The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-07-27
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upon our unsheltered heads. The drop
We're very I large nd the water quite warm
Nearly every psSson wore wore broad -brimmec
felt bat, Which proved great Pr projection a
gainst the rain Our attention was soon az Al
Tested by the ,pelting Of something which
struck our hats like hail, but which proved
ftoo be frogs, and in less than two minutes The
grass was fairly alive with those creatures
Several Of The party took some from their hat.
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Our unexpected visitors we're all one size is
about d quarter Of sanl inch long from nose tfe
Tump;; very lively; and apparently III the best
condition. Their fall had been broken by
the spribgy, resilient nature ofthe grass It
is not probable that several hundred thous-
and, perha ps millions, of frogs had suddenly
been hatched into life in the ground By, the
rain or, if they had, that in their infantife
glee they jumped FIVE feet eleTenmches from
the earth to tbs, top ef our heads he merely to
| show how. the game Of leaped.frog should be
played. Nor had they any such ;caudal ap-
pendages as are generally attached to Juvenile
rap. They came from above, in company
with the afian;eana this faet-was made clear
by holding out thsaband and seeing them fall
uponsit, aswsll as finding ithefnlon our: hat
rims; 3, isaset iJa 'CIs,tEis2l SS|a''.'f,7s ~
,dTRe eggsffom which thesefeptiles sptang,
had undoabtedly beenrd drawn iuptinto the ut
mosphere byythe aetioneoffs a watersspoas' and
heldin suspension with aqueous sparicles
longsen6ught tohatch ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
perfect form; then, by the force Of mutual
attraction, the separated particles Of vaPor
got together in such masses as to'form heavy
sheets s,ofg water, which ! in turn, became
amenable to the law of attraction of gravita-
ton, returning to the earth from whence it
had been drawn. Z In nthe new divisions were
created, called drops among which the
frogs descended, having been, obedient to
similar forces, moving with the aqueous
PARTICLES. This instance is cited to, show
that other things besidssyapor are translated
from earth is atmosphere sby &c certain fwgeal well
known. and accredited developments Of natur- T,
al laws 0rerlanqd7 7Aonthg .gl. 80.
The sARp1NE ;FIsuERYY- The sardine
Fishery, which begins in june and goes ag %
to the,chd almost Of November, is, as may be
imagined, ! very important industry, oecu;;
pyinlg as it does, the greater part the coast
populations of all Brittany-that? is to say,
THAT sardines are taken at Roscoff, the most
northernlyy point which they frequent, and and
theme, Esouthwards as far as. the coast Of Of
Spain: The, great 'depots are Douarnenez
which places take about onethird Of, the
whole catch, whichis estimated at. SOC, 0,oo(0,1
900 of Ash annually, and gives rise To- large
transactions in in olive oil which is used in
enormous nor 10 quantities in what is called the
"fabriication d ide safdiaes rhnfIe:o There is
another ,t branch of Tie business called la
sardiniie 'irdiii presse r which consists in placing
the fish (after salting) in largy barrels and d
pressing them DOWN these 'cannft arr be kept
long and consequently are not exported -
The ne trade is comparatively upimpOrtant.a a +,
The fishing for sardines is one of B the e pret-
tiest sights which can possibly be .e seen; the
boats 60 out twice day, and the return < Of
the Aeet Of eight or nine hundred nd boats at
sunset from the mouth of the bay of Douar-
napez, "a, distance of, some twelve miles) is a
Sight on o fine evening in autumn to dwell
upon thememory. ~ a' .'~a+;:ro 81 ','..s'|,,
The boats engaged in the fishery number
near thousand; they:;ate about six. tons
burden, and manned, by FIVE fishermen each;
they sail very fast, carry'a deal OF canvass,
masts rake good deal, and they are not
dccked. l.,s....... .. =, -. ..
The fishing is carried on in the following
manner Arrived at the point where they
expect to find the fish, the captain spreads
his nets from the stern of the boat; they have
corks at the. upper edge, and, lead at the
lower, arranged so as to fall and keep in q
vertical position. He then throws into the
sea-, on each side of the net, the bait-cod
fish row from Norway, Of which the sardine
is excessively fond; trying to pass through
the nets they are.caught. When one net is
full another is joined; on, and this is contin-
ued to the and of the fishing. s,o, ..-...
The preparation of the fish is also curl
GUS in its details. AS soon as the boats
come ashore the men,land their fish in bas-
kets, one in each hand 1.-TWO hundred, fish in
each basket; they wash them, and then turn
them out on large tables, s,wherc. women,
ranged around, salt them in heaps and cut
their heads off. ,This first operation done,
they are again washed and placed to dry on
lor;dirons. when thoroughly dry they are