New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-12

Of the scuipin family or Of some species akin TO It,
which the Professor thought was bullhesd. II was
about Elk inches In length, and was Of igh'-orown
color, with half dozsn dark bands passing around L.
A ish resembling bake, of which we caught ssv-
ea the largest thirty inches In length AMI five poundk
in weight the Pilot called Cusk. The liver, he Sao
was full of oil of kind good for burns- ls ooier
throughout was that Of dark slate. It's head was
covered with rough scales. The mouth was large sod
the jaws filed with shap teeth. The back nm aud the
tail fin were edged with blue and white. This hsh
not common on our coast and in Winter sells in bos
ton market for twice a. much as the cod In Great
Britain is called the the torsk or tusk and seems TO
FREQUENT only the northern shores OF the isand IL
caught among the Orkney Islands, and peutifuly near
Shetland Still further north IL is very abundant, es-
pscay on the coas. Of Iceland Norway, and the Fa-
roe Islands. As ts stomach 10 usually found empty,
there is notion among the European hshernen that
lives on the juice Of sea-weeds. We had the cosk
cooked for dinner and found its flesh hrm toughness
but eavory enough. When sailed the Pilot said some
people pI eferred to cod the flesh sweh much in
boiling, and divides into thick flakes.
The Skipper and the Assyrian not having returned
when elmer was nearly ready, we sounded the horn
to recall them. They obeyed the summons and during
dinner the Assyran descan ed on the besues OF ortn
Fox Island which he declared to be the finest saod ne
had yet seen. winding strait about mile broad sep
srstes i. from the Scuth Fox lssnd. Tbs strait B
called the Thoroughfale and coasters and hsnlng YES
sells often pass ,hr ugh it The island was weustocked
with sheep and the feeces were peculiarly brilliant n
hue fs the effect If ses air. The Assyran had par
eyed with eundry of the people, who lived be said IN
very good houses ard be had learned that the leland
formed the town of North Haven that it contained 300
inhabitants four small VILLAGES, many stores, one
church. and eleven schoolhOuses and lastly, that lis
stsple product was bay The only natural curiosity
was huge rocking bowlder, on the top OF bill sd-
ioiDiI Pulpit barber.
After dinner the Artist and went with the Profes-
scr in the dory to dredge the mouth of the harbor
Before we began, the beauty Of the sea-weeds on q
ledge nesr by us attracted our attention and we landed
on the rocks, and gathered greet quantity Of
"T These m,ny .colored, yanegsted forms
Wroush, BY the sea nymphs from their golden hair.
From narrow cens scooped In the rocks we take
These fsi,y textures, lightly moored at m.rn-
Down sunny slopes ou. stretching to the deep,
WeIOam at noon and 60 her shsp.s IKE ts7 ,s,.,
f.sto oDs ' snd P.pssees IN .sscsvs. aud .sy
What hue. Of land can rival tint. Ike these
Who dwell beneath the waters I"
The result of our dredging was few fine specimens
Of sea.eucumbers. the largest we had yet sean.
About the middle Of he afternoon great school OF
makerel came into the harbor and we all got into the
dory, except the sesmen, aud anchored aongside OF
Pulpit Rock to intercept them they came out Oar
bait which we threw out by hsndfuls, attracted
them, and lively scere ensusd. For about half an
hour pulled in msckerel fast as we could throw
out and haul in our lines After catching upward of
hundred we desisted we really did not know what
to do with the fish snd did not TO capture them
merely to throw back into the sea.
thunder storm confined to the soop for the rest
Of the day. Before sundown il cleared up, and az the
setting sun descended directly behind the opposite
mountains we were favored with g strange and mag
nifcen. spectacle After the storm the sky had be-
come perfectly clear Of Clouds except dense MAS
tina; rested on the mountain peaks As the sun went
down these clouds gathered around the summit Of
Magunicook the lofiest pesk of the mountains, and
Assumed the form of crown, which was presently
suffused and gorfed with rich rosy hue For nearly
half an hour this superb crcle remained motonlsss on
the brow Of the mountain, till 1t gradually melted
away as the shades Of evening advanced
Before Il twilight vanished we began 10 fish, az the
Professor thought might find the place abundant In
hske In q few minutes hauled up lobster, In vhoss
tail my hook had somehow got fast. 1t was in nne
conditio n and weighed twelve pounds. AS we hsd
been for some days without lobster the unlucy Orus
tacean went without delay into the Pilots pot.
We were catching whiting pretty freely whom, juss
as it was growing dark, exclamation Of surprise
from the Assyran called rs to his side. He had caught
what we at first glance supposed to be oonger-sei
But on locking closely it proved to be fish OF the
sculpin family, and of an entirely new and strange
Species 1t was 60 queer and savage looking that none
of us ventured to touch it or take it from the hook
We inspected and measured is while the Assyrian held
it at arm length, ard after we had satisfied our curl
osy the Professor brought out keg of alcohol over
which he held it, aud cutting the ishns let L drop
into the preserving fluid Its body was shaped like
that of an eel but s head square and blunt, with
an almost human face. 1t had steady, stony ex-
preston in its deeptet eyes. It's length was thirty
inches and its circumference eight inches. But h
most remarkable peculiarly was lie color, which was
CHASTITY white except at the tail where it shaded into
rosy hue.
There is no fab like this described by any writer
technology and none of us had ever seen anything
the sort before. The Pilot who had 6SAed In our
waters for more than half century, declared that hs
had never seen or heard Of such creature in all HE
experience Subsequently, during thu cruise we
showed il to a great number Of fishermen, none d
whom, however, had ever seen any feb Ike it. On
turning In that night we left out bsitsd lines hanging
over the vessels side, and in the morning found
had caught fish resembling the other in everything
except tina. it was Of lead color instead Of psk
white.
TuF H'OFS or KANSAS