Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-11
CATCHING HOLSTERS.
Tie Leading Industry ofa Little Town !,
 Dorset shire, Eng


 Dcrsetshirs, Eng.
 The little town of S., on the coast of Tsetshirc, is celebrated for Its Holsters, $ the St. James, Gazette. Not that if !.i not other attractions, animal, physiolos-- le-.t and artistic; but this is recognized by
 al intelligent and thoughtful visitors as it's crowning merit. The fishing in general is poor; mackerel and whiting arc only taken no" and then; but the pursuit of holsters IS followed with more success Parts of the paE, indeed. and ofthe deep sea beyond. lGolclousiy selected by the combined in- sil'2ct and experience Of the native, are dotted yTIth small clusters of cork buovs
 marking tue site of the lobster cot below inc lobster pot. as most readers will be
 aware, is a piece of wire or wicker basket
 work, square or round in shape, with q x 1 small entrance at the top, weighted below.
 and having bait in the form of dead fish | attached to the top by hook after the
 manner Of the toasted cheese in the con- mon mouse trap. The apparatus is
 weighted below and attached to a stout cable above, to which in turn is fastened the line of lighter material which carries the cork bCoys.
 To observe the sport of lobster-catching it
 Is necessary to go forth, as did, in the yes
 sel for that purpose equipped. This is an open beat, substantially built, of great breadth of beam, capable of holding some ten or twelve people. It is constructed es- sentially for use, not of ornament. Though 1 or apparently clumsy shape leach end seems
 1t first sight little short of semi-circlel. | these boats, which are yawl-rigged as a 1 rule, travel at a great rate, and beng we'll bal!asted with iron keels of about a foot in depth, and weighing some four or five hum dred weight, and a ton of the same metal under the flooring, can carry deaf of sail. With q fair wind, unde: nlainsail, .,aff top i sail. and large jib to forward (havins carefully learned these terms it would be pitY not 10 Introduce them), we spin out of the bay ii 10 time, and spurt along in the direction of the Isle of Wight, the coast of which grows clearer every minute The pots are out some six or seven miles from S--so cur skipper tells us. He is the propr1etorof the boat, which. as he informs
 us with excusabIe prlde, wins the prize reg
 ularly at every ishcrinan's regatta Yet It IS rarely, he adds, that they lose the pots, except in very bad weather, unless, indeed, the lines have been cut by some passing 1 SteaIAer-an accident which occasionally | happens. h such fine weather as we are 1 TOW cnioying they are easily found. With | a glance ;tt the corks as they dance up and l down oA Inc green waves we bring her t." \ hand leans over the sta1boari bow
 to secure tie buOys as We run by, and the | res.s is easy.
 l -'Cb Sc very ". JiiOGEl, mere l physical labor is concerned A large iron
 cage that Eas been lying at the bottom of l the sea, perhaps for Q week. In six or seven | 1aiuoInS 0f water, eucumGcred with weeds | and perhaps iat!Cn with a satisfactory take | Is no fight trlt1e to haul aboard, even for. | two pair of strong arms. At last with a | oAttAng and Surgiing sound, outfit comes-a | strange lump of brown and green. dripping | and gliS;eHing, and within the bars curious Cfs11-r
 be four or five Of these jgood-sized Holsters, | that is, with the orthodox | uo claws apiece), 1 that Is as much as can be expected from d SIngle pOt-lt represents in fact. rather l unusually good bag, and the unfortunate | propensity Of the larger holsters to eat the | smaller companions of their captivity ire | qucGtiy lntcrieres with the desired result The trap is then emptie;2 and reset and dropped into the dep;hS again: unless in. deed, u has been down so long already as to rcQmre drying, in which case it will be care l' fully bestowed and taken home But the attention of the ineE: .l}IettceG visitor will be entirely absorbed by lie ccnteinplaticn Of the beauties of the lobster as he comes fresh cut of lis native cement. Hemay be better to cat when ]c is scarlet, but he is certainly better to look at-not to say mag nifccnt-now. Ruduy brown and jet black Is the shining armor of his back By the lower part of this We may hold him iudlc.ous- v, II we have learned how to avoid those mIudie and bIoOdlhH&ty claws, and then spread out his splendid fantail of dazzling
 frussl2n blue: beneath, the art green and blues Of the hairy legs fade into ruddy
 orange and the golden yellow of his belly. A splendid monster, truly, but pre-eminent-
 T and without a mistake a monster No
 one could iook at that hideous and mysteri,
 OliS head, with the cunning and wonderful
 1it,o z
 strange growth of literally horriti hair, the
 long JoInted feelers that work to and fro
 Ike the Salm0n-rod of the angler, these se-
 cret ciaWs-scissors and saw in one-with
 t4C!r alarming range of reach and their
 phenomenal strength and activity. If
 th1s-n0re especially to the sensibilities of
 smaller denizen of tho sea-be not indeed
 suggestive of ''battle, murder and sudden
 dcath,h we do not know what should be.
 But de aa0rtuis ni! ,,isi bonitns He may have
 been a ''bad un" there below: he is now or soon will be, boiled free from all imper
 fectlons and devoured by ingenious and over-mastcring man at tlet your mouths
 water, oh, ye dwellers in large cities ? nine
 pence or even SiXpence a pound. For mean
 while our lobster-boat. having hauled nine or ten more pots, is careerlng home under a fair cross wind, with all sheets taut at n rate that makes the foam explode in show CTS as We crash across the bigger waves and the tlIler feels like the tail of some live and struggling animal. Thus ends our first day a-lobstering-a pastime which may be conscentiously recommended to those sea- sidors who can get it and who desire to com-
 blne little novelty with their fresh air,
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