Identifier: ForeststreamXXVIA (find matches)
Title: Forest and stream
Year: 1873 (1870s)
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Subjects: Periodicals Hunting Fishing Outdoor life Sports
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : (Forest and Stream Publishing Co.)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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kins, a nasty, cold drizzle making the prospects for the night veryunpleasant. The distance to the next lock was ten miles, and as therewas a station for man and beast at the lock, which we would notreach before 7,1 determined to tie up for the night. No green lanternbeing on boasd, a white light was displayed after dark. It is notdifficult to shoot into the locks at uigut. They are all alike; theirwhite-painted caps and posis and the shape of the approaches beingguides which are easily discerned. But the weather was so raw (andI had missed the noonday meal) that a stop was imperative. Teamsare changed at these stations and a fresh driver taken on. A voiuble sou of Erin announced himself as m.y next companion. He foundthe stove of the companys building so much pleasauter than t he ideaof setting forth through such a nignt, that he was relieved to fiud meprepared to await the next day. The Coot pulled out to a cribbing,the end of which afforded a turnout to avoid colliding with passing
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LATEEN RIGS FOR ICE BOATS. boats. Sbr> wis tied to the bank, an 1 after Suppar I turned in for agood nights rest, which was appreciated after thcuousual work andexposure of tne day. Several times the horns of canallers and dullwhistles of steam propellers brok-s uoon my senses, aid a vague fear-eized me that the Coot might be ruu down or crushed by soma care-less fellow. As a precaution I had one lantern burning on deck andkept the cabin lamp bright all night. Nothing more serious tookplace th in a slight chafing of paint against the bank in answer to thes-veils of the steamers. Mooring lines must be made well fast iu a<caaal, as the suction of pissing boats will drag the moored craft offshore with considerable force. C. P. K. THE CRUISE OF THE PILGRIM.-VI. BIT. DR. W, H. WINSLOW. THERE is only one other of our num arous excursions that I will men -tion. One morning. O. A. Pillsbury. editor of the RepublicanJournal of Belfast. Me., R. G. Dyer, local editor, and G. H. Quimby, hu-

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