New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-26
FROM PORTLAND TO MOUNT DESERT.
Ill.


morning. that there little nducsment 10 get under
way The ar was chill and damp, the sky covered
with dense clouds, threatening imminent rain, and,
worse than all there was not the slightest breath Of
wind To get out Of the cove we should have 10 tug
81 the oar for at least hour and gaining the open
tea might find ourselves sti becalnled. So we
cluded TO have breakfast before started and while
that was in preparation We dropped our ies over the
aide of the sloop and caught a number Of large
| q, unders.
The Rev. David Badbam says the best time for TAX
inc the founder is at lawn, when he a on the proTl
| for a breakfast:
| "He that intends a founder TO surprise,
Must start beiues, and nah before sunrise"
The same authority declares that is far better enter
tsinment to fab for founders than TO eat them The
| Fyieslandsrs however think otherwise, and have
been at the trouble of nsturazing them In fshponds.
The founders, too about Memel, on the Baltic, are
held In sstse as food. Mr.. Franks, In bis Northern
Memoirs commends them for their game qualities.
These fish," he says, are bold as buccaneers, Of
much more confidence than caution and 90 fond OF
worm that they will 90 to the banquet, though they
die at the board they endowed with great reso-
lation and struggle stouly for the victory when
" hooked they are also more than ordinarily difficult
TO deal with by of their build which s Alto
" gether fat as it were level The founder must
further tell you delights to dwell among stones be-
" sides, he is a great admirer of deeps and ruinous
decays yet as fond any fish Of moderate streams;
and none beyond him, except the perch that s more
{" soEctOus to rife into ruins, insomueh that man
" would fancy him antquafy considering he is 20
" affected with reiques."
| The French fishermen account for the distorted
mouth of the founder by the following legend: ST.
Christopher q martyr of the third century, one day
took into bis head to bless the fishes and 10 preach 70
them All the inhabitants of the deep came and
listened with attention and respect except the founder
who derded the holy man by making faces at him.
The Saint indignant at the insult, cured the whole
brood and condemned them for after 10 exhibit
themselves with mouths awry.
10 the course of ages the rebuke thus given BY Sc.
Christopher seems to have wrought change In the
character of the founder for Greek legend still
rent at ConstaDtnope ascroes the discordan color Of
the two sides of the fish to the fact that when the
Turks conquered Constantirople in l453 priests
q. church near the Silivria gate frying found
srs for dinner ust as the ndels entered the city and
were among the first victims OF the massacre. The
fish Iled with pious respect for hs church, expressed
their horror at the sacegous deed by jumping out Of
the frying into neighborng stream, whence they
made their way to the sea completely cooked on one
side In token of the miracle, the entire species has
ever since exhibited the mark of the fire. generally on
the right side; though, now and then, an eccentric
individual displays it on the left side
Alter breakfast faint breeze sprung up and assisted
by the tide we slowly dfifted ofthe cove and about
the middle of the forenoon reached the open The
wnd-what there of it and tide still serving, the
Skipper proposed to southwark few miles ont Of
our course to Drunken Ledge and fsh for halbut We
assented and about anchored in the neighborhood
of a formidable reef over which the sea fosming
splendidly, while all around was calm and smooth.
These rocks lie in the ocean, the edge Of Caseo Bay
about five miles from the nearest islands.
Taking lines stouer and with larger hooks than thosa
we used for codfshiDg we baed with pieces Of aoun-
der and tried luck. In the of half hour
caught several skates large cod hsddosks and
or two hske. But these were not what we came for,
and the impatient Assyrisn was already talking Of
Boothbay and his everlasting lemons when suddenly
tremendous jerk, followed by rapid rushing of the
Hne through his fingers, put stop TO HE grumbHug.
he had hooked halibut at last.
"Let her rum" shouted the Pilot "Hold tight but
don't pull her in Let her play wbile Go it, lem
opsp added the Professor, as the Assyrian sprang
from the bench of the cockpit where he had been azy
reclining and with eager eyes and teeth deeply set in
bis cigar began TO "pay" his prize.
After long and exciting contest the subdued balbut
was length brought to the surface in an exhausted
condition, and was skfally hoised on board by tho
Pilot who exclaimed as he laid the monster on deck.
"a hundfedpounder, by George"
The delight Of the Assyrisn was boundless. He got
upon the top Of the cabin and swinging his hat gave
three cheers. Hurrah, hurrah, hurrshp
Then, protesting that bis exertions in the struggle
had made him faint and that Ought celebrate the
victory by drink all round, he the Skipper into
the fore peak for bottle Of ale which order he pre-
senty counemanded for bottle Of claret, declaring
that such All achievement demanded the noblss liquor
aud as the high song Of Odin the Old says:
"Ales not good
For the chldSen Of men
As people have boosted"
The claret was brought and we drank 10 the health
Of the hshOut who by this time gaspng his last
on deck. Ii was truly noble fish, lacking bat few
inches of elk feet in length. The body was much
larger in proportion the breadth than in It's kindred
color the right side the left side being whissh with
out spo;s The lower jaw longer than the upper,
and both jaws furnished with two rows OF strong
sharp teeth The lips were large and feshy, aud the
eyes Of remarkable size between two and three nehes
IN diameter.
The halbut is not found In the Mediterranean, but
lie common the coasts of Scotland and Ireland, ana
the east coast of England though 10 Is rot plen'ui
on the southern coast of that country. II hoursnes
beet in northern latudes and the Grsenlanders often
subsist for considerable period exclusively on its
nesh which is cut into dips and dried In the sum- The
NorwegaDs and Icelaudsrs also largely salt aud barred