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[June 20, 1908. 
out on the backbone of the point above here 
and just the other side of that is Pisauga.” 
As we left the store we told the man to tell 
Albert we had just left and to come on, that we 
would wait for him. “He’s a fellow with a wide- 
brimmed, brown felt hat and a red flannel shirt 
on; you’ll know him when you see him—tall 
and thin he is, with red freckles all over his 
face.” 
Continuing our way down the street, we came 
to the edge of the mountain, and looking over 
at the surf rolling in among the rocks on the 
shore miles below, I could not help thinking 
what would be the fate of a man if he fell over; 
he would not stop until he went splash into the 
sea, and long before he reached the bottom he 
would be a corpse. Here was where Joe said 
the railroad had given away and hurled a num¬ 
ber of people down the incline to death. He 
pointed out to us a narrow ledge cut in the 
face of the cliff that zig-zagged its way to the 
beach below. That, he said, was where the cars 
ran, but it was now used only as a foot path. 
There was a slide here as at Caleta Buena, 
only this one had but one track and we saw the 
clumsy windlass at the top by which the cars 
were worked. Far below us, so small she 
looked like a toy at anchor, lay a ship; we 
could see her decks as if drawn on a piece of 
paper, and looked down upon the tops of her 
masts. The little black dots moving about her 
decks were men hard at work loading her with 
saltpeter from a lighter that lay alongside. 
We walked along the very edge of this sandy 
cliff until Junin lay a mile or so behind us, and 
then we sat down to rest and eat a bite or two. 
There was a peculiar growth of snake-like vine 
covering the ground in places that had small, 
sharp thorns upon it and looked as if it had 
grown up during the night and then been 
scorched into a dried-up stem during the day 
by the sun. 
Sitting in a spot that was free from the vine, 
we were eating some bread and sipping water, 
when who should cpme over a hill not a hun¬ 
dred yards away but the familiar figure of Albert 
with his flaming red shirt and wide hat. He was 
glad to see us again and so were we to see him. 
Joe, now that he was sober, insisted on supply¬ 
ing Albert with whatever he had. 
“How did you come to find us?” was the 
question we all asked him at once. 
“Why, I filled my bottle at the same place you 
did; the old fellow there said you fellows had 
just left when I came along. He took me into 
his hut and gave me a plate of soup,” said he. 
We were a much happier crowd when we re¬ 
sumed our walking; we were no longer tortured 
in mind with fears for the man we had left be¬ 
hind. All were united again, and a feeling of 
good fellowship seemed to have sprung up 
among us. 
Ahead of us a point of land running far out 
into the sea shut off the view to the north, but 
looking back, we could see the shore line for 
miles and miles to the southward. As we neared 
the point the path became a mere ledge cut into 
the face of a perpendicular wall of earth, and in 
some places we had to leap over breaks where 
the path had been wiped out by small land¬ 
slides. 
Stopping again to rest, I threw an empty con¬ 
densed milk can down the cliff, and as long as 
I could see it, it went rolling on and on down 
toward the sea. But it was too small an object, 
and I lost sight of it long before it reached the 
bottom. 
It took all the nerve I possessed to make 
some of the jumps across places where the path 
had been wiped out. On level ground it would 
have been only a short jump, but it took the 
nerve out of me to look across _ and see a 
narrow ledge only about eighteen inches wide 
for me to land on, and the cliff going almost 
straight up and down from it. Then as we fol¬ 
lowed the path out on to the point of land, we 
found in some places it was a steep ridge or 
backbone of earth about two feet wide and so 
steep on either side it meant death to fall. It 
was like walking on top of a fence, as I had 
done many and many a time at home in my 
younger days. 
About half an hour before sunset we came to 
the edge of the point of land, and cautiously 
looking over, beheld Pisauga, a good-sized city, 
at our feet with about a dozen ships anchored 
in the bay. The city itself was well laid out, 
the houses neatly painted and all bore the ap¬ 
pearance of prosperity. There was a moor, or 
landing stage at the center of the town, the 
streets were all paved and had sidewalks of flag¬ 
stones or brick. I also noticed a railroad track 
and could trace its course far to the north across 
a plain and up the mountain side, where they 
were not so high as here. A line of telegraph 
poles also cut ’crosslots from the city over the 
mountains and was probably the same line we 
had been following back in the country. 
Out further on the point we were on, where 
the rocks were steep and jagged, was a sort of 
signal tower erected, and I could just - imagine 
the wild and lonely view that must be presented 
from its windows. 
[to be continued.] 
A copy of the Andrew Thompson’s Yachting 
Guide, received at this office, gives in a con¬ 
densed form a great deal of interesting data on 
English yachting. The list of winners of the 
various noted cups are interesting, going back 
as it does in the case of the Queen’s cup to the 
year 1839 and even to 1834 when King William 
IV. gave the cups. There are speed tables, 
tables of distances and the international rule 
passed by the international conference in Lon¬ 
don in 1906. This rule presents an interesting 
subject for thought among American yachtsmen, 
as this rule is to stay in force for ten years from 
Jan. 1, 1908. Think of it! What a blessing it 
would be to this country if we knew the rule 
of measurement would stay the same for more 
than a few years. 
Another good feature of this little book is 
its compact size, 3J4 by 4small enough to 
slip easily into a pocket. 
