Marcu 17, 1906.] 

FOREST AND STREAM. 

The Hydrographic Surveyors. 
BY WILLIAM LAMBERT BARNARD, 
I don’t claim to be much of a poet, 
I’ve never been versed in the arts; 
But I must sing the praise of the lad who surveys, 
And his fellows who make all the charts. 
There isn’t much glory for those chaps, 
An’ only a bit for pay; 
But they'll risk their necks to get some specks 
From tnder the rollin’ bay. 
They sound and sound for miles around, 
An’ sample the ocean’s floor, 
Making their notes in open boats, 
An’ postin’ ’em up ashore. 
They never shirk the hardest work, 
They’re out in rain and sleet, 
In tumblin’ seas they seem at ease, 
An’ gales with pleasure meet. 
A couple of flags on a handy hill, 
A monument built of sticks, 
Is all they ask to guide their task 
As they stand their endless tricks; 
A lead an’ line, an’ maybe a log, 
An’ a spirit compass, too, 
Is all they use in the work they choose, 
In the work they choose to do. 
No cove’s too small, no sea’s too wide, 
For them to lay it bare; 
They prod each reach an’ shelvin’ beach 
With equal skill an’ care. 
They study the tides an’ each gale besides, 
To find how the waters flow; 
And note the rips where the bottom dips, 
Or the sands shift to an’ fro. 
They’ll find a rock the size of a block 
If you'll only give ’em time, 
No matter how deep the surges sweep 
Over the rockweed slime. 
With never a swerve they follow the curve 
Of the twenty-fathom lines, 
From No Man’s Land to the Grand Manan, 
And on to the Bay of Mines. 
From Lurcher’s Shoal to Quicks’s Hole, 
Past Montauk southwest steer, 
From Hatteras to Christi Pass, 
The sea to them reads clear. 
They know the color and kind of sand 
You'll find on the Rose and Crown, 
And they can tell the sort of shell 
That marks the Middle Ground. 
If they say ‘“‘clay,’”’ you can bet your pay 
No mud on the flukes will stand, 
And their R d P means pebbles red— 
It don’t mean coarse white sand. 
There’s never a rock, a bar, nor spit, 
Never a one-horse shoal, 
Like the ‘‘Lommydoo,” but what they knew 
An’ measured its little whole. 
The ‘Stelwagen Bank, where the Portland sank, 
The ragged coast of Maine, 
The thousand lights that guide us nights, 
They’ve plotted right and plain. 
The largest ship and the smallest yacht— 
Tt’s not a matter of size— 
But keep your head and use your lead 
An’ follow the chart, me b’yes. 
There’s never an island, gulf, nor creek, 
From here to the River James, 
But what they’ve found an’ sounded round 
An’ given their proper names. 
You can call it luck, you can call it pluck— 
Whatever they have to do— 
Like markin’ a place where overfalls race— 
They do it, an’ ship-shape, too; 
So, wherever you goes, just follow your nose, 
An’ take their warnings to heart; 
Just mind the draught you carry aft, 
And blindly follow the chart. 
You can sail offshore, a week or more, 
Ten hundred miles from the Hook, : 
But you’ll find those chaps with their bloomin’ maps 
An’ little soundings book— 
Workin’ away with might and main— 
They never seem to tire 
Gettin’ the bottom three miles below 
With a bit of piano wire. 
I don’t know the how, nor even the why, 
The reason I can’t explain, 
But I’ll bet my pay, an’ thé old man’s lay, 
Their work is not in vain, 
An’ one of these days when the airship craze 
Has finished our ocean flights, 
They’ll make old Castor and Pollux act 
The part of the Cape Ann Lights; 
They’ll buoy the stars from here to Mars, 
An’ give you the course in full; 
They’ll have red sectors on Saturn’s rings 
An’ a whistler off the Bull; 
They’ll sound the voids of the Asteroids, 
An’ issue every noon 
‘The table of tides that an airship rides, 
When anchoring on the Moon. 
Oh, it’s easy enough to write the stuff 
That pours from poets’ hearts; 
But the wisest men—an’ the poorest paid— 
Are those who make our charts. 
Boston Letter. 
Deep oF Girt oF Lipton Cup.—The terms of 
the deed of gift of the Sir Thomas J. Lipton Cup 
for Massachusetts Bay, as decided by the special 
committee’ and accepted by the Executive Com- 
mittee of the Boston Y. C., are as follows: 
