Forest and stream . cellent opportunity oc-curred to test the new invention. A capsize indeed took place, andthe programme was carried out to the letter. All heavy article* weremade fast, the line paid out, and buoyed by tne hatch. Next thecanoeist succeeded in righting bis boat, boarding her and bailing out,by which time help had arrived from the shore in the shape of anative in a rowboat, -who kindly volunteered to pick up such articlesas were floating about. When order was restored on board, thenative itiu so I cut it. The mgeutous canoeist said a warm farewell to thenative, and paddled on
Forest and stream . cellent opportunity oc-curred to test the new invention. A capsize indeed took place, andthe programme was carried out to the letter. All heavy article* weremade fast, the line paid out, and buoyed by tne hatch. Next thecanoeist succeeded in righting bis boat, boarding her and bailing out,by which time help had arrived from the shore in the shape of anative in a rowboat, -who kindly volunteered to pick up such articlesas were floating about. When order was restored on board, thenative itiu so I cut it. The mgeutous canoeist said a warm farewell to thenative, and paddled on to the nearest point whence he could tele-graph to New York for a submarine diver. WATERPROOFING MIXTURE.—A correspondent sends the fol-lowing: Boiled oil, one quart; soft soap, one ounce, and beeswax oneounce, the whole to be boiled until reduced to three -quarters of itsquantity when mixed. The cloth treated with this mixtura answerswell for life-saving apparatus.—F. M. S. Jan. 29, 1885.] FOREST AND STREAM. 17. SUNBEAM. DURING the seven years that have elapsed since Mr. Everson builtthe first Shadow canoe for Ex-Corn. Alden, he has built almostexclusively after that model, in some cases altering the length, andalso improving the details to keep up with the practice of canoeists,but still retaining all the main features of the original Shadow. One of Mr. Evftnsons best customers has been Mr. J. F. Newman,secretary of the New York 0. 0., who has had five Shadow canoes atvarious times. Mr. Newman, who is not a racing man. spends a por-tion of every summer in cruising, usually to or from the meets, andhis camp outfit is noted as one of the most complete at any of several seasons in the. Shadow, he decided that the model wascapable of improvement in many respects, and after planning such adisposition of the space as experience had shown to be desirable, heexplained to Mr. Everson wherein he considered the model deficient,and what he wished to obtain in a new ooat, l
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