New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-30

ked tnem Win knife " prevent Sbelr cfym&
from attracting the attention Of the savages to her
hiding place.
Another spot among the rocks on the shore was
the iayorite resort OF Miss Underh, young lady
from New Hampshlre, who taught school NJ the
island for two or three years. She was sitong
there reading on the llth OF September loas,
when 4 huge wave came and swept her of into tho
ocean. never 10 be seen sgsln on earth. AnotheT
place Of tragicsl interest Is marked by the graves
Of sixteen shipw wrecked mariners Washed ashore IN
a storm. They lie side by side, each With 'tone
al hls head aud feet.
From some fishermen on shore we GOT monk
f-h, which they had just taken IN seine. us
hideous monster is known among the fishermen by
many names" frog fish" /" mouse hsh, =" goose
fish, bellows head" sea devil" wide CAB,
fishing frog. and angler" 1t 10 called wide
CAB" because It's mouth is so large sometimes
that mans head might b. put in It. The term
angler" is derived flom is habits. IL he's IN tho
bottom concealed IN mud aud weeds, with two or
three hair. Ike hlaments sticking up from IT. hetd,
looking not unlike certain marine worms Of which
other tshes are fond, who, seeing these apparent
worms, approach 10 eat them. and are s,ezcd by
the lurking 'aneer" who is too sluggmh ~ catch
his prey by active pursslt.
The head of the monk fsh is wide and fiat; the
mouth nearly as wide as the head. The jaws are
armed with numerous teeth Of different length
conica sharp and cursipg inward. The lower
jaw is the longest, and is frnged all round the edge
with sort of beard. The eyes are large and dull;
the pcctoral fms broad and rounded at the edge
and vide at the base. The body is narrow con-
pared with the breadth of the head, aud tspers
gradually 10 the tail. The whole fish 10 covered
with loose. rough skin, backsh brown en- tho
upper surface aud white on the lower. The speci-
men We cot ed ~ inches IN length and 20
inches in breadth. 1t weighed 80 pounds. We
took it on board disemboweled IT. hled II with
salt sewed il up and packed 1t with salt In box,
which We directed 10 the Smithsonian Institute ut
Washir top and forwarded the same day by sx-
press from Portsmouth.
The morning had been foggy; but ct II a. M,
in the words of poet whom remember was =
visitor at Appledore five or si1 years ago:
THE mist tha, hike dim -on pal was yins
Fi..npssrd nov, the sunny brsese is sshns-r
and We raised the anchor and made sail for Porte
mouth Outside the harbor We passed number
of seine boats watching for mackcrei Iheso
boats are each manned by SIX men, and are accom-
panied by three smaller boats win one man ~
each. who row around and keep the msckerel in
a body while the seine is being cast. After tho
seine is thrown, its edges drawn into the largo
boat leaving the mackerel in the center OF tha
seine. from which they are scooped out into thd
small boats and carried ashore.
We had fine southerly breeze, and IN somewhat
more than an hour had passed the Whales Bach
sea and had come 10 anchor inside OF Fort Consu-
tuition. of New Castle, village three miles below
Portsmouth, at the mouth of the Piscataqus. Tho
tide soon turning and running very strongly up the
river we took advantage 0f IT, and ran up u forts.
mouth, where we tistesed the sloop u wharf
and went ashore To get our letters and make some
purchases. .
nlace of ten or twelve thousand inhabltants--s
beautifully situated on peninsula On the south
aid. of the river, the laud sloping gcntly toward
the wafer. The harbor is remarkably commOdlOus,
well protected from every wind, AMI with forty feet
of water at low tide. The river opposite the city
seemed to be nearly mile wide, with a very RAPID
current moving at least five miles an hour.
At Gp. IN. we dropped down to our former an
chorage at Newcastle. On our way down we were
preat, pleased with the sight Of the workmea ut
the Navy Yard-which IL On an island 0pposlto
Acknowledgement the river III boats, return
ING TO their homes in the city after the conclusion
of the DAYS labor. Ii was the largest hotilia OF
boats ever saw and was very gay aud animated
scene.
While the pilot was getting supper ready the
res. of n. went ashore 10 visit the fort which was
lnilt IN 1909. on the site believe, Of an old
Rritish fort. We were very cvIlly received by ID.
keeper Sergeant DavislOD who, with MS wiIe aho
children constitute the entire garrison al present
We found him an intelligent ana communicative
man. and remarkably young-lookIng ior so'niet
who had been in service torty-one years ihe i"rs
mounts 46 guns, mostly 24-Pouhae's' Ano 'ani'
parts command beautiful view oil land ana ocean,
and we fingered upon them I'll l9dg after sunset,
watching the passing ships, and the lighthouse
aarinp up as the sun went down, and listening u
the talk Of the old soldier about his battles and
adventures He had fought through the MoAican
war. and had served for many years Ia fior'd'
against the indians. ,,r,
k.ar laI hy Dps ~
Soon after supper We were ooardee w V"o y. "
pilots of the harbor who was 40 drunk I"A' DO
became disagreeable, and We had to intimate u
I'm nr,ttv clearly that he had better take bs
denarture which he accordingly did. III his cor.
dtion at the time was any specimen Oh MS us"hu
s,,te II q n proof Of the excellence 0i PORTSMOUTH
harbor that vessels get IN at all ohdef euch
guidance. ~ -, -, 80
and mild with fair aud ge ,tle breeze from tho
South We oot una..-- weigh ut o'clock, and, pas.
ING out of the harbor, sieerra ~ ''' no,
keeping about two miles from the shore. W., "'
surr ,unded by large schools of mackerel, am
IA We wanted some for dinner, we laid TO and tried
t. " toll them, ss he fishermen call IL, BY throw
ing over handiuls OF our minced bait Bu. VS.
could moi get bteA The Professor took the dory
ard rowed repeatedly into the middle Of IA school
with no be- ter success. The fish were capTicOus
and would not touch the bait.
The weather was delightful and we baskcd lux.
urioUsy on deck, gazing at the picturesque coast,
with its hills headands and towns sparkling ia Ia.
sun, or watching the ripping msckerel ~ they
cruised about us, or occasionally dipping up sun
squsll Of which vast numbers were floating by
Toward noon We reached Cape Neddick, or, rather,
Cope Neddick's hubble, huge and high rocky
promontory which juts far out iato the sea and il
visible from a great distance. We sailed clo.e by
TO enable the Artist To make sketch Of il.
About an hour after We passed Cape Nesldick,
sudden storm Of wind and rain up right ahead