Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-09-13

in the globules of the water. 1t is a sign Of n
struggle between the ascending fish and the de-
scending current. In Norway and in Scotland
The nets were formerly iloatcd with small bariis,
but they are now loated by means Of corks. The
high seat of the keener is sometimes n wooden
erection overlooking tho river or the lake, and he
can himself occasionally, by pulling u cord, adjust
the net to capture the salmon.
The Scandinavians who first taught the chace Of
the salmon could never have been excited to it by
the stuff sold at halfa.crown a pound in large
towns. Londoners and Pensioners delusively fan.
cy they know the taste of salmon. Bah they
might as well pretend to know the taste of milk or
water! The ScandinayiaBs had tasted salmon
They knew it was to feel a creamy slice dissolying
IN the mouth. No wonder they devoted their minds
to the capture of such food, Indeed, bears, seals,
offers and ScandInavians who catch and eat fresh
salmon show obey know what is what. As for the
people in the Gallic and Britannia centres of civil
lization who buy dissections of tho genus Saline,
at half a.crJwn II pound, | can only hope the prin.
ciplo OF the aquariums or fish tanks may speedily
be applied in their service. | make a present of
the idea to any man who has at hand n suliciency
OF capital, science. and patience.
Men, bears, offers, and seals, display their Gu
rious in the different methods they
employ to catch salmon. The offers watch in
! holes in the banks of the river for an unwary prey.
The bears make holes in Tie Polar ice by jumping
upon it until it breaks, and then they watch like
kceners until the salmon approach the holes in
search of oxygenised water, which they may
breathe as a breath of fresh air. When the sal
mon approach, the bears spring upon them and
catch them.
During the salmon. fishing season at Kamtschat-
ka tho salmon arrive in such numbers in the creeks
and rivers, that the bears catch them without diff
%iculty. The inhabitants say, Il bear can
catch twenty or thirty salmon in n night.
The bears are such epicures that they only eat the
heads and backs, except when hunger makes them
less dainty. What the bears would think of the
salmon of London and Paris this deponent will
not say, until he hears the cpinion of a bear in
the witness box. Seals hunt the salmon in the
sea and chace them up the rivers. The Scottish
Scaudinavians, whatever their own faults may be
in reference to the salmon, love them jealousy and
resent fercely the attacks Of the bears, offers. and
seals. Bears were long ago extirpated from Scot
land, and offers are now rarely seen; but seals still
occasionally enter the Don in persuit of salmun.-
Scalhunts are among the most Interesting of the
rccollections of my boy hood. When | was ut
school in Old Aberdeen, which is about n mile
from the bridge of Don, a sacred compact, bound
the Don boys to send word Immediately to the
"aul town" boys whenever seals enter the river
The seal-hunt was to be seen at all risks. No
amount of ~hogging for absence from school, it was
decided unanimously, was worthy Of IL thought in
the comparison. Whenever n couple of seals were
reported to have entered the Don during the night,
Il deputation of Don boys ran with the news to the
auld town. Generally, however, before the auld
town boys reached the scene Of action, tie female,
seal, with the lively instinct of selfprescrvaticn
characteristic of her sex, had cscaT ed 20 sea, and
the male seal alone was hunted IN tie water. The
salmon-fshers in their boats intercept his return to
the sea. Whenever he popped up his head above
the surface to breath, three or four bullets splash
ed the water arNund him. If lie tried to pass the
line of boats which traverscd the river, he was
sure to be struck by bIat-huoks. Sometimes he
would take to land, where he was = cedily oVerta-
ken, as he runs awkwardly, and hc WAS easily des-
patched 10y a blow on the nose. Sometimes a seal
would give the Don population an cxhilirating oc-
cupation and excitement from early morr ing until
late in the evening. Tie long pause of silence,
while he disappeared under the water, the unccr-
tainty where he would rednpcnr next, the cracks
Of rifles, and shouts, and cries, when his snout was
seen; the discussions whether he had been hit or
not, and the chances and yicissitudcS of escape or
capture made up an excitement and pleasure which
well warranted the exclamation of every boy,
when a seal is hunted in the Don, again, may |
be there to see" The boy. naturalists who care
fully examined the dead or dy ing seals, decided ,hey
were Just s~ea-dogs. When they consulted their
books about the phoca, they were astonished to
read suggestions that the seals were the stems Of
the ancIents who attracted men by their mild looks
AMI deceived and devourel them. The species OF
the Mediterranean must differ greatly from the
species Of the northern seas, to prove destructive
seduccrs for men, whatever they may be for fish.
The habits Of the salmon direct the occupations
Of the tiskers. During the periods of the year in
which they could not fish, the Scandinayians cf the
Don occupied themselves with farming. Most of
them cultivated small farms, ur crols. Both Il
farmer and fisher Il Don man unite! in himself 4
considerable range of useful knowledge and prac.
teal accomplishment An education Inspector
might indeed give Il poor report Of bis acquire.
ments, but the education inspector himself if de.
prived of his access to the state purse, and thrown
upoh his own resources, might have proved an in
| Inrjor maj i'm the continents nl.plufalv rlrnSSarv
for the battle Of lie. Reading, writing summing,
Scottish history, political and ecclesiastical, and a
knowledge of Calyinistic theology, formed the book
lore oGevery cottage. In the long winter evenings the
families visited each other night about. While the
women knitted stockings and the men mended nets,
the folks discussed the five points Of the Calyiuistic
controversy. Never were they likeiier to grow
warm than when sharpening each Others wits with
knotty points about predestination, free will, neces.
sity, faith and grace. a young man would some
times try a joust with an old one Of established re-
pute, and perhaps seek from the bright eyes Of a
maiden, demurely knitting in a corner, the &C,
t acknowledgement that he knew as well as another
what stands to reason-"fat STAINS to rim"
Fat STAINS to riz'n!' Where | asked to describe
| the intellectual condition of the Scotch by a rhras.,
f | should say rhey are the nation who Ak what
/, stands to reason. Tins is an aLridgment of the
/, Scottish philosophy in colleges and cottages. The
r Frenchman. who is still the modern Greek or Ro,
man, asks il. reference to It standard of appear
/, ance or beauty, the CONNIE il laut, aud condemns
that is ugly. or villain, or bette. The Englishman
asks will it pay?" When an EnglishmaR saws,
'Iiow do you aO!" he has an eye to business; when
a Erenciman asks, vOus purtcz .vous. u
, how do you carry yourself, he has appearance.
E decoration, glory in his mind; and when a Scotch
) man asks-"lloo's a wi YEP" how is all with YOU?
, his all embracing philosophy inquiries if every,
E thing concerning you accords with the fitness or
e reason of things. Some years ago, | found nv.
/ self rather late in the eVpuip0 81 B., C;. l.. -"
' dancing booth in lIertlordshire. The village lads
had drunk too much beer. One of them, wishing
!! for a row, began leaping up TO the little wooden
Y triangle in which the candles were fixed, TO llow
them out. Two young men, who were more so.
t Dor, opposed and th Sarted his design-the one, an
t English groom, asking him, What will YOU get
/ by it," the other, a Scotch gardener, exciaiming.
I "Iloots min it does ma stand to riz'n."-fe man
it does not stand to reason. Here is another illus,
%tration of the characteristics Of the Englishman. |,