
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Leave the water always and dress with promptness, and dress at once. 
Do it immedately on suffering from chilliness, especially if there be 
numbness of hands and feet. 
The best time for bathing for strong persons is before breakfast. 
; a the young or weakly the best time is two or three hours after break- 
ast. 
Bathing should be entirely avoided by those in whom it habitually 
causes faintness, giddiness, or disagreeable palpitation of the heart. 
Exposures of the head to the sun during bathing is attended with 
special danger of sun-stroke. 
The proper method of bringing a drowning man to shore is to approach the 
drowning man from behind. Seize him with your left hand by the hair, 
coat-collar, or shoulder. Turn him upon his back, and then’ place his 
head upon your chest, and, with your right arm free, swim upon your 
back to the land. (If by the left hand alone it be too difficult to turn him 
upon his back, apply, in addition, the right hand to his right shoulder, and 
the turning will be easily accomplished). If he be conscious, encourage 
him and direct him to straighten out his legs. 
If the drowning man be out of sight under the water, watch carefully 
for the rising of a bubble upon the surface; he will usually be found 
directly below it. 
Pachting and Boating 
HIGH WATER, FOR THE WEEK. 






DATE. BOSTON. | NEW YORK CHARLESTON 
h. m. h. m. h. m. 
August 21, 10 55 7 39 6 55 
aA 22, 11 34 85: T 34 
i 23, morn. 8 54 8 09 
= 24, 0 09 9 30 8 44 
Lis 25, 0 44 10 04 9 18 
26, yas 10 36 9 52 
a 27, 1 & 11 12 10 29 


The storm of last week interfered sadly with the pro- 
gramme of the New York Yacht Club, now on its annual 
cruise. It kicked up an ugly sea on Long Island Sound, 
and compelled the yachts to run into the several harbors 
for shelter, where they remained for two days weather- 
bound. None of the skippers felt inclined to improve the 
opportunity thus afforded to test the sea-going qualities of 
their jaunty craft, but preferred -to lay snugly at their 
chains under the lee of the land. The daily press have 
very unjustly, we think, joined in chaffing these amateur 
tars and jolly yachtsmen for their lack of pluck in declin- 
ing to weather out the storm. We much doubt if these 
writers have any idea of the nasty chop which can be 
kicked up on the Sound, and we fancy if they had been in 
the places of those they so glibly ridicule they would have 
done precisely as they did, and put for harbor. If they 
didn’t they ought to. It is better to do this than to start 
your seams and lose your top hamper. As the pursuit of 
the*squadron is pleasure, and not a cruise in the high lati- 
tudes or across the Atlantic, it seems reasonable that the 
sailing masters and owners should choose a clear sky and a 
smooth sea, even at the risk of being called ‘‘fair weather 
sailors.” Weare free to affirm that it was by no means a 
lack of courage or seamanship that made them seek secu- 
rity, as the sailing masters and crews are picked men from 
the mercantile marine of the world, and no one will 
gainsay but that the owners are at times recklessly daring. 
We must all recollect that even in these prosperous times 
the richest of us dislikes to have a brand new set of racing 
sails split to ribbons just on the eve of the greatest regatta, 
as regards cups, purses, &c., ever held at Newport. Most 
all of the yachts carried two sets of sails, one for cruising 
and the other for racing, and the majority of the yachts 
that sought good anchorage were in good racing trim. 
What would some of our roadsters think of trotting out 
their hight wagons over stony roads, or through deep mud, 
to test the strength of their wheels and axles, the wind and 
bottom of their fast steppers, and their own pluck to en- 
dure a cold and pelting rain-storm ? ‘‘How high is dat 2” 
The New York Yacht Squadron started again, August 18, 
from Newport on a cruise. It was the intention to anchor 
overnight at Oak Bluffs, one of the worst anchorages on the 
coast with the prevailing wind. The weather again was 
very dirty and stormy, and after cruising for an hour or 
so, several of the yachts coming to grief, the commodore 
very properly signalled from the flag-ship the order to re. 
turn to Newport. The stragglers came in one by one, 
and reported on board the flag-ship for consultation. The 
schooners Alarm, Resolute, Madeleine, Tarolinta, Rambler, 
Columbia, Tidal Wave, Josephine, Idler, Foam, Eva, and 
Clio, and the sloops Vision and Vindex were represented. 
