The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-09-30
Old by the Sen slide Fisher.
and FisheIJe.,

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Old massachu-eti-- BY the seq sEde-Fi.her,
and FISHERIES.
Let no reader glance OFF from the FOL.
lowing letter as if it were ordinary water.
ing place gossip. 1t is quite another affair,
from the pen OF one Of our Citys most emf.
nent and popular clergmen. Hear \
| Correspondence OF thn Tribune.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, Aug. 81, rs.
1t is not very often that a man passes
through a world of such beautiful scenery
on the face of Our globe, as | have travelled
over and enjoyed today. If this region were
within an hour or two of New York, the
cockneys OF your city would never cease
irequeRiing and Praisiug it. All along the
coast, from Boston in Massachusetts, down
to Calais in Maine, there are romantic in.
lets, beautiful harbOrs and delightful water
ing places-Sunmer retreats, "that Shen.
stone might have envied," if his taste had
been for sea scenes rs we'll as artificial gar.
dens. But you will scarcely find anywhere
in the world sea-drive Of fifteen or twenty
miles condensing so much of romantic beau
~ and ocean sublimity as the ride round
Cape Ann, from Beverly through Manches,
ter, Gloucester, Annissquam and Rockport.
Gloucester itself is becoming the central
watering place of this region, bot Rockport
is more entirely out on the ocean, being at
the very extremity Of the Cape, a rock. land
coast, dashed by the sea as fIriously as
Rockaway beach, on Long Island. GIou.
cester is some eight miles further up Cape
Ann than Rockport, and has fine harbor
for common vessels, admirably sheltered
from the ocean, while 50 peculiar is the for
nation Of the harbor, that the open sea
roIls IN upon the beach on one side, and
three or four rods across on the other the
vessels are riding at anchor or lying quiet
ly at the whaVes. The beach is charm.
ing place for bathing, about q quarter or
half mile in length; and as TO fishing eY.
pedltlons, you may have them in great va.
riety, choosing both Your distance and
Your game. You may go for Holsters. cod
or halibut, and may have q picnic almost
anywhere from Bakers Island TO the Isle
Of Shoals, with chowders as good as they
make at Marshfeld.
You have also thunder-showers in per.
lection, setting on and off the coast, some
times as intense as tropical deluge. We
experienced an instance Of this Yesterday,
in our drive ont and back to the end of the
Cape. The ocean side of the Cape, to-
ward the southeast, was in The sunshine,
while in the Northwest the storm was
blackening the horizon and the sea, and
hurTying after us with thunder and lightning.
We had just got to a shelter for man and
beast, when down came the rain, with
wind to match, blowing sea-ward, land.
ward, whichever way an overtaken travel
or might be compelled to face it. During
the storm q house was struck with light
ming at Gloucester, few rods from our
residence, and the chimney shattered, with
the roof, but no lives were lost. At the
same time one Of the wharves was struck
and rent in pieces. All the fishermen out
at sea took wing for the harbor, anticipa-
ting probably great storm, and in the
evening some one or two hundred vessels
were lying snugly in this safe shelter. dry
ing their sails. Then were seen hundreds
of noisy, jolly sailors, parading the streets,
determined TO have a "blow-out" during
their sudden unexpected visit ashore. This
morning, as bright as frosty October, the
sails by hundreds are again glitteTing in
the sun, glancing athwart each other in ev.
cry direction, the same vessels that ran in
last night, all running out again in faiI
weather. The harbor is so easy Of access
and gives so quick shelter from the dan
gers OF the stormy deep, that sometimes on
the coming of an Autumn gale, a thousand
seamen will be found suddenly congresatet
in Gloucester streets as full of glee as the
gale is of wind, and possessed for the time
with as noisy spirit.
All along shore, as an Irishman nigh
say, this is great place for the sea. When
ever you want watering. be sure L
come here. lf it is the dead Of summer
you shall find, somewhere, cool retreat
something more than an East wind and bar,
sand, like Rockaway. Your inn shall b,
well kept for you, and if you choose com
pdiiO, ~ 10 dIlQ gOOu. OH
! landlord possesses fine yacht for sea ex
! petitions, a boat that will stand gale
! should you be caught in one, like a stancl
. ship, and top the waves like a sea-gull.--
: You shall have woodcock for your Dime
if you choose it, and pancakes for you
d dessert. Moreover, this is famous plac
3 for sea botany, a beautiful science, but re
+ Gently beginning to be cultivated. TIL
e varieties Of sea-howers, when you pres
= them, and show them clearly, are amazing
e almost incredible. Oven the dry kelp /
! surges on the beach, if carefully wetted an
t pressed, would afford you some exquisit
+ specimens; but the fresh sea-weed must
0 chosen, and in this region there are forest
Q of it. Curious and rare are these produt
IS tons Of the ocean, when you examin
IS them. Nothing is more beautiful as an O.
l. nament for the parlor, or a variety in III
shelves of your library, than a well-selecte
:, book Of these plants.