, 1877-11-03

his own pilot, he is most sure to become
confused and leave the proper course il
not well acquainted, and before he can
rctrace his way with rccccdinS tide,
will find himself high and dry upon the
bare mud until Il return OF the tide.
This Is great source of annoyance
and delay, yet no danger OF anything
more than u severe cold can exist in
connection with such an adventure.
Fogs are another frequent cause OF delay
and extra travel, but never Of injury to
small crafts, because heavy winds and
togs do not cOcSist,
To inexperienced hands in light canoes,
snags in the rivers are u great source Of
terror, although We have never been in
jnred or delayed Tor over few minutes
by them. Our experience has been most
y confined to the lower courses OF rivers
and slOughs and bays of the Sound, and
have no great experience in policing up
river in quick water. We have usually
used a canoe or light skitf, as being the
easiest to handle and best adapted
to our work. A Whitehall boat is for ex.
elusive use on the Sound, but is too
heavy to handle by one man, up rivers,
and where one has to follow it up several
days, rowing ten or twelve or more
hours per day. A good Whitehall boat
can 20 anywhere it is safe for stern
wheel steamer, and properly constructed
canoe or skitf If well handled can stand
nearly as much sea as either Although
we have travelled SD much in canoe or
skff we never yet have in them been in
danger from the waves.
Besides our travels in small boats while
publishing the SrAR,we have Travelled in
this work Of learning the resources OF this
country by other modes of conveyance
enough to make a total of upwards OF
10000 miles travelled, and when we
had to study up given region. we scarsc
ever found that we could beforehand set
precise time, aud go and come on time;
but in nearly every trip, somewhere on
our route, have met with delays, such as
missing steamboat connections, failing
to meet Others as expected careless di'
rcctIons or inaccurate ones, as well as
being caught on tide.fats or getting
out Of our course in fogs, so as to row an
extra distance by not being able at
night or in fog to distinguish the diff
erent features OF rivers mouth, slough,
etc. .I.ri.. Il. a.. -U. u et.l
From these and other sources trip will
frequently take twice or three times as
long Nc anticipated, as we frequently will
be compelled to include other objects
than those anticipated to make u sue
cessful trip. ..aD- H." n'n''
Therefore we never set time for our
return, except it is subject to the proyi-
90 OF completing our business, even
though We are compelled to be gone
longer than anticipated or else leave our
business undOne so as to have to make
more than one trip necessary where .
single one would be presumed sufficient.
Most always we can select and write
up matter beforehand, so that our assis-
tants have no trouble in following our
directions and no difficulty need occur
connected with the paper, II we are not
gone more than ten days. We prefer to
return the same week, and do mot in,
tend generally to he gone over couple
of weeks at a time; yet hope hefcstter
no anxiety will arise should we be gone
twice that time, unexpectedly to our
friends OF to oursclf even. '' ''
To illustrate how easy It is for such
delays to occur, as well 20 how little
real danger exists in travelling by small
BOAT where We usually go, we give in an
other article general sketch Of the
whole "trip taken by us which was the
cause OF 20 much anxiety. 'i s2t,.a'0r
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