The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-21

them. The net Is piled on the yachL ana SUE,
followed by the remaining siOOp' saiis away 'n
search OF another school
PROFITS.
As we glide slowly along, for the WIND nss
fallen almost TO calm, tho master OF tDe yaoht
tolls s now the profits OF this fishery are divid-
cd m The customary system IL for the parties
owning the oil factory TO nave their own vessels
and nsh M gear. In The sharing OF the nsh one
tmird ia allowed ne the intete-t on this outfit.
and the remaining two thirds belonRto the men
who Operate the ssar anu are eltneI p,ivua,vu
ing from AZ to ~ per thousand. or are worked
uU separately on 80 cial terms Tor the nshers II
they, instead Of roady money, prefer speculh-
ton In oil and runno. Some small factories,
however, particularly those at which the hsn
nro fried in the oil fashioned way, instead OF
steamed aud dressed, own neither vesseis or
npts, md buy the compar lively small number
~ hsh thev require from independent hshtrs A
net OF the size of int entiOned costs $3.50, and
must be repl ced toy a new one each year
There "a nothing moro 20 he seen. Another
school" is not readily found, and N II were we
would not be likely 10 see anything new IN the
taxing OF II. so we seize the opportunity Afford
ed by the passing of n "pound" net fisherman,
who has come out to see how the bunker"
business progresses, md return win Nun TO
Abrahan's Landing, where our team Il to await
us. On the way we encounter "A small Cat-rigRed
boat, manned bv a Monthuk Indian, tall.
straight, very dark coppcr-cplored, but never
thcless rather q rod looking young fellow.
"what have you gotH" demands our Usher
man.
He hauis alongside, and we Inspect his stock.
lie has on board fully 2O0 pounds of HOLSTERS, all
very small, scarcely any Of them OF half pound
weight, and nearly all de I'd.
II can't get any sale Tor them" he remarks,
"and will have to lose the whole lot. Take
somo1-only four cents pound for live ones
We mildly suggest tnat this Wholesale destruc-
tion Of such exc edtngly small lonsters Is I'M
provfdert reckless. add, not To put too fine
roint upon IL. rascallv. The Indian docs not see
IL IN that light, What Is II to hun that Holsters
are annually becoming more md more scarce
and higher Ia pricel As long as there are any
he will set his pots for them, add haul them out
~ the ws'er " rot, even II they are no Larger
than shrimp.
IA we near the shore we pass some pound
nets, heart-shaped cOntrivances stretched on
firmly planted stakes, and with long leader
stretching out to the shore. The "leader Is
simply straight wall Of net along which the
fish travel, seeking to get through until they
reach the pound. and there, not hivinR sense
enough To turn around and swim away, they re-
transfer them to tho "i,n." tight enclosure Of
strong netting, where they are Kept unit! de-
market. Weak. black, King, aud blue fish, skates,
porgles, and many other varieties, are all caught
Ia this manner.
| Ia barren, bleak, and SANDY; but a delightful
shady country road starts just back of IL and
| winds around to Amagansett by way OF Fresh
| Pond. and this lakeist Is truly n gem OF quiet
| beauty. Its waters are cold, clear IA crystal,
| and reflect - IN mirror the pure blue sky above
| and the vivid green Of the wooded slopes that
hem II In. Its waters are full Of diminutive
perch.
ON tho way back we pas. a nook in the woods
| whore, festoOned from trees In all directions.
are nets Of gigantic dimensions, memories of
| enchanted forests aud giants, and dragons, AM
kindred exciting things and beings which wero
VIVID realities to our childish fame Is, rise before
| us At this unwonted sight. That's where we
! ttr our nets t. keep them from rOtttng In the
water explains the guide. aud romance van
ishcs az this touch " pros &c fact.
| On the hill above Fresh Pond we stop and take
| last look at the placid. beautiful eIpanse OF
water known as GARDENERS Bay. White sails in
sunlight. o the left, in the distance, rises Gar
diners Island, pale gray green IN tint, with
night, the dark green OF the highlands OF Mon.
! tauk juts boldly up against the translucent blue
aud neecy white OF the clouds that far beyond
seem to melt into horizon line In which cloud
! Is ocean and ocean cloud. Very lovely and in
nocent 1t seems now, tnis fair aud smiling sea,
tut In the long bleak winter II Is terrible. Then
black clouds frown upon roaring white-capped
| breakers; tnick ioss, enshrouding awful mys'
tefies II the maleyplent unknown, sulleply cover
land ana water, and the angry winds make sport
| OF wreck and death.
a MYSTERY OF MoSrAuK.
| On Dec. o.. 1873. three yonng men, serving 10
the coast guard al the Montauk lighthouse
shining brightly, the wind was low. and the
waves, for that season and In that place, were
calm. They were within sirht OF their com
rades on the snore. Stealthily, a thick iOe
drifted IN from the sea and shut them out from
later a man wandering upon the beach, som,
two miles distant, found a boat drifted In &
but was all right No water was in IL
The oars were In their places. And CON
Cludlng that IL must have sllpped the line
by which IL had been attached to some vessel
the finder leaped Into It and rowed up to th'
lighthouse to put IL 10 charge and make hi
claim for salvage. There the boa: was in
stantly recognized as the one Ia which the tire,
young men had gone out fishing. The next dal
there was washed up on the beach at \ distant
point, the shirt which one Of the young men had
worn, and II was found to be uniform and but
toned carefully at tue neck and wristband. Al
another remote spot there came TO the shore
long rubber boot, that Of one Of the mtssin.
men, containing stu human foot and leg sew
cred Just above the boot. That was all that eve
was given up by the sea and the fog. Of the Ill
fated men who so mysteriOusly persisted. on
OF the men, Albert Edwards, had been recentl
married, and belonged In Amagansett. lh
others, Alex Osborne and - n ilsey, we're sing Il
men from East Hampton and Bridgehampton
10 this day speculation Is active but unayaill III
conccrulng the fite that beiell them beneath tn
pall OF that Dlindiug fog, far from human aid
ana II is scarcely possible that the event vii
ever he other than 1t now Is, 1.-THE Mystery .
Montauk Point"