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 unless very carefully tended, produces lamp-black, than which no form of dirt is more difficult to deal with on board a boat. Throughout my South American and West Indian cruises on the Falcon, and my voyages on smaller craft on the Baltic and nearer waters, I employed nothing but a spirit stove. The expense is moderate. There is never any difficulty in renewing one's supply of spirit. At every little home port one can procure methylated spirits; and in every foreign port I have visited spirits of wine, or some other form of alcohol, are to be purchased at small cost. On referring to my log, I find that on my Baltic cruise, though we did a good deal of cooking, we consumed only a shilling's worth of spirit a week.

The internal or domestic arrangements of the cruising yacht will depend much upon the individual tastes of the owner. The cabin of the little five-tonner can be made very comfortable, and it is well to have it so if it is to be one's home for several weeks or months. It should be provided with cupboards in which to keep such articles as would be spoiled by damp, and with lockers along the sides under the bunks, where bottles of beer and other stores that will not be affected by water can be stowed. On the walls there should be racks for glasses, shelves for books, and nettings for charts, etc. Everything must have its right place on a boat, not only on deck, but below as well; for not to be able to put one's hand in a moment on the