New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-08

Captain, said the Professor TO the Pilot, can you
make cbowderf"
The old man bsd jun lighted the cbipsn his furnace.
and was do wn on his knees blowing them into fame
BE looked up, with strong degree of scorn dspcted
on his honest face. So Can make chowder7" he re-
Peaied: well, 1 should think / could, I've made
more n forty thoutsnd."
The Professor, who had rapid mathematical mind
remarked hat that lFee figure must be only fgur,
Of speech, for TO make forty thousand cbowders 10
sixty years would require an average of two day.
well, we'll, said the old man, 81 did Mt meau
forty thousand exactly. never kept count on EN-;
but I've made great many and if yon like I'll give
you as good q one Daniel Webster himself eve,
turned out"
He went TO work, and as we had salt pork potatoes
and onions on board, and plenty of "hard tack" o,
crsckes in less than hour we sitting in front
of as fine a Chow der as one could wish to eat Ga,
morning sport had given us good appettes and the
chow der rapidly vanished, much TO tie delight of the
concoctor thereof who was not little proud of our
appreciation Of his culinary skill. We had lighted our
cigars aud the Assyrian was brewing mighty pitcher
Of what be persisted in calling lemonade especially
since we had got within the bounds Of the State OF
Maine, when suddenly we heard shout: Sloop
atOyW We went on deck. A yacht, crowded with
ladies and gentlemen, was lying within hailing dis
lance. "Hsve you got any fish r. Plenty. Do you
Wal some 7"
They answered with joyful shout and four Of the
gentlemen jumping into their skiH, were soon on board
One of them proved to be an acquaintance of ours
from Portland. They had set out on a chowder sx.
cursion to Diamond Cove and had been fishing all the
morning, with scsDt luck. We gave them fish enough
for their chowder, and the Assyisn whose hosptabe
instincts had krdled up at the sight of visitors invited
them into the cabin to partake of his avore liquor
which, ike the Chaplain in Jonathan Wild " he Eas
fond of recommending as a wholesome beverage no
where condemned in Scripture and as he added not
coptraband to M line law long as you called /
lemonade. he gravely checked one Of the stranger
who Inadvertently spoke of it as punch.
Ascertaiung that the people the yacht had nothing
to drink on board but ale, the Assyrian insisted
sendiDg to them pailfnl of his lemonade, with the
compEn epts of the Helen. The Skipper 10 our dory
accordingly accompanied the strangers bsck to the,
vesstl bearing with him the steamug oblstion toge
getber with dozen of our best fish. They received
the present with cheer and making sail for Diamond
Cove, were soon ont Of sight among the islands.
Shortly after their departure got under way, and
the slOop began to move, the Professor threw
the dredge In few minutes il was full. aud VI,
III
rare SHELLS, fine specimens of star-fshes, and What
was then new to me, number of sea onions and Sea
cucumbers. These last living creatures denizens
of The bottom of the sea- at considerable deptas TIE
sea onion resembles large vegetable onion, cut 10
loDgitudnaly; and the cucumber, in size, shape
and color ia 30 similar to lie namesake of the land thai
we were almost tempted to slice up and ty it with
vinegar 1t belongs in fact TO the same family with
Al. &c nv Ia
Chinese who employ it in the preparation of nutritious
soups, IN common with eeculent sea weed shsrkt
fms edible birds nests and other materials s ,rdine
much Jelly. The length of the sea cucumber IL from
four TO eight inches but possesses the power within
ce tain limits of extending or contracting ts body at
will Its head when the animal is alarmed is 30 con-
cealed as TO be almost imperoeptSe, but If it be
place in bucket OF sea water and LEFT awhile unds
turbed the head viii be gradually protruded and ex
panded until i, assumes the appearance Of beautiful
flower, generally of a brilliant rose color. The
least TOUCH however, will this eforescencs to
suddenly disappear The creature moves principally
by the aid of sucksrke feet of which, in most species
there are five longitudinal rows.
As the Pilot and Skipper wished for news for home
we direesed TO HerriOg Cat, an anchorage
between Baileys Island and Jsquiss, which, as II
communicates directly and easily with the ocean, Ia
much frequentd by fsaermen, and We could hardly
fail to find there vessel fresh from Swampscott,
and certainly some from Gloucester. We anchored
about the middle of the afternoon, among small tee'
# schooners with whose crews our seamen were sooD
in dep conference about persons and affairs the
north shore of Massachusetts, Bay.
Leaving them to enjoy their gossip on board of
SV ampcsott schooner, we rowed the dory into q
charming little Dock the rocky shore of Jaquss,
and landed to explore the leland. 1t proved to be
perfect gem Of the sea and fit TO be the habitaton OF
Calypso or of Prospero and his daughter. Like many
of tbese islands of Casco Bay it has long been used as
pasture for sheep and to protect the Aocks from the
wind thick belt Of the original forest of evergreeni
has been left growing all around the shore. These
trtes pines csdars frs bemlocks, and spruces, kept
sacred from the axe, and permitted TO grow at thei
own sweet WILL bent only by the storms of ocean, are
as wildly picturesque as poet or artist could desire
The sheltered interior meadow, interspersed with
copees and clumps of oaks and naples, come of them
of eat SIZE No house or barn, or sign of human &C.
cupancy broke the ylvsn solitude of the island, which
was not married by fence the incircng sea con-
firing the sheep more securely than wall pond III
the center fed by springs and garanded by heS gave
the animals drink.
From the summit of the island the view was superb,
embracing on one side the ocean ooVeu Win Sa'' a'
On the other scrossthe little roadsead where our vee
s.llay amid its kindred craft the pleasant groves
tile fields of Baey's leland and beyond, tho far
stretching pennsuas of Harpswen, aud the countless
isles Of the bay.
The Assyrian was enraptured with JaquiSs and no
enthusiasm broke out in random citations from Inc
Teppeet: "How lush and lusty the grass looks how
green =" he cried in the words Of old Gonzaio Ano