Talking over the morning sail the damage. was found to be 
considerable. The Columbia had snapped her main gaff, 
the Vindex sprung her mainmast, the Vixen sprung aleak 
in her sternport, and the Eva parted her starboard shroud. 
After some little discussion, it was decided for the present 
to give up the visit to Martha’s Vineyard, and a telegram to 
that effect was immediately despatched to the proprietor of 
the Sea View House. 
The Bennett and Douglass cups will be sailed for to-day. 
If the races are all concluded by Friday night the fleet will 
leave on Saturday morning for the Vineyard, and return to 
Newport on Tuesday. 
The following yachts have entered for the Bennett cup:— 
Tarolinta, Madeleine, Tidal Wave, Idler, Foam, Alarm, Eva, 
Clio, and perhaps the Madgie. The boats will start from an 
imaginary line between Fort Adams and the Dumplings, 
and sail around Block Island buoy and return. 
The New Rochelle Yacht Club have become an incor- 
porated body, and leased Huckleberry Island in the, Sound, 
near the shore. They are about to build a handsome club- 
house and dock, to cost about $6,000. The club comprises 
about twenty yachts, and doubtless will meet with the suc- 
cess it deserves. * 
The fourth annual regatta of the Charlestown Yacht 
Club took place August 18, off Long Island. Twelve boats 
entered. The course for first-class yachts was fifteen miles 
and for second-class twelve miles. Mystery took the first 
prize, an elegant silver pitcher, and Daion the second prize. 
In the second-class Bullbow took the first prize and Odd 
Fellow the second. Center-board boats, Lilley took the 
first prize, and Napoleon the second. 


The Atalanta boat club held their twenty-fifth annual 
regatta, and the first regatta on the Harlem river, on Satur- 
day, August 16th. The weather looked ominous in the 
morning, and deterred many friends of the Atalanta’s from 
participating in the favorite pastime., At twelve o’clock 
the sun poured down with a vengeance. Many members 
going down by rail swelled the number on board the steamer 
(N. Seymour) and barge to almost 600. Take the regatta as 
a whole it was a great success; take it as an exhibition of 
rowing, it was scarcely’ satisfactory; the course should al- 
ways be kept as clear as possible, the starting point dis- 
tinctly seen, and the starter heard by pistol shot other- 
wise. 
The first race senior sculls; entries: J. C. O'Neil, ma- 
jenta and lavender; E. Blake, red and crimson; Eben 
Losee, purple and red. Distance two miles. Losee 
took the start, and was fouled by Blake, who upset; 
O'Neil gave up rowing, and Losee won at good pace, 
making the distance in fourteen minutes fifty seconds. The 
second race junior sculls; entries, James Goodrich, George 
Young, W. A. Penny, and E. Mills. George Young 
took the first prize, and W. A. Penny the second prize, 
the gold cross. 
The third race, two eight-oared barges entered; the fol- 
lowing crewscame to starting point. Columbia—W. Knight, 
E. Mills, Jr., W. C. Mainland, W. A. Penny, P. C. Benja- 
min, E. Losee, C. D. Zachman, W. H. Shear, stroke, J. B. 
Burrell, coxswain, 
Atalanta—W. T. Mook, J. Withey, A. R. Haddock, H. 
R. Goodrich, M. B. Cox, George Young,.W. E. Silken, C 
Earwicher, stroke, A. S. Swain, coxswain. 
The Columbia crew took the lead and maintained it 
throughout, wining easily by three lengths. 
The fourth race; married os. single. The married men 
had previously won twenty years in succession, but failed 
to obtain their majority. Married—A. 8. Swain, Van 
Zandt, A. Handy, T. Van Radin, stroke. 
Single—E. Blake, H. B. Leroy, C. 8. Osborn, J. C. 
O'Neill, stroke. 
This race, was for the champion flag of the club. 
O’Neill’s crew had their oars first in the water, and gained 
a decided start, which they kept up until finish, coming in 
some four lengths ahead. 
Between the races of the Atalanta’s the Gulick entered 
four single sculls, John Bryson, W. H. Sear, Thomas 
Moore, and J. A. Kobbe, who rowed for the cham pion 
badge of the club, valued at $150, to become the final 
property of the winner, as the ‘‘old Gulicks” are about to 
disband. The younger members propose organizing a new 
club in the spring. This race was won with perfect ease 
by John Bryson, who becomes the happy possessor of the 
champion badge. , 
On coming home the sight down the river was very pic. 
turesque; the shores lined with people, and the several 
boating clubs sent their single sculls, pair-oars, gigs, eight 
and ten oared barges to enliven the beautiful scene. On 
passing Randall’s Island, Wallace’s full band struck up 
“Hail Columbia,” boys and children lining the shores, 
and with their shrill voices giving us a parting salute. 
