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...with a sail, the wooden canoe is in some respects to be preferred, as it is somewhat stauncher and will not so easily upset, moreover, it is easier to get right side up after a capsize, a quality which the canoeist soon learns to appreciate...
...shins on base-ball and football. Canxing contains all the pleasures of yachting, and in addition many others of which the yachtsman knows nothing. To quote from one of the pioneers of the sport in America, "Canxing is the active principle of yachting set free from costly suppers, tyrannical sailing-masters, and the endless war of keel and centre-board. The cruising canx is a craft in which a man can sail or paddle in rough or smooth, deep or shallow water; in which he can travel by day and sleep at night, and which in case of necessity...
...Yale Yacht Club will sail to New London June 28 to witness the Yale-Harvard boat race...
Judge Hoar will sail for Europe in June, and thus deprive himself of the pleasure of Gov. Butler's companionship at the Harvard alumni dinner. - [Gazette...
...regard to his character. The only facts known about him are that he was a member of Emmanuel College, Cambridge; that in 1635 he received his degree; that afterwards, in 1637, he obtained the higher one of A. M. In the latter part of this year he set sail for this country and became a freeman of the Puritan settlement. In 1638 he died...