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Telescope 105 The DOWS had, I believe, three stages in her career. Captain John Thurston recalled seeing her discarded yards on Carrington and Casey's wharf at Toledo. He had sailed on several lakers with "lace curtains" and thought these spars exceptionally large and heavy. The lower was 75 feet long, then 65, 55, and 45 feet respectively for the lower and upper topsail (no stay should divide as in page 43 pix#) and the top gallant yards. The DOWS continued to sail minus this gear and was later cut down to barge rig (lowers only). The schooner J. I. CASE crossed a yard 100 feet long to spread her runner and raffee, a record length on lake vessels. According to Hector Munro, the DCWS had three Atlantic (manual pumps, one aft the foremast, one aft the mizzen, and one forward of the Jigger. These would be resorted to if need be and the reasons for the DOWS foundering may have been more complex than stated by the papers of that day. Of many old lake sailors I talked to some 20 to 30 years ago, a few would at time succumb to the temptation to pull your leg, so caution was the watchword here, too. Such dross seldom got into my final notes. Many of these old fellows clammed up if you tried to take notes, and I was often suspected as a Federal investigator. John Denstaedt, one-time captain of the COLUMBUS, who was brought up on the river aboard the family sand scow schooner NEWELL HUBBARD told me about one item, neither verified nor disproven, which sounded feasible to me and remains in my notes today. This was an inverted prism, set flush into the deck to let light into the foe1 sle below, not common but used on several lake schooners. In closing, I'd like to say that the few errors (if such they be) that crop up in "Telescope" are far eclipsed by the fine job being done in all departments of the Marine Institute. So a ward of praise to the main stem--those who really give so much of their time and love to this wonderful project and without whom it would wither and die. a-This error also appears in an early painting of the DOWS made by the writer. This painting I destroyed. However, a reproduction from a rotogravure print was used in Memories of the Lakes unfortunately. A CORRECTION: On page 83 of the May issue, credit is given by the author to "Hon. Charles Williams". The name should have read Honorable Charles WILLMAN. We apologize for the error.