Daily Republican., 1880-08-05

sun TO doubt having destroyed them.
ar. Denizot has large fke or net
stretched on hoops, such as We have
seen on very much smaller scale in
Wilmington Creeks, which he keeps
immersed in the sea daily until high
water when he raises it to the pier floor
usually with many fine fish and many
crabs secured in it. The hauling ol
this net is quite an event to our visitors
and attracts many. Sharks are easily
caught from the pier and any one fond
of this cruel sport can capture them.
Throw over hook and line baited with
eel aud shark will seize the tempt.
ing morsel very quickly. Some bait
with goodis or other fish, but long
and tedious wait will ensue before a
shark takes hold, but chunk OF eel is
soon taken by them, and small blame,
for the salt water cells served here are
very excellent eating indeed, though
many have such repugnance TO them
that they cannot partake of the eetainly
most delightful dish. We long
shared this dislike and never yet have
eaten them taken from fresh waters,
but made a sumptous breakfast twenty
year ago at the New Atlantic Hotel
here off a dish Of fish before us eut in
squares and fattened out, sweet and ex.
cellent it proved to be. On finishing
the meal we asked the walters what
fish it was and he informed US salt wa
ter eels. An prejudice vanished at
once and since then we have sought
and partaken often Of them.
1t was warm up in the town this
morning, bu. delightful strong south
wind was blowing on the piers making
the sea quite rough.
The Republic went over to the
Br saltwater at IL 80 at neon today
from here on an excursion, fare so
cents the round trip and took good
ly number from Cspe May, 600 in all.
A high wind and rain storm spaarg up
as they we're about returning, with
thunder and lightning, and created
such heavy aea that nearly all were
sick OF board. This mars the pleasure
OF the otherwise splendid trip. We
once went over on the City Point where
four hundred we're closely packed on
her forward upper deck and of these
quite half were ill and conld not move
owing to the crowd; you may imsg-
inc the discomfort OF such situation.
Those who appreciate the dangers of
such a state of affairs hesitate to 60.
On the Republic it is different for she
is so large she does not rock SO much
and if i'll there is room to move about
While on Congress Pier to-day, a
handsome schooner was cruising off
and on waiting to pick up boat be-
longing to her, which pulled out from
the pier with two gentlemen who were
evidently going out fishing for snap
ping mackerel. The breeze was SO
strong that the vessel made pretty
sight as she glided by to and fro with
only one man at the helm and no other
on board, yet he ran her upon the
winds, picked up the boats crew and
passengers and they hoisted in the
skitf and away they went toward the
breakWatsr dashing over the waves and
making them fly from her PROV. We
once went on one OF these fishing ex-
cursions bound for Five Fathom Banks
and its Light ship, l6 miles east of US,
but the wind was ahead and no snap
ping mackerel or blue fish (Temnodor
Gu & val.) appeared, and the
only fish we caught were eight sharks
in about fifteen minutes. Three species
were taken the dog shark (Mustelus
CAMS, De Kay) shovel nose shark and
shark.
Capt. Uriah Cresse, was our guide
and Commander, and the schooner
Ridgeway our vessel, and he it was
who told us il we would cut up our
breakfast eels in ohunoks two inches
long and put two or three pieces on
your maokerel hooks and lines we
would take sharks rapidly and so we
did. We would throw the line out
thirty feet over the taffrail and
watch the hook and bate de-
scend and quickly a shark would
dart up from the bottom, seize it and
the cruel hook enter his jaws and he he
pulled on deck to founder and linger o
ong while before death ends his suff-
srings. We took no part in the "sport"
'or It is many day since we saw any
ov in hooking Gsh or shooting birds
although very fond of eating both. The
sharks we're none of them over four feet
ong and weighed about thirty pounds
lpiecs tut one large fellow eight feet
ong appeared about the bait but would
lot bite the captain said because he saw
IS looking over the topsail at him so we
withdrew our heads and watched him
rom the crevice between the vessel
nd skiff on the davits. He would dive
nd come up head first looking only
wo or three feet long as the position
% was in shortened him, then
yeipg the bait hook and line he
,ould sail around it showing his
hole length and we found he
'0uld grasp the boat ana preak the
inc. Cap. Cresse got out his regular
bark hooks, three times the size Of the
utcher sbamble hooks in your market
ouses with yard of strong chain at
ached to keep the shark from biting
& the line, their teeth cutting it like
nife and thus protected OF tied directly
, the hook, but the shark did not bite
nd so we did not take him. Had he
ot fast they would have run the line
hich was the size Of q clothes line
yer a small block and pulled him I
long side and slipped 3 moose over his
Ill which is their weapon of offence J
nd defence ont Of the water on deck 9
nd is mostly cut Of as soon as they I
70 landed as q blow from 1t would !
-eak bones. The sea was very trans.
aren't. On this trip we saw the stormy !
strel or mother Carey's Chicken with. b
sight of Cape May. We did not q
now they were nearer than the
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