New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-13

tue ba-bor.
Iwas so rluch overcome b. ttis uneK pectei com
pimen. t. my nautical appearance. .nat iucops.e-
erst.ly req ed "Oa, quite near quite rsar " a. II
knew al about il. The schooner stGod On ard /
watched. rot without trepdatcn, he- Course. II
sic lad 90. aground | SHOULD have been in pretty
fix. Fortunately the toe WA tgh, AID che rounded
the point safely.
Late in the evening, the dory returned bringing
off the Artist, who, much to our surprise aad pleas
ure wss accompanied by the AssyraH. "a hi-
friends are wont t. CAL him. from his striking re-
senblsnce in face and beard to the Ninevite sculp
lures dug up by Layard and BOt.. We sat on deck
for an hour or two, watching the fireworks 0f Ply
mouth, which We answered with Roman candles
AID blue Lights At 81 O'Clock next mornDg-Iues-
day, July Eve set sail for Provincetown. Cape
Cod, about twenty-five miles distant. The day must
have been sn xcessivey hot one shore, for even
on the water we found the heat oppressive as IN the
finnish clothing, We lay bashing on deck. The
wind Was 80 light that i VAS some hours before Ne
got sight Of Cape Cod. AZ the slOcp slowly
gided along we gathered at the bows TO watch the
sun.squas floating by in countless numbers. The
skipper cooled himself up in the shadow Of the sal and
went TO sleep. Our course wss headed direct for
Proyincetovn, whose tOwn-house, built high on
hl end looking like a church, was visible long be-
fore the rest Of the place came in sight. slight
divergence attracted my attention TO our venerable
plot He was seated a. usual at the helm bis hand
firmly gra.pDg the tiller, lis head erect, but his
eyes were close shut. The extreme heat had over
powered his habitual vigilance. Curiosity led me
to await the result The Professor had taken the
telescope to lnspect large Whte object floating on
the Waves which we had been for some time APP
preaching, aud which proved to be the carcass OF a
pOIpoise. The yswing Of the vessel as the pilots
slUmber grew heavier distracted his aim at the p0r-
pOise He lowered the telescope looked carefully at
each end readusted the focus and tried il again. He
caught glimpse Of the land ahead. His eye expe-
rienced Oh our coast, that it was not Province
town.
"Hallo :" be cried "what does this mean
You're heading for Truro, Captain
The captain made no reply. He still chung TO the
tiler but bis chin had descended to bis breast, and
honest good humored, weather beaten yisage hsd
disappeared in the vOlumrous recesses OF hat tnat
must have been the fashion at Msbehead forty years
ago. The Professor surveyed through his spectacles
for moment the sleeping pilot, then while the Artist
rapidly sbetched his figure took good long look at
him through the telescope and finally approached
and gently tiled to detach the tller from his grPe
without awakening him. But though lnsensble to
5, und the old sailor started at the first touch how
ever light He shook bis head to jerk his hat back
to its proper position rubbed bis eyes, gave vlgor
Gus push TO the tiller and said, with light blush,
that Il was very warm and he had been almost asleep
at is very hot indeed" replied the Professor,
"and if you will turn in ar take nap VIII Jake
the helm. / am tired Of doing nothing, and should
like 10 stear awhile" Capt. Widger complied With
the suggestion aud in half minute was sleeping as
souudly as man could sleep. | had observed
already the remarkable ease with which he went to
sleep at night. But hereafter have kept sharp
look out for him on hot days and in plain sailing.
In bad weather or III dangerous positions 70 pilot
could be more vide awake more Trustworthy.
II was deciously easy, lazy voyage. We were
ten hours IN going % miles. 10 be- sure, We layto
occasionally TO fish and dredge but that did not de-
tain US lopg for we caught nothing-not even bite
Either the blue fish had really driven everything
else out of the bay or we did not cast our ines IN
the right places. The population of the sea- like
the population of the land, is fond of concentrating
in favorable localities in cities and towns as 1t were,
leaving wide spaces desert, or at best very thinly
peopled. A line dropped at random III the ocean
NAV fall upon fnny Pekln or LONDON, or, on 'ne
other hand upon an absolute Sahara, crossed only
here and there at long intervals by scanty caravans
of fish. The experienced fisherman knows the
papulous spots AID governs himself accordingly.
But revolutions and conquests and ma1acres occur
at the bottom of the ocean as Well as on sh)re'
The place that was once prosperous and populous
decays and becomes desolate. The prototypes OF
Nineyah and Babylon of Baalbek and Palmyra, exist
in Massachusetts Bay, and it must have been their
deserted precincts into which We dropped our fruit
less lines The blue fish is as cruel and complete a
devastator as the Mede the Tartar or the Turk.
About half way between Plymouth and Province
town we dredged i'll very deep water, thirty aAoms.
The bottom vas sOtt and muddy, and yielded us
some curious shells such as are never seen upon the
shore. These were various species OF Nucula
and Leda remarkable for their clean. glossy appear
ance bright green color, and the comb-lIke teeth
with which their hinge is armed. They protruded
a strong feshy foot from between the valves OF the
she'll striking the hard surface of the deck in vain
attempts to burrOw in il as they do in the sott muddy
bottom on which they live.
About D. m. We cast anchor in Provincetown
harbor which is one of the best ports in the world,
easy of access secure and capacous enough. with
sufficient depth of water to shelter thousand line
ofbatte ships II is admirably adapted by its
quality and position for great naval station. In
the war of 1912 il WAS occupied by the British
cruisers. and they could have found no point better
situated from which to harrass the commerce OF the
North Ii was this harbor that the May flower first
entered and here, Oh board that yesse, was born
Pereerno White, the first New Ensiander OF Euro.
pean parentage.
The Professor took the dory and boarded lob
sherman who was lying 10 Just outside the harbor.
Wewanted Holsters for bait and We wanted them
for food. The Professor returned in triumph with
dozen good sized ones for which he had paid three
cents piece: In Boston or New-York they would
have cost five times as much He brought also the
important information that the barber, near where
We had anchored, abounded with founders or sand
dabs of large size, even twent. pounds IN weight
Tie Professor, the Artist AMI myself made prepare
tons for fishing immediately directing the pilot
meanv hc to boil lobster for supper, and to boil
him thoroughly, not less than an hour We were
particular in these injunctons, because by this time
we had detected in the pilot who since the first day
had taken upon himselfthe Office of cook pr0clylty
to boil eggs too much and other things too little. The
Assyrian who despsed founder fishing, however big
the founders said the heat made him thirsty, and