Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-09-05

Letter from RehokOth.
For the REPUBLICAN.
REHoBoTH, Del, September 3, 1884
THE morn with eager finger iifts ais
The sleeping meadows' misty veil,
Apd shews her stiewR wlGh- jswsls bright,
I4oAs9&mins guefd0n OF the night;
HIS nsoon an sshen shadow driiU, Ff
And IN the east q he clouds grow pale.
That hsgsldsd ~ ssmisgesg-
Their soldep baansSs cSahsSd to gray;
a Wild duck Maps upon the lake,
whose broken waves like diamonds fiare,
And shake the dew w-drops nom thoil
hair
II 10 . very quiet, beautiful Septem-
Dor morning at the shore, and the sen
u 70 placid that the breaker on the
beach and Its billow are not foot high,
|e1d just make Q tiny white ruffle ofsuri
Awe lpok toward Cspe Henlopsn light
house, And the roar, though loud for
such . miniature wave, is not constant,
being heard rst here, then there. There
|is larger billow aud roar on the Chris.
tiana when the FELTON, steams by the
banks.
Lake Gerar, as they named the lily
iopen grounds. lies In perfect unrufiied
smoothness, and reflects lilies, shore
and trees like q mirror. A beautiful
grass on the margin, and occasionally
takes wing and floats around, alighting
In a new place, and just now 1t perched
n, a pf nd Araaaa1 Mt bu rl.s n IN
on its breast with its long, slender, light.
colored beak, as it is only six O'Clock,
and It Is making Its toilet. We have
watched it with u superb field glass,
and bring IL no near we can see its brill
liant eyes and light green slender legs,
It's pretty, graceful head and neck as 1t
p,unges Its bill in its feathers. These
cranes are about two feet high as they
walk around, are the purest white, and
four or six have frequented this lily
pond all summer, and proved a great
pleasure to the guests Of the hotel, who
never tired of watching them with
opera glass or natural vision.
A Baltimore gentleman shot one and
brought IL to the house. Had 1t been
stuffed and encased it would have made
a superb ornament, but the pretty beau-
ty was not preserved. He also shot two
immense blue herons, and.a mouse-col-
ored crane that stands almost az high
as q man. Occasionally they are seen
on the ponds margin, standing on one
leg like the popular aesthetic pictures
and canoes, waiting for an unlucky
fish or frog, on which they pounce and
eat.
Two glossy black crows are on the
lake edge near the crane, and the spy
glass shows their shining satin-like
feathers, as plain as il they were in your
hand.
One morning flock of six summer
ducks we're swimming about the pond
gracefully, and We watched them with
the telescope quite awhile. The male
of this species has beautiful plumage,
as gay and brilliant as any bird OF
| America.
The lilies of the pond, and thousands
are there constantly, are not open this
morning. Ladies from the hotel all
summer gathered them from the bank
and from the boats always on the pond.
Mr.. Martin, who formerly owned this
whole Rehoboth tract, IN Informed MS that
when the surveyors were here laying
out this railroad Lake Gerar was black
with wild ducks and geese at times,
and they shot and killed them with
their revolvers. The water is fresh,
and wild fowl seek places on the
beaches. Since the place has been built
they do not come In such umbers, and
but little at all, even In winter. Reho
both Bay, a mile south of us, Is superb
cunning ground in winter, as well al
fishing waters In summer. We met
two of your prominent wealthy Will
mingtoniaDs, cottage owners mere, on
the board walk, recently returning from
"A days sail on Rehobotb Bay and fish
ing excursion, and they showed us theil
captives, splendid rock and other ses
fish about foot long, what the coloret
cooks here call splendid pan fish. w
understood them to say they usec
pole and line, and bait with soft crab
and the fish are plentiful and bite readi
ly. Captain Frederick, the pioneer no
tel keeper here, and Mr., William l.
Frederick reside ut the edge Of Reho
both Bay, and they pleasantly gave Iii
many incidents OF sumner fishing ant
winter cunning there, on our raInbles Il
the bay and upon meeting them here
: Gunners come to them from long dis
tance when the wild ducks, geese ant
swan visit these shores. Fish are takei
here in great numbers now. On tn
beach at Lewes, fronting the Break
water, many seines are SET, hauled on
TO posts embedded in the bottom 10
yards from the shore, and frequentl.
pulled in by ropes and pulleys affixed
) and 800 or 400 spots or goodies caugh
by each net at every haul. We say
, them ut the hotel weighing quite on
pound apiece, very unusual size, a
their common weight is half o pound o
three to the pound. They are very pal
atable, and come at this season Of tn
year here.
This is a scaly theme to write about
but one sees 30 much that is unusual a
, the shore that a description follow
NATURALLY.
We wish you could have formed on
of our party and saw the sun rise from
. the ocean In the morning, the setting Il
3 the wood toward Lewes, and the rise Q
the full moon from the eastern sky a
n light. Such tints and colors are inde
B scribable, but the enjoyment OF thei
beauty all can share and remember TO
life.
September at the sea ashore is 30 beau
) tiful. The sea and sky are more IN
4 tensely blue, the fleecy white cloud
g brighter, sunrise and moCnrise iron
: ocean 80 brilliant and gorgeous, sunset
$ 30 charming and the air 80 balmy an.
y exhilirating it il but natural TO wisl
s summer visitors would linger longer
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