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226 AROUND were avoided. One of these is quite swift, and should not be attempted unless the pilot is very capable. The Galoup canal, 7J^ miles long and having three locks, was entered at 2:30 p. m. and cleared at 4:45 p. m., the Peerless arriving at Alexandria Bay at 8 p. m. Exclusive of delay of four hours the St. Lawrence canals were passed in 20 hours and 35 minutes. The only speed regulation is one 14-mile level of the Welland canal, the minimum time of passing being three and one-half hours. Although the Peerless only drew 8 feet 9 inches she broke a bucket off her wheel by striking the bottom. The captain thinks this would not have occurred on a craft of usual construction in keel or stern post. About 14 feet forward of the wheel the keel of the Peerless bends upwards, and at the wheel is but a few inches below the hub, the rudder being hung without any setting in the shoe. While 9 feet is the maximum draft that will pass the locks, boats drawing at least three feet more aft have been pon-tooned at small expense. On coming up the St. Lawrence this should be done in dock at Montreal. The pontoons may be left at Ogdensburg, and replaced on the marine railway when the return trip is made. The Collins Bay Rafting and Forwarding Company, Collins Bay, Ont., takes contracts for lifting vessels through the canals. The distance from Quebec to Chicago bj' the water route is 1,416^ miles. The difference between the level of St. Lawrence river where tidal influence ceases and that of Lake Michigan is about 570 feet. Over 70 miles of the distance mentioned is artificial navigation. Total of lockage in canals is 533^ feet; number of locks 53. The canals are usually closed from December 1 to June 1. LAKES.' HUDSON RIVER AND ERIE CANAL ROUTE. Yachts or vessels not over 100 feet long, drawing not over six feet, and having nothing over 10 feet 6 inches above water line, may come through the Erie canal to Buffalo, going up the Hudson river from New York to Albany or Troy. By taking out spars and providing temporary stack if the stack is too high, quite good sized steam yachts may use this route. Following is the log of the steam yacht Skylark over this route: "Left New York May 25 5 a. m. Arriving at Albany at 6 p.m., made fast alongside steam derrick dock. Distance run, 154 miles. May 26, lifted out spars and smoke stack, and shipped them to Buffalo by rail. At 4 p. m. left Albany and at 5 p. m. entered lock at Troy, coming out of lock No. 18 at 7 p. m., having passed eighteen locks in two hours. At 9 p. m. tied up above lock No. 19. May 27, got under way at 5:30 a. m. and tied up at 10:30 p. m., having run 65^ miles and passed fifteen locks. May 28, got under way at 4:15 a. in., and tied up at 7 p. m., 13 miles east of Syracuse. Miles run, 78^; locks passed, twelve. Superintendent gave permission to run six miles on his section. May 29, ran 54^2 miles, and tied up at Clyde coal wharf and coaled up. May 30, rati 77^ miles and passed fourteen locks. May 31, entered first of five locks at Lockport at 9 a. m. Permission was obtained to run six miles an hour. At 2 p. in. passed Tona-wanda, and at 4 p. m. passed the last lock on the canal, Black Rock, and at 5 p. m. tied up in Buffalo. Distance run, 63 miles; locks passed, six." The above is furnished through kindness of Capt. Howard Patterson, who gives the following information : At Rochester there are many sharp turns and hoisting bridges, with only 11 feet under them; whistle three times for