New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-13
s,,vre CRUISE or THE COAST or
EEE-ENGLAND... LII.


v,.,. uro.e We have been cruising cut OF
,s,cs Of Pos.0ffce', among tho three huru.oa
49,, ofCs.co Bay. believe my letter enaed wiz
,.:,sa, anchor on the Fourth Of july near The
Ou.., Ligt. Of Boston.
I-.. q. midi gtt we were all reused from sleep
L.. ...t cza,b IN the cabin. Tuublng ou' OF my
berth n huiry, | found the little sooP tossing quo
,i.c,rs fu-ously. The table, which extended TIE
whos le-s.A Of the cabin and which We nad 'ei'' Oh
tufpjrg ia. covered with books cups i'mP' aoo
m;,..isseou, articles, had got unfasteneo ano SI
lspy,h u,.et by the rolling Of the Ves'ei' 1he
.l;Drs, ard the pilot were already on deck, where,
=. -, r,,ro.r. II was evident that something was
,oiny Nro,z. Following them | learned that the
tds ru SITTING strongly up the bay, while north
xest y "a WEI blowing strongly dognthe bay. The
.o,sc, Of ttese two forces produced apretty rough
o., u,de, tie effect Of which our craft was drag
pipe Ter a.chor aud drifting rapidly toward not
yery di..s,. reef. The SKY WAS overclouded and
the d.rkne.s was relieved only by the intermittent
A,,bss Of tie revolving light. The sesmen were
hard at weIk forward trying to prevent the vessel
from drifting in which they at length succeeded,
though only partially for the pilot muttered as he
went below that if the wind did not freshen be
guessed sne'd not drift much before daylight.
fingered while on deck listening to the salutes
Of cannon, Ike distant thunder, from all the sur
rounding shores Of the bay, announcing the termln-
stiOn Of the Sabbath and the beginning OF the cele-
bratio3 Of the Fourth Of July. The cold at length
drove me below, and / turned in again, but the
violent rocking of the vessel and the unusual noises
prevented me from getting to sleep. By and by
rose in tie darkness put oil the coats could lay
L. nd IN ~ 1pck q
light s.. il reyOlyed, threw the vessel 80 strong
a blaze that could read the smallest print. Look
ing Of my watch I saw that it was just o'clock.
The clouds We're breaking away and the moon, like
the light of the lighthouse, shone out at intervals
with htfuI brilliancy. The skipper, who had been
watching since midnight, uncertain II his anchor
Uouh hold said the wind was changing and us the
vessel pow drifted but little he wound turn in if
Was goir z to stay on deck.
For two hours | stood ut the cOmpaO0n-way,
leaning ever the boom, watching the black and angry
waves, tee flashing light and the moon, now cOuded,
now uuysiled. and listening to the rOte ofthe sea- as
cur sacielt pilot always calls the sound II makes
wien breskug over lodges or rolling on the shore
The frrg Of cannon at various points on the lana
was su6ihle Of intervals, and now and then nsh
would lean near the vessel, falling back with great
splash into the water. Occasionally could dmly
discern through the gloom, the masts OF ships that
we're taking advantage of the tide TO glide into the
harbor. Trey had siDgularS spectre-llkc appear
snce, aud staked along sOlemnly and silently, like
The ghost o. Ossians heroes.
1t was strange, wild scene, the most peculiar
feature being the great revolving light, now throw
ing a phssty clare over the vessel and the water
ard 10 moment after subsding into sudden dark
ness. | watched it with sort of fascination TIL
about 4 a. H.. when the gray light of morning began
to appear aud some sea birds on neghborlng
island 10 twitter, and cock to crow family in the
distance. AT AZ the Gun rose, and aud AS the wind
and weather we're fair, | reused the crew. The
plot went ashore at the lighthouse to fI our water
hrkirs TIE skipper cooked the bluefsh for break
fast aud in half an hour we were standing toward
Pymouth with stiff breeze from the northeast
ATT O'Clock We passed the Light Ship at Minots
Ledge OIL C0hasset, the scene of many shipwrecks
and the he Of the iron lighthouse, which, with its
keepers was overwhelmed by the great gale IN
April, 1851. The Light Ship is Il yellow two
masted vessel, strongly built and well anchored,
with three or four beaty spare anchors hanging
from her bow and stern, to be used in case of a
gale. She LAD several flags flying in honor OF the
day. Running down the south shore, keeping gen.
orally e. the distance of two miles, at little past
10 O'Clock We were of the Gurnet, a long, high
promoatOiy stretching out from Marshheld with
two light houses close together on It's seawaId ex-
trernty Ne one on board had ever sailed into
PhmOutd Harbor except the old pilot, and he but
once. fort, wears before. The Professor sitting on
deck with the Coast Survey chart of the harbor be-
fore him undertook to pilot us in-an undertaking
not without hazard, as the bay abounds in shoals,
ard IL channe, is intricate We got in successfully
however AID anchored Just outside the sand spit
which serves as breakwater to the harb0r. be-
Leye il IS thought to be the spot where the May
h0wtr anchored. AT all events, it is the place
where FIVE or SIX years ago THE TRIBUNE's Utah
Correspondent ard myself got agr0undin schooner
attempting to sail out of Plymouth, and lay through
a long Summers day studying the habits and man
ners If crabs Holsters and founders as We watched
them proving about OUT vessel
Schools of blue fish were swimming to and fro IN
the hsrbor aud the Professor took the dory and
tried 10 catch them 10y trailing; but they would not
bite. Al cd fisherman, seventy years of age, who
rowed bis dory along side the sloop to have little
chat with us said that he had been trying to take
them al iay without success. lie said, also, that
they had driven nearly all other fish out OF the bay
The broad surface of the harb0r was lively with
pleasure boots gaily decorated with flags, aud filled
with yenng men and women. The air also was
alive with fiocks of black-headed terms OF " mack
eiel pulls as the pilot called them, because they
make their appearance in our waters about the same
time that The mackerel comes. The Professor went
sshore on the sand spit near which had anchored,
70 looh for cTsbs and shells, and reused great null
htude Of these guUs, who flew up, wheeling about,
and utterng peculiarly shr and painful cries. They
bad apparently been holding a convention on the
shore. though perhaps they were only engaged IN
social clam feast over the mollusks which the waves
had washed up. lie saw, also, sandpipers running
along tie beach, diligently scrutinizng every hole
which seemed likely 10 contain the small crusaceans
which for,a their fOcd. One Of these crustaceans,
a Tahtrns was remarkable for the hight and quick
ness of lis leaps, so high and quick indeed that it
could scarcely be captured by the hand. few
specimeu, were secured by making rapid grasps at
the spot where they seemed likely to ahght.
A.no.-r .le ;rsects which the Professor fund on