The Saratoga Rowing Association hold a grand national 
regatta on September 11th and 12th. It is open to all recog- 
nized amateur boating associations in the United States and 
Dominion of Canada. Entries must be made on or before 
September 1st. Saratoga lake, as everybody knows, is a 
lovely sheet of water, and has an unobstructed course of 
five miles straight away. As an evidence of good faith on 
the part of clubs entering their boats an entrance fee of $20 
will be required, to be returned if the boat entered draws 
into line. The distance in the single, double, and*paired 
oared races will be two miles. In the four-oared shell race 
the distance will be three miles—one and a half miles and 
return. The total value of the prizes is $3,000. Amateurs 
only will be allowed to row. 
. John Kyle, foot of 188rd street, East river, is finishing a 
new boat for the Harlem River Rowing club; the boat is 
built of white cedar, Spanish cedar upper streak, forty 
feet long, three feet seven inches beam, sliding seats. 
Weight 180 pounds. 
George Brown of Halifax, and John A. Biglin of New 
York, will row an ‘‘ Internations] Scullers’ race,” two and 
a half milesand return in Halifax harbor, Thursday, August 
28th, for $1,000 aside. It is the intention of Biglinif he 
wins, to challenge the champions of the Tyne and the 
Thames, in England. 
The following are the rules’ adopted by the Stewards for 
the government of the International regatta, to take place 
next month near St. John, New Brunswick. We print 
them, more particularly to serve the future use of those who 
may like to defer to the judgment of professionals and hon- 
orable experts in regatta rules to be adopted: 
1. The races shall take place on the Kennebecasis River, on the usual 
regatta course, on the 17th day of September; or should the weather 
on that day proye unfavorable, on the first suitable day, thereafter. 
2. All races shall be started in the following manner; The starter on 
being satisfied that the competitors are ready, shall give the signal to 
start. 
3. If the starter considers the start false, he shall at once recall the 
boats to their first staions, and any boat refusing to start again shall be 
distanced, 
4. No fouling, whatever, shall be allowed. 
5, It is in the province of the umpire, when appealed to, but not before, 
to decide afoul. The boat decided by him to have fouled shall be dis- 
tanced. 
6. It shall be considered a foul when, after the race has commenced, any 
competitor by his boat, oar, or person, comes in contact with the oar, 
boat or person of another competitor, and nothing else shall be consid- 
ered a foul, ; 
7. Any boat taking another’s (boats) water does so at his own peril, 
and it shall be held that a boat’s own water is the straight course from 
its starting point to its turning point. 
8. Each boat shall turn its own buoy, the turn to be made in shore 
toward Rothesay. 
9. If in any race in which more than two boats start a foul takes place, 
and the boat adjudged by the umpire to have been fouled reaches the 
turning point first, the race shall be decided as the boats come in; but if 
the boat fouled does not come in first, or if the umpire is unable to de- 
cide which boat has committed the foul, the race shall be rowed oyer 
again, unless the umpire shall decide that the boat which came in first 
had sufficient lead at the moment of the foul to warrant it having the 
race assigned to it. 
10. Whenever the umpire shall direct a race to be rowed over again, 
any boat refusing to row again shall be distanced. 
11. Every boat shall stand by its own accidents. 
12. The decisions given by the umpire shall be final, and there shall be 
no appeal therefrom, 
When the affair comes off, another batch of regulations 
will be issued by which the affairs of the regatta shall 
be governed . 
Shoat Gun and Rifle. 
GAME IN SEASON FOR AUGUST. 




Woodcock, Scolopax Rusticola; Esquimaux Curlew, Numenius Borealis; 
Primated Grouse, Tetrao Cupido, Blue “Grouse of Weshington Territory, 
Tetrao Cesius, and all kinds of Bay birds, “including the Godwit, Limo- 
sine, Curlew, Numenius Arquata, Plover, Charadraius, and Sandpipers, 
Tringine. Also such kind of wild fowl as are strong of wing. 
