, 1890-09-25

lntellccts bending all other Wills
and wishes to their Cwn. Man,
woman or child, one and all, sud-
denly whisked to anywhere else,
would thrive. Their activity IL re-
markablc; their perception quick
and true; their amiability winsome;
their physical power and industry
are amazing, and their tranquility
and content nre something good to
see and know. They are the only
characteristic community compris-
Ing u distinct class, all of whom toll
bravely In the same manner OF
drudgery, l ever came upon In all
my wanderings who were willing
that the better favored should enjoy
their good fortune, and were them
selves cheerily glad to remain as,
and what, they are.
AT SEA WITH THE FISHERMEN.
A good deal of this was made clear
in the few trips / took with the
Newhaven fishermen to sea. The
total fleet comprises five thirty-ton
boats, costing 1850 each; twenty
seven twenty.ton boats, costing 1850
each, and 100 tive-ton boats, costing
$50 each; giving IA total capital of
nearly 100000 invested In boats
alone. The entire gear" consist
ing of perhaps 100 miles of nets, tons
OF lines and hooks for Longtime fish
ing, with creels, Grams, cressets, and
various unnamable parnphernalia,
involves an original and repair out
/ In NJ rl nj an NJ n 4
the Newhaven folk alone, who com
prise but u small proportion of the
whole fishermen along the shores OF
the Firth of Forth and tho near
fishing ports, have no mean
/ investment out of which, with the
addition of their lnbors, to de-
serve an excellent livelihood. Cod,
haddock and herring are chiefly
sought. The fishing grounds for
the cod are in the middle of the
| North sea, about 100 miles east OF
the Isle OF May, which stands ut the
mouth of the Firth of Fourth. The
| fleet are usually away from port
from Monday until Saturday dur
ing few weeks of tho early spring.
There are no "haud-linors,n as with
our Gloucester fishermen, who fre-
quently so out from their schooners,
anchored on the banks, in yawls
and dorles to take cod with single
lines. The Newhaven men, on ar
riving mt the grounds, "iloat and
anchor;" that is, they sail lazily at
the rate of four or five miles an hour,
reehng their "lugn sails according
to the wind, away from the
"anchored" end of n cod-linc, which
is always from live to seven miles in
length. The hooks are twenty-one
feet apart, and three buoys only
one ut each end, with center buoy
each surrounded by red or black
line length. The work il
usually begun after midnight
ut such u time as will enable the
crew to 'get her all In the water
before sunrise. "Jock" lights, fam
boyants, and ordinary flashlights
are used, and the effect with large
fleet, on a moonless night, is as
though innumerable sen volcanoes
We're sending forth, In regular pul
sation, tiny flashes of flame. -Four
men are required to shoot the
line. Three bait the hook with her.
ring, and one pays out" the line.
In "haddockin' seven men com
prise II boats crew, and each man
owns line to which Is attached
eighty-four score of hooks, forty-twC
inches apart, $3.50 feet long. The
Joined seven lines constitute q
fleet" of lines, the total length OF
which IL more than seven and one
half! AS the haddock boats make
three trips Il week to sea- and had
dock hooks are baited with mussels
which are gathered along the
shores of the Firth, ''mussel-gather
ing" done by the women and
children, and dock-baiting,''
add largely to the earnings oi
the fishermens' wives. by an un'
changeable law the wives and daugh'
ters of each "haddockin' crew. bait
that crews lines, receiving 3 shill
ings 6 pence per line, or "a shilling;
6 pence per fleet" and If the crew
have unmarried men, these can not
favor their sweethcarts with the
labor, but must give it to the women
folk of their married companions
TIE haddock "ileetp of lines |.
"shot" just as the day Is breaking
AS they snap and fly like whip
cords into the sea, many II hook Is
embedded in fisherman's hand
But this does not put them sail
about" as they cheerily answer
you, while drawing the savage barb:
from their flesh with their teeth
The haddock lines are not permitted
to remain under water but half AZ
hour, and are scarcely ever drawn
without an excellent yield of fish.
HOW HERRING ARE TAKEN.
All the herring taken by New
haven fishermen are sold for fresh
consumption in Edinburgh and it,
suburbs, the greater portion hawkeC
as "Caller (fresh) herring" by til,
Newhaven fish-wives themselves
Quest for these delicious fish is made
in ever-varying portions of th'
Forth from opposite Newhavcn IL
self to the open sea beyond tine
famous Bass Rock, the "seasou'
continuing from July Is to the I'll
of September. If the boats are go
ing-a long distance, they depart a
day break; if but fifty or sixty miles
they leave Mt noon. In either case
they make u beautiful picture against
the dark emerald background of tbs
bold Fifeshire hills to the north
Each boat carries elect oi
from fifty to sixty nets, each me-
about sixty yards long and eighteen
wards i'm width, and the crew OF
each boat ms 1t passes out to sea are
engaged in "llshing down." which
means slowing away the nets in tht