THE OVERLAND MONTHLY. VOL. XX. (SECOND SERIES.)-JULY, 1892.- No. 115. TIME "MOSQUITO FLEET." the largest allowed. It must be sharp a sport so little at both ends, have no keel nor station man was either hollowed from the trunk of a tree, or made of skins stretched tightly over a wooden frame; usually very long and narrow, and requiring great skill in handling. The paddle was the means of propulsion. They were light, swift, and very convenient in inland waters. The modern sailing canoe inherits the lightness and speed of its ancestors, but modern mechanical skill has greatly improved its construction, and the sail has taken the place of the paddle. As defined by the rules of the American Canoe Association, the canoe is limited in size; sixteen feet in length by about thirty inches in width being. Photo by W. C. Gibbs "VICTORY!"-W. W. BLOW'S MYSTIC, VOL. XX.-I. (Copyright, 1892, by OVERLAND MONTHLY PUBLISHING CO.) All rights reserved. Bacon & Company, Printers. |