(( FRemeAN." 'T'HE following short description of “ Mohican,” -*• “our home on the ocean for twenty-one days,” as a well-known authoress might call her, may be found interesting to those who have not seen the yacht. She was designed by “our mutual friend,” G. L. Watson, whose talented, though erratic, brain has produced the finest and fastest yachts afloat, the names of which are now household words. Her builders were Messrs. W. & D. Henderson. Rig, three-masted schooner, with yards on foremast. Engines, triple expansion, having cylinders of 18", 27", and 43" diameter ; 33" stroke; indicated horse-power, 950; single steel boiler working at 140 lbs. pressure. Dimensions, 201' 10" x 27' x 19'; draught, 14'; gross register tonnage, 537; yacht measurement, 700 tons; displacement, 850 tons. She can stow 180 tons Welsh coal in her bunkers, and at full speed walks the waters at the rate of 13^ knots per hour, consuming 18 tons in twenty-four hours. If driven easy at n yi or 12 knots, the small quantity of 9 or 10 tons is sufficient in that time. There are several separate engines aboard — one for the electric light dynamo, one for the steam windlass, one for “donkey,” one for steering gear, one for circulating pump, and a patent ashes “evacuator” hoist, which heaves out the furnace refuse without dirt or trouble. The accommodation provided for the guests and owner is most spacious, lofty, and com- fortable ; and the fittings and decorations are elegant and appropriate. Nine separate state- rooms—each heated by steam under control of the occupant—with hot, cold, shower, or plunge baths, for the morning’s diversion, make comfort a certainty. The large dining-saloon, in dark oak, with stained - glass ports and skylights, and with bronzes and curios picked up en voyage, is the scene of many happy gatherings. A drawing - room aft, with piano, music, comfortable fire - place, and books galore, serves for reading and meditation, or acts as chapel when Sunday and a clergyman meet on board. On deck, the fore-deckhouse is sacred to cards and nicotine, as a rule. Then comes the galley, the most important place in the ship when ozone has given a sea appetite to the party aboard. The aft-deckhouse is generally a sick bay, where invalids retire for peace, self-communion, hot soup, and other solace. Captain Timpson’s room is on deck, but the other officers have excellent quarters aft. The crew are all in the forecastle—a very roomy, airy space. The ship’s company, exclusive of the party, numbers thirty-two men all told. Electric lights are fitted throughout the vessel, and are a constant source of comfort, being under easy control, and without the heat and smell of oil lamps. Rifles, pistols, and boarding pikes arranged in the passages, to repel the fierce pirates of the Kyles of Bute, or the crafty buccaneers of Oban Bay, give a feeling of security. A fishing-tackle-room keeps all snug in that line. Altogether, to live in the “Mohican” for a time cannot be called “ roughing it,” even in the stormiest seas.

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