*t * * 
The following yachts have been sold through 
the agency of Stanley M. Seaman: Hunting 
launch Adria, E. D. Hunter, Manhattan Club, 
to A. C. Baur, of this city. Adria just returned 
from Charleston and her new owner will use 
her for cruising in Long Island Sound. Power 
yacht Nydia, Bancroft C. Davis, Boston, to 
A. L. Kerker, Knickerbocker Yacht Club. 
Nydia is a 55ft. raised deck cruiser of 
Lawley’s latest design, fitted with a 25 horse¬ 
power Standard engine. Her new owner brought 
her down from Boston, leaving May 29 and 
nearly lost her in a heavy southwester off 
Provincetown. The yacht suffered minor dam¬ 
age. Hunting launch Carolee, Frederick A. 
Johnson, Uncasville, Conn., to R. W. Allen, 
Kenosha, Wis. The yacht has been fited out 
and passed through New York yesterday to her 
new home via Erie Canal, St. Lawrence River 
and Great Lakes. 
* * * 
The weather has been most cantankerous 
this season, spoiling by fog, rain and wind 
the Harlem’s race on May 30, and the New York 
Y. C.’s first race of the season at Glen Cove on 
June 18 by a total absence of wind, two extremes, 
but each effective in preventing the start of the 
race. 
The Indian Harbor Y. C. race on May 30 suf¬ 
fered the same as the Harlems in which two or 
three yachts did manage to get around in the 
fog and found the turning marks—-Mist and 
Bedouin, the former won, though there was no 
judges’ boat to take their time at the finish, and 
so no publicity was given the event. The judges 
were, to say the least, upset—seasick some call 
it.—but whatever it was they lost all interest in 
anything but terra firma, and made for it fast. 
»i « * 
The Hawaiian schooner yacht Hawaii will be 
in command of Capt. S. J. Harris in the San 
Pedro, Cal., to Plawaii race that starts from the 
former port July 4. There are now four entries 
for this race. 
Canoeing. 
A. C. A. Fixtures. 
July 10-24.—Western Division Camp.—Spring Lak 
Grand Haven, Mich. 
July 11-19.—Atlantic Division Camp. — Plum Poin 
Cornwall-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
-.—Central Division Cruise and Camp.—All 
gheny River. 
Aug. 7-21.—A. C. A. Camp.—Sugar Island, St. Lawrent 
River. 
Sept. 5-7.—Atlantic Division Camp.—Hermit Point, Hu< 
son River. 
- —.—Central Division Cruise and Camp.- 
Allegheny River. 
Atlantic Division Camp. 
The annual meet of the Atlantic Division o 
the American Canoe Association will be held o 
Plum Point, about half way between Cornwa 
and Newburgh, N. Y., on the west shor 
of the Pludson River, July 11-19 inclusive. 1 
cordial invitation is extended to members o 
other divisions. The election of officers for th 
year 1909 in this division will be held the even 
ing of July 18. Each club having six or mor 
members in the current A. C. A. Year Book i 
entitled to one representative on the nominatin; 
committee. Commodores of clubs are requests 
to have their delegates appointed in advance fo 
this committee. Unattached members are aL 
entitled to representation, and a committeema; 
will be appointed from among those in Cam 
who are not members of a club. 
Plum Point is of a sand and gravel formatioi 
and is high and dry. The main camp will b 
located on the northern end of the point amon 
large chestnut and oak trees. A portion of th 
grounds will be reserved for a ladies’ camp fo 
the use of members with their wives, sisters am 
guests. There is a good spring of fresh wate 
and abundant fire wood. No tents will be fur 
nished by the association. There will be no gen 
eral public mess. Several grocers and butcher 
in Cornwall will deliver orders direct to th 
camp by wagon. Milk can be had at a dairy i 
the vicinity. The usual dues of $1 will be col 
lected from all members and others who are.i: 
camp, visitors remaining only a portion of a da 
excepted. All tent sites will be marked off I 
plots containing about 150 square feet and num 
bered. Those expecting to attend the meet ar 
requested to forward their $1 camp dues to V 
J. Flynn, Purser, North Terrace Avenue, M> 
Vernon, N. Y., stating the name of their club 
size and style of their tent, and will then receiv 
a numbered site ticket and official badge. 
The following trophy events of the divisioi 
will be contested for on July 18: 
Elliott Trophy.—For decked canoes, 112 squar 
feet, straight away, half mile. 
Lady-Bug Cup.—Open canoe sailing, 40 squar 
feet s 3 il area. One man, single blade, half mil 
with turn. Tandem, single blades, half mile wit! 
turn. 
For any additional information concerning 
' this camp address Frederic Andreas, Vice-Corn 
1 Broadway, New York city; Theodore Quase 
hart, Rear-Corn., 112 Spring Street, New Yorl 
city; or William J. Flynn, Purser, North Ter. 
race Avenue, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Central Division.—R. C. Gaylord, Rome, N 
Y., and Newton H. Jones, Rome, N. Y-, both 
by D. A. Hollister; G. E. McCurdy, 1113 Unioi 
Station, Pittsburg, Pa., and E. E. Stetson, in. 
Union Station, Pittsburg, Pa., both by H. D 
James. 
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