Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-18
Fish i'm the Red Sea.
From the London Field.

From the London Field.
The only place where one can not get fish
Is at sea has no meaning for the vOyager be-
tween Alden and SueZ. The Red STA is the ex-
ceptiOn that makes the rule for there is not day.
or even an hour. that fish of one kind or another
are not to be seen from the deck of steamer
homeward or outward bound, and. provided the
vessel is not going too fast, caught and brought
on board, too. Dolphin, albacOre, bonita, bara-
couta, fying-fsh, black-fish and porpoises
abound. and at certain seasons fleets of Arab
hshing-bOats make immense catches of fish.
which is sailed and carried inland, but distinc-
tive fish OF the Red sea, and more especially of
the upper part of it, in the Gulf of Suez. is the
Red sea salmon. The gOd-father-Or god
mother perhaps-Of this handsome fish is I'M
known. but anyone who has seen the fish dead
or. better STILL in the act of rising at spinning
bait will say that it looks well deserving of the
royal name bestowed upon it. 1t is only at
table that the Red Sea salmon discredits it's il
ustriOus sponsor. the king of fishes: Tor if the
truth must be told its flesh is very little superior
in flavor to that of the English bass. When was
returning home from India last November saw
such boat-lOad of these splendid fish brought
on board at SueZ would make any anglers
mouth wafer There were twenty or thirty of
them, ranging, L should say, from fOrty-five or
fifty pounds down to twenty. and cleaner, hand
somer. or more game-like fish l never anywhere
",
the vessel was in strict quarantine so
that it was impossible to find out much about
the fish-where they were caught. in what way,
and by whom. All could learn about them
was that they had been sent from shore for the
stewards use. and that the fishermen about
Suez caught lots of them. probably in nets
Whether these are the fish which produce a
phenomenon observable in the Red Sea or not /
can not say, out think it likely enough that the
Red Sea salmon is often responsible for it. What
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large fishes one meets every now and then in
voyage up the Red Sea. swarm of this kind
ii can scarcely be called shOal-may be
known from afar by the t1Ocks OF pure white
sea gulls lowering over the spot. By and by.
and as the ship draws nearer, the place presents
the appearance of 'breakers." or broken white
water. in the midst of the deep blue. Later on.
if the spot happens to be i'm the vessels course.
Kissing noise like that of boiling water is
heard. and as we pass quite close it will be OBJ
served that the turmoil is produced by vast
number of large fishes darling round and round
in circle. perhaps fifty yards in diameter.
What they are doing it would be hard to say
They are probably after food of some kind, by
the number OF sea-fOwls screaming and eX-
cited overhead but it is not fying-ish that
they are in pursuit of, as an old ''salt
averred, nor do think the pursuers in ques-
ton are bonita though l see in Mrs. Brassey's
book Sunshine that something similar was
seen from the sunbeam in the Mediterranean.
The fishes. so far as they can be made out in the
swirl they create by their rapid movements. do
not look as large as the bonita have caught in
the same sea; but whatever they are. the idea
OF dropping a weli-baited hook into the waltz of
the fishes Is too enhancing, if only one could
follow the dance about in small boat at ones
own sweet will and pleasure The native fisher
men along the African coast must make ire
mendOus hauls when they get into one Ofthese re-
markable '.swims," for the fish go round and
round but do not seem to progress onward at o
greater rate than three or four miles an hour.
A Horses Revenge.
From the Friends Review.
The following instance, for which we have a
credible voucher. will serve to show the impolicy
Of the wickedness too often practiced toward
animals. A hack driver, Familiarity known to
many of our citizens, waited daily for custom at
one Ofthe principal depots of Philadelphia. He
was ola hard, cruel disposition, the effects Of
which were painfully felt by the dumb but not
senseless creatures upon whom he depended for
hisday bread. When the hrong of newly
arrived travellers had all passed from the train
without his securing "a job" his disappOint-
ment irritated his temper and he would vent
his rage by beating his horses in the public
street. responding only by oaths
to the circumstances OF humane
spectators. Our informant, respec-
able citizen. before whose place of business
these revolving scenes occurred, having for a
considerable time missed this driver from his
usual stand. found, after inquiries, that he went
at night into his stable. and one of the horses
who had so often felt his unmerited cruelty.
seized him with his mouth by his lOng bare neck
and thus held him till he was chOked to DEATH
Thus did justice adapt the punishment to the
crime. AS he had s0wn. he reaped. The name
we suppress-the anecdOte we tell for the lesson
it conveys. This horse was susceptible of graft
tude and love- He was capable, also. of menu
DRY and revenge. BY many deeds of gentle
obedience he had served his reasoning but I'M
reasonable master, but receiving no good re-
quital, he was at length actuated by despair and
the instinct of self preservation.