ED ae > 
Under this head last week an unfortunate blunder was 
made by inadvertently changing the captions of two 
articles that had been prepared, the one for pinnated grouse, 
aud the other for ruffed grouse. It now stands corrected. 
The weather during the early part of our current week was 
decidedly bad for shooting, storms of more or less violence 
prevailing from Maine to Minnesota, which drove the birds 
to close cover. If there is anything a dainty bird dislikes it 
is to get his plumage wet. By this time, however, they have 
probably shaken out their feathers and are on the wing 
again. 
An almost endless variety of birds is found on the shores 
and inlets of Long Island and New Jersey. The best 
feeding grounds are Pelican bar, South bay; Ege Har- 
bour, Montauk point, Forked rivers near Barnegat, several 
promontories near Stonington, Conn., Currituck Inlet, N. 
C., and Cobb’s Island on the Eastern shore of Virgin- 
ia. At the two latter named places, shooting commences 
early in September. The Godwit commonly called ‘‘Mar- 
lin” are getting scarcer every year. It is a very noisy bird 
and has an odd shrill cry that sounds like “grutto” rapidly 
repeated; they are very strong on the wing, of a light grey 
color, and feed in bogs and marshes near the sea shore, 
have four eggs, and are very delicious as a table bird, 
Curlew are generally very abundant and breed in high, 
hilly, and sandy grounds. The nest is very slight and 
usually contains four eggs, placed with the small ends to- 
gether. These birds have a singular way of just keeping 
out of gun-shot, and rise with a mournful cry, alarming 
every bird within hearing, thus spoiling the sport among 
the Wiletts, as at certain seasons they frequently associate 
with one another. The best decoy is to tie a dark band- 
anna handkerchief on the top of a small stick, the gunnex 
lying concealed behind some dry drift wood, waiving the 
decoy and imitating their cry from time to time. It is not 
thought highly of asa table bird, but when properly cooked 
with a little lemon, and good cayenne, it is not to be de- 
spised. R 
The plover (several species) have a singular habit when 
alighting on the ground in the breeding time; they drop 
their wings, stand with their legs half bent, and trembling 
as if unable to support their bodies. In this absurd position 
they will sometimes stand for several minutes, uttering a 
curious sound, and then seem to balance themselves with 
great difficulty. This singular maneuvre is no doubt in- 
tended to induce a belief that they may be easily caught and 
so turn the attention of the egg-gatherer from the pursuit of 
the eggs to themselves. Plovers’ eggs are recognized all 
over the world asa great delicacy. The Wiletts, yellow 
legs and Sandpipers have so often been described that most of 
our readers are familiar with their habits. The first flight of 
these birds was seen August 7th, by Cornelius Bennett, from 
his yacht ‘‘ Mystic,” B. Y. C., Freeport, South side L. I. 
The most successful way to shoot these birds is as follows: 
If possible, go out early in the morning on a high flood tide, 
taking care to select along narrow sand-bar that is not 
covered at high water, and one that juts out from the main 
land; gather some dry drift-wood and build a small blind, 
scooping out the sand. You can then put out a few stools 
about twenty-five yards from the blinds on the edge of high 
water, and commence to imitate their whistle; if the wind 
should be blowing on shore and the tide likely to be very 
high, the sand bars will be all covered and the birds, having 
no place to alight, fly backwards and forwards across this 
point waiting for the tide to recede. Never pick up the 
wing-tipped ones, as they act as nature’s decoys; they flutter 
their wings, uttering shrill whistles, and bring down hun- 
dreds of others to see ‘‘ what is the matter.” Now is the 
time to let them have it, as you generally can kill several 
dozens in the next half hour, Another plan is to sail leisurely 
down on the birds as they are feeding on the bars; but if 
there are any Curlew there, look out, as it is necessary to re- 
main perfectly still and hide yourself. The slightest over- 
sight on the part of the sportsmen to observe these laws, 
the Curlew will instantly give the alarm and your sport is 
nil. With everything in your favor, tides, wind, slightly 
foggy weather, the shooting at Curlew is generally at long 
range. Now and then you may get a crack at them as they 
fly over at forty yards or so. Your clothes should be of a 
marsh-grass, or sedge color. Always have the barrels of 
your gun well ‘“‘ browned;” use a ten bore, four and a half 
drams of powder, and one and a quarter ounces of No. 7 
shot, a pair of rubber boots and a light rubber blanket. For 
the smaller bay snipe you can use No. 10 shot and upwards, 
