The sun., 1890-07-20

again. Tho fish were then enclosed but tho
water r. was dseper t than the seine ana they Ge
disconnected from the screw then the lower
edge Of tho seine was attached TO tho engine,
Mh IT, ad b2nsns MTs Tie sh nG ese Gs
closer, quarters. This roughly. is the ap-
proved modern method of setting and operHti-
time method of hauling III by hand is still fol-
lowed. In this case most Of the rorGies got
tain said to the limited crew and the size Of
the seine as well rs to the smartness OF tho
fish, which are among the hardest to take.
ers learned after they arrived in port. that
another Proyincetown steamer was giving hot
chase to whale ton mile to tho northwest.
Two were chased near the mouth of the bay
before night. but both were scared and ran fast
and far. a9d no boat got near enough to take
The search was kept up on the Dolphin and
Yates until rundown, supper, being SerEed
potatoes, hot bread, and tea. on the way in
the men nut the boats ia order and threw bush
els Of salt upon the seine. This was done to
would result from the slime OF the sea.
No whales.
CRUISE THE THIRD.
The New Workers we're not wholly discour-
aged. Whales had been seen and chased while
boat would have the luck to meet one; anu #
they had thus far caught no big game they had
9 and an s a 9s d M
work not without peril a business afflicted 10
the highest degree with the element Of chance.
having the possibilities OF considerable reward,
the probability of q ,scant living. and at tho
other end the possibility OF uoverty ana debt.
The visitors learned shSI one ,,a tGht GG GG eX'ra M
told. and that out OF the poorest season Tor
years. though this one bids fair to be worse he;
In extended cruises 10 the eastern banks and
elsewhere. They, heard OF one boat in the
able s5F sG
apiece per week for three successive weeks.
Almost all the fishing ls, done on shares. so
amount cleared by each man, Another had
just come In from q weeks business with $l9 a
an and tSs a saG hS If Fef could
clear $50 month tor his fourteen to seventeen
hours work daily throughoqt the season, he
they net. most Of the fishermen here. Portu-
Kuese included, own their own homes.
bravo young Captain who took command OF
his first whaler with a high heart. thankful at
last for the opportunity to mako some money
without barrel OF oil, not one whale having
crossed his patti during tho whole cruise. tHr
harbor 100 chagrined and disheartened to face
his townspeople. until his immediate family
went out and persuaded him witt! all affection
ing and try again. No Jokes pass In this com
munity when fisherman comes home empty
handed and hungry. 1t Is oftenor thus. Then
there we're the young men who put. the savings
OF few good seasons into boat OF ther own,
which they mad to sell at a loss after their rst
summer as masters. And while the, visitors
were here they saw schooners and s!oopS tn
tho harbor waiting day after day for the local
fishermen to bring in porgtes enough to serve
them as bait for cruise OF Il week or ten days
TO the Georges Banks. and after ten days some
OF those fishing boats were still waiting.
And alter their second cruise. In the Dol phin
and Yates they saw the foRs settle and the
winds blow so that no boat yenturad out un-
less bound for distant parts. Then camo TO-
port over the wires that q big school OF whales
was coming UP the coast They had been seen
Off Chatham, and forthwith the boats put out
again, and those that went by steam shot down
the Back Side in hope OF meeting the school;
The visitors went along, and the day pRssed
as before-hours and hours OF cruising with
men at the lookouts, an occasional casting OF
the senes for porgies. an occasional meal, q
passing drift OF "reminiscences burdened with
subdued but bitter comments on the ch haracter
OF tho season. The first mackerel Of the year,
weeks overdue was caught with hand line
by the passengers but the school to which he
belonged made no break" to show the watchers
whore to cast their nets. Tho little fellow, q
tinker" In the language OF tho market. served
to reyive hope somewhat and many were tho
wishes that tho crow might take 100 ba rolls of
his like: but the school kept out OF sight, and
passed on 10 other waters minus one, poor mem
ber. III luck was distributed evenly over the
whole fleet, and there was little or nothing TO
divide ut the weeks end.
No whales.