“Whereas, Sir Thomas J. Lipton, of Osage, 
Southgate, England, in recognition of the friendly 
feeling existing between himself and the yachts- 
men of the New England coast, and also in recog- 
nition of the skill, patience and daring in yacht 
racing which have long characterized them, has 
presented to the Boston Y. C., a corporation un- 
der the laws of the commonwealth of Massachu- 
setts, a silver cup, delivered herewith to the said 
club; now, therefore, it is hereby declared and 
agreed by and between the parties hereto that the 
said cup is to be held and transferred by said 
Boston Y. C. upon the following trusts and con- 
ditions: 
“1, This cup shall be known as the Sir 
Thomas J. Lipton Cup for Massachusetts Bay. 
“2. It shall become the property of the yacht 
owner in the 22-rating class (class Q) of the 
Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts, who 
shall first take two annual championships in the 
said class, under the requirements of the so-called 
universal rule of measurement and in accordance 
with the racing rules and regulations of the Y. 
R. A. of Massachusetts. 
“3. The said Boston Y. C. shall deliver this 
cup to the yacht owner thus winning two annual 
championships on presentation of satisfactory evi- 
dence of the winning of such championships; and 
with the cup the said yacht owner shall be given 
a copy of this deed; and such delivery shall vest 
in him a clear and complete title to said cup, for 
which he shall give a satisfactory receipt. 
“4. Pending the final disposition of this cup 
by the Boston Y. C. in the manner herein pro- 
vided, the name of each yacht taking an annual 
championship in the said 22-rating class of the 
Y. R. A. of Massachusetts, together with the 
name of her owner and the year, shall be en- 
graved on this cup. 
S5e) Suouldm them yee. AL) ote Massachusetts 
cease to exist, or the 22-rating class of the Asso- 
ciation cease to engage in its championship races 
before this cup is won, then the Executive Com- 
mittee of the said Boston Y. C., exercising an au- 
thority hereby conferred for the purpose of deal- 
ing with such contingencies, shall provide for the 
disposition of this cup in such a manner as shall 
appear to the club best calculated to carry out 
the wishes of the donor of the cup, and at the 
same time conserve whatever interests any yacht 
Owner or owners may have secured in the cup 
under the terms of this deed.” 
Secretary A. T. Bliss, of the Y. R. A. of 
Massachusetts, has issued a circular to the 26 
clubs which form the Association, asking co- 
operation of all yachtsmen interested in the Asso- 
ciation in building boats for the new class. It 
is understood that several yachtsmen are now 
considering plans for 22-raters. It is quite prob- 
able that several boats will be built for the class 
this season, but it is likely that the greatest de- 
velopment will be shown in 1907. 
ANNUAL MEETING oF Y. R. A. or M.—The an- 
nual meeting of the Y. R. A. of Massachusetts 
will be held at Young’s Hotel on Thursday even- 
ing, March 15. All or part of the racing dates 
for the season may be taken at this meeting. The 
adoption of racing rules agreed upon at the re- 
cent Atlantic Coast Conference will be consid- 
ered. It is proposed to amend the by-laws so 
that the Executive Committee will be composed 
cf five members instead of eight. Officers for the 
year will be elected. 
Work at Lawtey’s.—At Lawley’s the 1o3ft. 
easclene yacht Elkhorn for Mr. H. F. Hanson is 
finished, with the exception of installing the en- 
gine, which will be a Standard of 300 horsepower. 
The 55-rating schooner Dervish for Commodore 
H. A. Morss, of the Corinthian Y. C., is receiv- 
ing her cabin work. Inside joiner work is going 
in the 78ft. power cruiser for Mr. W. M. Lover- 
ing, of Taunton. The keel is set up for the 22- 
rater designed by Mr. Charles D. Mower. The 
cruising cutter designed by Mr. Linton Hope for 
a Philadelphia yachtsman is nearly finished. It is 
rumored that this boat is intended to be a com- 

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