New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-26

and the former with ought smah trout. We
waited the ced6sh, which was Woodorinly ssit'
carefully lividei the loaf, distributed tho trout,
Zone spieee,) and made . rather unsaansetory
breakfast The fact is, the trip, - sporting e1,
cur,iou. had failed, although It had amply repaid
ma in ali other respects. Our steamer was eI.
neeted To return at noon, and the necessity OF
reaching Port aux Bssques by that tim, prevented
MS from penetrating further into the hills. Be
sdes there were sprinkes OF rain. and other
token, of a bad day We therefore decided while
breskfastiug to take the homeward trail tamli-
isrity with salt ecd had bred contempt In our
men and one of them threw bis share INTO the
bushes with the exclamation: It's downrisn'
murder TO eat that. :" But Gense wisely re-
marked that it was the beat thing for short allow
apce. because" said he, lit makes you so dry
that you're always keeping yourself hiied up
with water.
There had been a heavy dew, and the moss was
ike a wet sponge. We had rather soaking re-
turn tramp Of il, often stopping to drak OF the
brown nils or to refresh our palstes with sue
acid "bske.apples," yet never seeing grouse or
hare. The clouds, after some ominous iesAihgs'
lifted. and the wind blew cold from the north.
west While resting on rock about mile aud
a half fr,m the bsrbor, we were startled by the
sound of an engine. whistle and the blowing OF
steam from an escspe-pipe SuppOsing IL 70 20
the lanes Adeer, we hurried on ct GREATNESS
mace. plupginS into gulleys and tearing through
thickets in bre.kneck style, until an opening IN
the holes showed US that the sound proceeded
from the little steamer Victoria, which was Just
moving out Of the harbor. She WAS on her way 10
Cane Raw, ten miles distant, to select the initial
pint of the submarine cable. Our own transfer
scross the barbOr vas safely ACCOMPLISHING
wafer being quite sDooth-aDd we reached Mr.
Waddell's house in time 10 partske OF tue very
good dinner which his broad shouldered and red
ybi,kered cook had prepared. here had an oP-
portunity of tasting caia6ogas, the national be'er
ACE of Newfoundland. 1t is mixture OF rum
ard spruce beer in nesrl! equal quantities, snd
has better flavor than one would suspect IRON
the ingredients The spruce beer, pure, is made
from the Young boughs OF the tree boiled With
molasses. and is just the beyersge-spsrhhng,
resinous sweet and btter-to nourish so virlle
and vigorous people
In the afternoon | went of to the bark Sarah
/. BRYANT. to see the preparations which had been
made for paying ont the cable. never saw yes
sci in worse condition. Nearly ell her bulkneads
and stanchions had been cut away to make room
for the two immense coils OF forty and thirty -nve
miles. into which the iron-corded cable was bent.
According 10 the captains account there never
was more unmanageable cargo, and he declared
he would much rather ship load of live eels It's
activity was incredible. He was obliged to cut up
all his spare spars to shore up ana support
the slippery bulk yet, in spite OF all his pre-
cautions il once or twice slipped through has
FINGERS and came near capsizing his bark O2
one occasion he was obliged to turn completely
about and scud before the wind for nearly
two DAYS. Under such circumstances 1t IL
not remarkable that he was forts eight days IN
making the passage but very lucky that ne was
able to make it at all. The machinery for paying
out the cable, consisting of two large cast.'roa
wheels for the purpose of uncOiling aud straight
epng it, and an iron roller for passing 1t over the
stern, was brought over on deck, and the crew
had been engaged day and night, under the super.
intendence OF Dir. Canning, IN setting IL 10 ana
securi ~ it in the proper position they expected
TO complete their labOrs the same night
On returning to Channel Head we met hshlng-
boat With the rest of the party on board, pro-
yid,d with cod.lines, and behring's for bait. They
had two rudy, square-built boys of thirteen TOR
oarsmen. who also acted as pscatorial instructors
The two hooks, bated with pieces of herring aud
attached to q very strong cord, were let down
with heavy sinker till they touched the 'tton,
when they were drawn up two or three feet and
held ready for a bite In half an hour we caught
fise handsome cod and large halbut whose
cr,am.u bite belly was visible fathOms down as ne
was bauled struggling up to the surface. Mr.
Roberts caught a cod which weighed thirteen
pounds 1t was capital sport, although we were
not in the best fishing ground, and had scarcely
average luck The hslbut was fried for our sup.
per by Mr. Waddell's cook, aud no fish ever tasted
more deliciOusly.
The Victoria is just about starting for Cape
Ray, and am called to accompany her. b. T.