleventh century 
dawned on her ruin. Solomon had many fleets 
built by the Tyrians, some of which visited the 
Spanish peninsula, while others voyaged west 
to trade with the happy Arabs, and still larger 
ships like unto those of Tarshish build—the great 
East Indiamen of their day—went to the far 
Orient. Cathay—China—was reached in safety, 
and many were the goods those towering vessels 
brought home. Arabia supplied his court with 
the berry from which was brewed “the cup that 
cheers”—the best coffee in the world—and if tea 
came also, wine must have fallen into disfavor, 
except for communion services in the temple. 
“Happy Arabia” sent him gold. Sheba’s queen 
visited him and wealth accumulated. The 
Arabian northwest is now believed to have been 
very strong in the days of Tyrian supremacy. 
Mutsri, as it is named in the inscriptions, was an 
ally of the Ethiopian dynasty, according to one 
of the best authorities. 7 Tyre was then the great 
ship-building city of the middle seas, and we 
read with interest that twelve of her vessels de¬ 
feated a fleet of sixty war ships and eight hun¬ 
dred men, which the Assyrian king commanded 
to attack the old city. Eive hundred prisoners 
were captured by the gallant squadron. Tyrus, 
“Dan of Sidon,” “Mother of Carthage,” was an 
important city as late as the last of the Arab 
kings. During the empire of the south it was 
considered an impregnable fortress. It covered 
an island of one hundred and forty-two acres 
besides fifteen acres that the sea had over¬ 
whelmed. Memphis itself was not much older. 
Ezekiel, in describing its maritime power, locates 
it “in the heart of the seas.” It disappeared 
long ago and the waves often run high above 
its ancient foundations. 
Noldeke has left us one of the liveliest re¬ 
minders extant of Arabian antiquity in his 
aramaic inscription of the sixth century before 
our era opened. Taima was the locality of this 
discovery. Euting found it in the heart of the 
empire. Others had visited the spot, and one 
who wrote exhaustively was ridiculed for “his 
visionary account of an extraordinarily tame 
journey.” He committed suicide. His state¬ 
ments have since been verified. I am sorry that 
his name has escaped me. 
One of the earliest travelers who interested 
me in the subject has been dead many years. 
Few remember him now, but his lectures and 
his conversation were fascinating as well as 
popular. “Travels in Arabia” was published in 
1872. “Bedowin’s Song,” a beautiful lyric, at¬ 
tracted the world’s attention. Both are out of 
print now. But Bayard Taylor should be re¬ 
membered. He was the first man to lift his 
voice in defense of the Arabs who disowned 
the false prophet and acknowledged Christianity 
as the true faith. Taylor was born early in the 
first month of 1825. Died in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 
19, 1878. Forest and Stream. I am glad to 
note, has taken up travel. Bayard Taylor 
traveled. Indeed, he was always traveling some- 
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By Perry D. Frazer. Cloth. Illustrated. Price, $1.00. 
Full of practical information for outdoor people, 
whether they travel in canoes, with pack animals or 
carry their outfits on their own backs. 
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Managing Gasolene Engines 
are discussed in the book 
“HOW TO BUILD A LAUNCH FROM PLANS" 
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Canoes, Rowing and Sailing Boats, and Hunting Craft. 
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