Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-08-02

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ese III >eISlsuePed anythina \
- ~ Qnping business y
the III IN has amusing 10 e
10 "a r :inkbers" when, t1y
NJ e4L 9Sy report. Be-
they bad qnnIV4 knew that @ey
had not done ''the tax assigned" We
were esa6dent, heaGves, that excuses
would be 8 tksek q tie birds. King
was spokcsman. and in IN humble voice
stated that - his companion vas one
Of the Hilxaa eraaeri6ed. and oppoued
10 performing seTVile work On Saiurday,
The jewish SnbbetA ,anl - il required
two men 70 capture >6ne crab, one to
null m The line and The other ~ n,e the,
net. he begged % Be excused for this
dereliction Of duty. - Tie Ingenuity or
this excuse was accepted. coupled with
promises Of . better pefi5tmance the.
next day. We we're thed called to the
dinuerof dinners-trout, birds, clans,
oysters, and all things common to this
region. One of our party. not content
with the bill oflare. enjoyed few mus
sells, which 6e pronounced very GOOD.
The oysters are too salt, but after being
soaked sh0totine o. essh water and
stewed are very 6ne. We noticed too
. resersal Of the order Of .naiuse, or, a
least. cur order Of natuteaA home. with
~ the mussel is parasite 10 The oyster,
while there the oyster IS such to the
msssel. The mussel 70 very large,
sometimes over four inches in length,
and serves Is an excellent bait Tor trout.
After dinner our party again divided up
fof operations, with some slight changes.
A party of clammers took the water,
while others went for birds and fish.
The clans are caught By wsding in wa.
ter about three feet deep. Yout feet
pressing upon the bottom comes in con-
tact with the clam. which is buried in
the sand or mud at the depth of about
three inches. The clam is then easily
caught with the hand. In . very short
time they had caught two or three bush
els. We were assigned to the fisher
meu snd didn't get bite. The party
were not so successful as in the morn
ing, owing possibly to not being able to
find the fishing ground, although two
Captains, who fi>hed in the morning,
had ontention about it. The trouble
is. that u1ips4 ode the Inlet is all wa
ter, while at e6b eide it is all land or
yearly so-snd then the tides are so
rapid in the ebb and flow. The winds
are hardly ever taken into .considera-
tion for the purposes OF navigation. No
matter how favorable the wind is. no
boat can make Roadway against the
tides If they happen to be unfavorable.
This was great detriment to our FISH,
ing, as it required so much lead to sink
The line you could not tell when the fish
had taken the bait. We returned 10
the vessel about shutdown with but poor
success. The guAners and clammers
had arrived before US and were await
ing supper. Freeman had agreed to
give US bird supper cooked in wine,
and was busily engaged on the task.
We had grown impatient, but at last
the summons came and no man was out
Of place. Long live our friend Freeman
for the dainty dish fit for King. Wheth-
er we ate one or ten birds we don't re-
member. We know we consumed birds
enough to make us tight. Of course
nothing but taking smoke and sleep.
ing could be done after such q supper.
So. accordingly, after enjoying the one.
We INDUCED in the other-not even
..Possum" was put upon the boards.
Sunday, July l5th. Another pretty
day, the Christian Sabbath, but as we
must live, we determined to go Enragiug
again. Some slight changes were made
in the divisions-but the crabbers re-
NAMED intact. Great things were ex-
pected from them this day. Up to this
time crabs had been the only thing we
had missed. Early in The morning break
fast was served, a new feature. Of which
being an omelet OF birds eggs which
had been found the day before, and
which was pronounced excellent. At
ter breakfast, small party Of us again
went ashore to see the remaining sights
being the flock Of wild geese and the
Life Saving Station. We thought the
geese a great curiosity. The flock num-
bers about 25 or 80, among which are
two of a smaller size than the ordinary
wild goose, called Branfs. We were
struck with their intelligence. Old Mr..
Cobb seems to have then under his es-
pecial charge, and in answer to his stem
torian and broad accent manners to
MASTER" we could see them bowling
and chattering in their language, espe-
cially the Brants. There were several
goslings in the flock. We were told
that during the winter season they were
sometimes awav from home several
days, but invariably returned, bringing
With them new companions, who in
their turn became domesticated. We
regretted very much our failure in not
ieeing the Lite Saving Station, which
vas owing to the absence OF the officer
in charge. The object is to rescue the
crews Of the ships that have been
wrecked on the breakers OF this coast.
We understood that some good service
has already been performed in saving
Ship wrecked crews. We noticed in
many places along the beach remains
Of wrecks, which, we suppose, made q
station on this part Of the coast me-
eessity. In this way the day wore
away until about dinner, when the par
" again met on the boat. Each dlvis-
ion gave favorable report with the ex-
rcufson rsf the rrahhepx When rall~1
upon this time Vile acted as spotes-