Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-05

Copyright, 1893, by Edgar L. Wakeman.
London, Oct. IL, 1S93.-If one has
sailed W aud down the magnificent
Norwegian coast, it is easy to believe
the statement that onc-tenth Of the en-
tire population OF Norway are fishermen.
Twenty million Of cod alone are annually
taken. The value of fish each year eN-
ported from Norway is nc'lH Sl20Uo'
900. From Bcrgiu to Nadso one is
scarcely ever out of sight of fshermen's
huts. fEicr fleets, fishing stations. and
bleak and dreary towns where fah and
fishing are the exclusive reason for The
presence Of man
Agriculture along the entire coast and
among the coast islands is carried on in
patches so tiny as to nstopisE the tray-
eler at their insigniicance. Little strips
a few rods in length and a few feet in
breadth are regarded by those patient
folk as priced possessions, and what they
are made to produce Is amazing To such
straits are the coast and islet fisher
folk sometimes put for soil that it is Of
bit by Bit to fill some orevice, or TO be
walled IN and cultivated against the
floods ard tempesls which often wash II
rutllcssly into the sea. have seen
these little patches often cared for with
vastly more expense and labor ilan the
owners rude habimtion; it is not infre-
quent to discover them half way up the
broken side Of bcctling crlg; ] know
of many that cln only be reached by
lowering the owner to his farm" by
means Of windlass; and II Is no un-
common thing to sce them wlllcd in at
the edges, forming a portion OF a slipping
rec ot .U.Hs nul Wi % uNlt ll
mirity jngeed rocks behind. These bits
Of green seem 10 take an added intensity
of contrast for tLeir sterile and desolate
surroundings, and emphasize the only
markei-gurlaning of the coaat-ihe ire
mendous harvest Of the sea.
la Az ine vast region Wherr cod are
taken thc curious upfErent same Il
| constantly presented at the fishing sta
tons your steamer will call az or pass,
of some vast clothes-wa shing industry.
The absurd notion Possesses you that
the laundry for all Europe has been
| found; for at 4 little distance the white
drying cod, hanging over poles or COW
ering acres Of Hat rock, seem like
| countless and unreasonable collections
| Of Hngeric bleaching in The nightess
DAYS OF these Arctic regions. This Nor
wepian ctilfsh has the two names Of
.ssfokfea' stoclliish Or silckhsh. and
"klipfsk." or fish The former derives
1 its name from being dried IN pains hang
\ ing from long stOk or pole; and the
| latter are "kipisk" from being CURED
/ where poles are not available, on the
surfaces Of the Kip. the everlasting rock.
l From these they are sent 20 the barn
| like structures. around which cluster the
| draary habitution Of the cnast and isl.
| ois. which are 10 the fishing industry
! what ne "storhaus' i 10 the Morse
| farmer: and from thcse they are taken
by roasting craft called 'jagiH' TO the
| great watersile storehonses of Hergen'
from which they End their way 10
their final market in various MediteT-
auenn parts.
i 50 ynu will never escape ne sight,
| faste and smell NJ nsh in Norway Every
| animate object along ihf trlst ron M
nam TO sc1Will i seeking LOT ial.
EVERY coast city. town or hnddle OF
| homes q engaged ia catching. curiu..;
storing or selling fish, aud w.ouli
IN hi ruin ia q decade Z tisn disap-
reared from the sea roads ann hgiu..
| Tie iriost picturesque akat ~ lnsss
4 Vr,fe,,s nrc The faets OF fishermen I
er,fts going aud coming between W
b,,ae nsris nnd outlying siau9ns ana IN ,
rni,barlsss jagis with ihe'r s. peas =
unf.ft ard imflprse fiA'
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