New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-01
r9os PORTLAND TO MOUNT DESERT.
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We roae a. sunrise on Monday moniog, snd AZ
,elok took our last look Of Boothbsy and nos'ed sah
- ,hs a s4yvard r. vas a delii1ns morning,

clock took our last look Of Boothbsy and noia'ed sa
for the eastward II vas deh'ions morning,
So cool 90 calm 20 bright,
The brioal Of The earth snG sky
,ho. yvs eonN .cercely believe, with old George Her
hrt ,ha, 90 sweet day must die. The fearful storm,
he bleak blasts, the pel,iDg rans through which we
bat 90 ls.ly psssed, seemed far off ana incredible.
IN. gentle blue heavens hanging above US, with not
cloud 10 speek hir ser azure the sparkling waers
nlno AZ os,ly around us and the soft and low breeze
,hst aaftsd tbe Helen slowly al Dg were in such sx-
uuisits and perfect harmony with the aspect of sur
rounding natrrc with the green shores, the decately
wooded Islands, and tho distant mountain peaks,
sresthed with soft and shadowy mis.s that it seemed
uoustrcus to think Of so fair disturbed by tenn
pests or overwhelmed by SNOW and ice. Amid euch
/ brilliant sunshine one could hardly even credit the
coming of night.
AZ We drthed down the hsrbor we s.eered close TO
the Has in hncss Of eng friends and bidding
/ them lsst eoOd.by. But no cue gas yisioe, cave
the silent African Uho stood Leaning over tho rail,
vsicbip. the schools Of mackere that we're beSe ani
there ripping the surface Of the water. He said MOTH
rg hut courteou.y touched his ba, ss we swept by.
The sckerel az Usual excited the Professors psca.
tory rsgs and he iDv me % jump into the doy with
uir and 90 aud catch for oresEiast, for which
mssl the Pilot lesurey making prep Tations The
uind vas go light that the smoke Of our furnace az
cended ike the smoke of sac ice, and at the rate at
witch the sloop going ge could easily overtake
,er AS we we're now citing fairly into the region Of
uacaere sbirg Skipper had taken to provide
ait which ne purchased from a vessel with bait mil
Oh board
Taking bucket Of The stuff, composed Of bardheads
ground no, which the maCkereshers uas to toll their
prey within reach, we entered the dory and rowed
toward the nearest school-s presence being eaaily
detected by The ripple which tie shes make in passing
through the water. When within two or three rods
Of them, the Professor dropped the and threw
,4veral handfpls of the bsit toward the mackere.
Our lines which were loaded only with light sinkers,
we're already baei with pieces of hardhead, and we
threw them quigsly out instantly there was rush
It them a sha-p quick bite and we each pulled in
mackerel For few minutes we drew in fish as fast
a. We could bait and throw oat our lines; often, in-
Iced not stoppnP PIT fresh bait for tie merest
hr OF skin banging to the book was sufficient We
lad caught abont thirty in quick succession the fish
ol wing as boat fpated along on the tide, when
suddeay they ceased to bite Something bad alarmed
Rem. and they had gone off at hash 20 reappsar at
he distance Of an eighth of mile. As we had al
ready more than enough for breakfast, did not pur
.ue them but reganed the sloop and turned our cap
lures over 10 the Pilot who soon had the choicest Of
III N in bis frying-paD.
Tbs vas my fret experience Of mackerel fishing,
ard very pleasant found it. The author of Wild
porte Of the West Of ireland described it truly when
be said: There il not river always except
my Cling for salmon, any sport comparable to this
i,Hghtul amusement; full of life ard hustle, every
thing shout it ia animated and exhiI4ratDgi brisk
breeze fair sky the boat in qu;k and constant
motiop all ia calculated to interest aud excite. He
VIII has experienced the glorious sensations of sailing
on the Western Ocean, bright Autun sky above,
deep green lucid swell around a steady breeze, aud
IS Innch Of Il az the hooker stand up to- will e
mste the exquisite enjoyment mornings mackerel
dbing Afforded
/ have not yet seen any fish 20 handsome the
maokeIel so elegant in FORM beautiful and brilliant
in c.lor. The per part of the boiy dark green in
nue. the lower part silVery white, but along the sides
are va7y bands of mixed and luctuating cOlors ike
those Of changeable silk. The size of the fab varies
from ten to twenty inches ia length and the average
weight is 40 pounds. Those we caught wero small,
weighing not than pound each.
The IuackeIel was well known to the ancients aud
those taken near the Island of P4ros pa tculary
celebrated The famous fish saaoe called gara, made
from their entrails invented by the Greeks. The
msozere Of the Mede' uAnean, however, are poor and
tastelefe compared with those Of the Atlantic, and
thouPh Apcos wrote many recepts for sauces TO dress
them in and pour over them at table, it is certain
that the ancisns hardly considered them hit to eat
fesh, bat preferred them sailed as the Spsniarjs do
20 thia day. The physician CELSIUS eighteen hundred
year, ago pronounced them very beayy foodgraUissi
mum alirllntum. Oppian, Greek of the second
I,,,. g,b G,L;
compares the mackerel's fonGnsss for brian coors
ard lis readiness tite bic Of red RI to rash
tees Of sn infant playing with fire:
just 70 the little smiling boy adrires
The csudlef painted baze and curling spires;
Extends HE h nd, but dear experience gains
The greats. beauty gives the greatest Pains.
GlEsn, another Greek writer, not long afterward,
tells one Of the rsst sh stoes on record to the
effect that cersin fishermen had formed league with
title Of uaekcrel which they soppied with food and
In return the nacserel secured for them and
uFed within reach Of their aud lines whole schools
cf teif speciee. The alliance between the fisher
men sld these deooys wac, ssys Elan, Of a most sG-
cred AMI iuviosbl5 character, and even sutsssd by
s,e de Of tradition, among the descendants Of the
contracting parties for may generations.
1t has teen supposed until recently, that the mack
ere wes migratory FISH and that TO vi. I'd Winter Il
Gsred b the Polar fgOns whore il kept itself warm
by getting under The leo. Dr. Andera gives a minu
description of ,heir line OF march in the Spring, and
e pfelen'f them pouring in succession along the
c9ssta Of Iceland Scotland and Ireland, dividing as
{. - approach he Englith Channel into two columns
one 81 which continues lis onward course along tue
aes! Of France, Spain, ald Portugal, and Streams
through the Straits OF Gibraltar into the Mediterra.
uean While the other passes up the Channel along
tho northern coast OF France and the opposte coast OF
Ergand and sMarming through The North Sea arrives