New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-09

20 TIE ankles in the sand ai'eI y" sVePs -'
eonten..d myself al h showing proper sppto.'
ton Of he labor by giSng him dine. nere''''s
myself. resumed the con'enpia,oA o. !ir 'eo'
And sill BE segiors chHged TIE te scb,
and rspg TIE battle ,fy. Ess ?eec1;
Bet changed rss toe ir penal strala-
!. rurlnzied Dreamer, iLesn ssnh
The presence Of the urehIn plying be tssh WIN
rednubl,d zeal disturbed and annoyed me-wnat
business had be 70 be working "b4n be might just
as gen be idle and gave hm another dine %
take bic wagon AID horses on. Of sight behind
sand.hiI and eoDtipue .is grass planting some
vhere ,lse. And then. viii nothing % break The
smell OF the ses sat there gazing vaguely st It until
Ard Ger and o; the sand,
And round sad round the ssrd,
Az faY a. eye cold see.
b. and by tbe red shirt OF the Artist snd the 'ed
.hirt Of the Professor came slowly INTO view, re-
turning frem their explorations. The Professor
had found nothing worth noting, and the Artist lad
discovered only hut built BY the Humane Society
for the relief of shipwrecked persons VINO might
make their way cold ard wet and hungry, 10 the
shore. We mounted the wagon, the little lrchIn
resumed the rens and drove back 10 the village, AZ
the entrance 10 which the Artist and got out aud
walked from one end OF the place 10 the other on
narrow plank sidewalk, examining, az we Weht,
number of salt pans, and wondering at the extreme
ingenuity which the inhabitants had displayed IN so
VARYING their domestic architecture that no one oi
| the six hundred wooden houses was Like another:
The afternoon was passed in dredging the haroor
and in searching for shells on the long, candy point
| opposite the town; the evening in writing letters
and in listening to yarns about mOney-digging and
priyateering on both which topics the skipper ana
| the pilot had respectively much to tel.
Thursday, July 3 at : a. m, We made SAL Tor
| Swampscott, fifty miles distant, as the crow HES.
-. I.ra Pa afHsAns
| made in the soop's cabin, which would render it a
little more commodioua. The day was fair, but the
| wind was high and the sea very rough outside oil
| the haIbor The Artist, as we passed Long Point,
| braced bmself at the companon-way To take a
| sketch of the picturesque lighthouse there, but,
| before be had finished, a wave struck the SooP on
the bows and poured over her, drenchng the sketch
| book, giving the Artist duchmg, and KICKING up
| bobbery among the Professors specimen jars anu
| bottles that sent that gentleman rushing into the
| cabin in half-frantic condition. Fortunately, not
| many were smashed and the remainder were made
| secure with a care that pr,seryed them from
similar mshaps during the rect OF the cruise.
| We lad splendid run, the sky coudess, the sea
| spsrkliDg ard the wind fair and steady. As We
| neared the south shore of Massachusetts Bay the
sea grew smoother and il was delightful to recllne
ON deck and listen 10 the cool rushing and dashng
| of the water as we swept by Plymouth, Duxbury,
| Marsbfield and Cohasset. Now and then hot pun
| OF air would come from the land seeming almost
fed from contrast with the pure air OF the sea, aud
reminding me strongly of Washington in that horrld
| hot month Of June. We learned atterward that IL
was an excessively hot day ashore.
As we passed Cohasset We saw men at work on
| MiDots Ledge, building the lighthouse. Two small
schooners were anchored near them. The structure
| is of granite and only the foundation is yet lald
although the work was begun three years ago. The
rock on which it stands is of irregular FORM and Is
Il. IAAr.. La fhral
hours in the day when it is possible to work there
| and sometimes for moths together the weather is
such that nothing at all be done. In lco6, 20
hours work was done there; in 1857, $50 hours.
| After the foundation ID complete, however, the
| work will 90 on much more rapidly. The light
house is 10 be circular in form, and Will be strength
| ened by large iron rods running through several
courses OF stone The courses are first set up and
fitted on shore and then carried off in vessels and
| fixed in their places.
| We reached our moorings at Swampscott at 3
| p. m. Our good friend Tufts, the aquarium s.Ocker
was on the watch for US, and soon came OIL with
| our letters and papers. While supper was getting
ready, We fshed from the vessel and caught cunners
cod, poack, sculpns and founders, using for bait
| lobster and sal,ed clams The founders were
| much smaller than those We caught at Province
town, ard were what is called aatish in New
York, / believe. They are taken all along our
northern coast in shallow water. On the coast Of
Name tley are rptdItu III tue w lhtci "hcu yhs III
| the mud, the fishers detecting them by their eyes,
| which stick out from the mud which covers the
| rest of the body They are very abundant on the
coasts of New. Brunswick aud Nova Scotia, and are
| taken so plentifully in the Gulf of ST. Lawrence
that they are largely used for msnuring land. -
| have seem" SAYS Mr. Perley, potatoes being
planted in hills, when the only dressing consisted
of fresh founders, which were used with lavish
| hand"
The cod we caught were of a beautiful red color,
ard weighed about two pounds each. The pilot
called them rock cod, and selected them for sup
per- throwing the cunners, pollack and founders
overheard as worthless in comparison.
caught this evening, for the first time, skate
| very singular looking fish, which sometimes is
found Of great size, weighing as much as two hund-
| red pounds. The one | caught weighed pObaby
three or four pounds. 1t was flat fish with broad,
| brown back somewhat raised in the middle, the
under side of the body Of dirty white. The snout
was sharp and projecting, shaped like spade the
mouth large and armed with strong teeth. II had
| tail like monkeys, long and slender and armed
| with spines There were also numerous spines upon
the body. When hooked it pulled with some force.
and when thrown on deck rolled itself up like
hedgehog ashng the deck with its tail aud utterng
| faint squeak as if In anger.
Mr. Perley remarks that the peculiar form of the
skate adapts il admirably 10 exist the bottom.
Its usual mode of progression is by slight undulst
ing motion Of lie pectorsl fns, something between
fly ing and swimming. 1t is capable, apparently, Of
great muscular exertion. With its powerful snout
| il roots up clans and crushes them between its
| fattened teeth, which appear to act upon each
| other ike the cylinders of a rong-mi 1t also
| feeds on other fsh, as well as crustacea.
The young Of the skate are deposited by the pa.
rent hsh IN their horny cases nearly square in form.