Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-02


fathers work lay mending the sclncs.
Ike an Ammonium manor -war'e-man;
while l sat spccchless, contemplating her
marvellous beauty and majestic prOpor-
lions; hating myself because ] wac not
altogether ma artist, and wondering, In
oil reverence, why God, or Gods nine
tocnth century civilization, could moo
walt upon the African missions for lit
ue, and reach to and suocor such 40
these
Standing upon the huge headland above
nncicpt ST. Ives another remarkable pic
turc Is yours. 10 Ia Of one Of the most
interesting fishing ports Ia Europe. Tho
buy Itself faces The north. AT your feet
are purple heather and waving forms
parted from the crystnlinc water by
glistening sands 10 the right and east
the green hlllocks Of the Eastern shore.
Then the broad yellow beach Of Forth
cooking, or the Forosnnd Dominating
Beyond, cleaning Ike field OF gold, nrc
the magnificent sauda of porthmnster,
nnd further still, the headland and rocky
islet OF Godfrey, with The mtter's white
lighthouse setting cnmoc-like between the
purple Of the sen-walla aud the tremulous
blue OF the ocean.
Before you, tho silent shimmcring bay,
with few whitQ-winged fishing craft
scarcely moving, II seems the distance
Is 80 great from the height whore you
stand, the ocean beyond, shining and
blue and still; rhythmic reaches of incOm-
ing tide-wayos, miles Ia lcngth, adyane-
ing and retreating and breaking softly
upon the shelving sands In thy ridges of
sparkling spumc, ana here. TO tho west,
great lumblcd mass of Eray-O old st.
Ives crouching la a little pocket of tho
rocks, Ike mass OF messy stone IA soms
| shadowy glen, sleeping away the ecu
turtles, unconscious OF the thunderous
sea.
Aside from these. and half n hundred
more picturesque spots that cannot even
be named there are the sleepy hnmlets
and sand shores of orange from Black
pool 10 Whitehnven, along the Irish sea,
the mites of villages 5pecking the sides
Of the winsOme sea-combes OF Somerset
aud Devon, the quaint scenes among tho
fleets and homes Of fishermen OF Penz-
0nce, Falmouth, Plymouth aud Torquay;
the countless fisher haunts Ia the sceth-
Ing chimes of the winsome Isle OF Wight;
the drcarier reaches Of the English east
J shore whore the battles with the storms
, and tides are ever llcrcc and strong; tho
| Wild, waillng, wocful const from Var
mouth TO Whitby, which has seemed
! fntod TO be the scene OF the occnn's sad
/ dest tragedies; the red roofs, the breezy
| shores, the cleaning snnds and the toss
| ing spray of COldinghnm and North Ber-
| wick, around To the south OF the mouth
| of the FORTH tho snug town and hnrbOr,
| the quaint old streets, the lusoioua tsh-
! dinners aud the screaming nshwiyes Of
! Ncwhnven; the almost somber silence
| ever brOodlng above the piers Of Buck
! Haven; the rocky walls, the steely blue
| OF the German ocean, the awful storms
| and the gront diugy, cheerlesa fishing
| towns of the onst coast, FROM Aberdeen
/ 10 Jhurso. the brown crnga, the emorald
slopings and the shadowy, moanful fis-
/ snres OF the shetland aud Orkney shores,
/ with their Dutch and Morse color Ia fnces
and ways, and the drear, gray rocks aud
| puilin-haunted crags Of the misty Heb
rides whore the brave, half-starved
crofter-hsher battles oil his life for mere
existence.
Tho customs. folklore and mpowt-
| tiOne, which have been the natural out
| growth Of their vocation, have been prnc-
! ucnlly chnngclcss for half thousand
years, and their portents AID omens are
! countless.
In Skye II woman CROSSES the watcr
| whore fishing II In progress, and among
| the NowhaYen men ii the namo OF
'Brounger TINT OF an old Nuwhayen
reprobatc who was the impersonation Of
bad luck aud once lived among them-bo
mentioned, hghing will be at once dis
continued. Skye and Harris fishermen
have been known 20 beat their wives
| drcudfully not from any ill-feellng, but
TO prpitlatc aud attract the hsh.
All British fishermen note carefully the
/
| IA the morning Their luck for the day
viii depend on whether the person Is wen
| or ill-faYored. A clergyman, pig or
cat are the most dreaded Of all subjects
as noets are sailing out of the harbor,
| The sight OF either, or the discovery Of
the footprint Of ilat-fOOted person Ia tho
sand, bodies al manner Of ill-luck, and 10
utter the name Of o clerymnn or any
fOur-fOOted beast on board n nshing-bOab
would render the offender subject to
bodily peril, and at least destroy all
hopes Of success on that day,
All along The west const OF Cornwall,
Scotland aud ireland, th2y make better
use Of the dreaded cat They secure
fayOring winds by buryiug II alive in tho
sands OF tho senshofe with It's head OPP
posie the desired course Of the wind.
In Ia the Shctlands and Orkneys fisher
men wear lucky belt continuing dried
oifnl Of three different horrings, and a
perfect child's caul. which wards OF evil
Influences and brings good fortune, hang
ing IA the cabin Of q fishing boat, "
worth from five 10 gight guineas Ia ony
prosperous fishing village.
Aitpng mAny fanciful superstitions
and curious Weather 0meng which l have
found 10 be universal with British fisher
men are the following: They never
point with the iingor 60 another smack.
II the mistake occurs. both hands aro
instantly appraised and gpreud In tho
OF a stick Ia the sand. making q figure
resembling coffin, pOrtend death. II Is
uniuclY TO meet a barking Sog IN tho
mOrnina II porpOisfs tumble about IN
unusual numbers, or II sea gulls leave the
open sea and gather nOisily nlOnR-shOre,
storms will surely come. Whstling az
sea IL the worst Of all il-pOrtents, and
nothing Is So much dreaded as whist
ling woman ashore. III q mop or water
bucket y lost overheard from a smack,
the unfortunate craft INSTANTLY sctg sail
for port. Dreaming Of anchors Is q good
omen. A broken looldnc-elaSs on board
win create yeritnble panic TO count
fishermen AZ they march TO ana from the
boats puts them IN deadly pcril IL blood
be drawn during q quarrel "a tho beach,
an hsh will leave The locality Nothing
h more nnpropitious than the presence Or
women wherever fishing Is la progress.
and no fishermen WIN 90 30 SEA- whom
! the dead hody Of onc of their numbers,
or fituily, lies unbuned.
EDGAR h. WAkEAAN.
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