Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-17
Special Correspondence.


true. that the most interesting things
In Cadlz are outside Of 1.-THE prod
uets Of sea and land as exemplIned
In the fisheries and the wlne-trade. The
best way TO get n correct idea Of the
former Is TO turn fisherman yourself
and learn from practical experience
rather than from records Of the annual
catch. First to the old sea-wall, where
a molly crowd sits all day long, with
legs hanging over. angling with such
perslstency that their patience has
passed into a proverb familiar through
out spain-"a la paclencia de un pesca-
dor de cana" Some Of the very best
FISH In the world. including the cele-
brated salmonete. or red mullet, the
saint Peter" the "Mero." the Gold
Head, are waiting by thousands to be
hauled up at the end Of line dangling
from cane-stalk. At any rate, 20 90
fishing from the ramparts Of Cadlz
is something YOU should not miss-n0t
so much for the fish as for the novel
experience. The January sun, which in
this latitude Is Ike that Of northern
June, reflects with double intensity
from the FURNISHED sea In front and
the glare OF white walls behind but the
breeze is cool and constant, and-lf wise
in your day and generation-you brow
is shaded with a broad sombrero.
Sailors from all parts Of the world
frequent this sea-wall, including many
Moors and Africans from the other
side OF the Mediterranean. There. too.
are troops Of King Alfonso's soldiers In
gorgeous uniforms, whose counten-
ances, like Cassius, wear "a lean and
hungry look" pompous officials;
French, Spanish and English mer-
chants; Portuguese traders; beggars
an pedders galore; promenadlng
grande danes with lace mantillas par
TALLY covering their shining hair; and
beyies Of glggling senoritas. flirting
with fans and eye-lids under the very
noses of watchfu duennas,
The seward view is glorious The
noble bay Of Cadiz, more than thirty
miles IN extent, Is almost entirely
land-locked. The outer bay, stretch
lng from Rota village, at the foot Of
the promontory, 10 the Guadalite river,
is lined with
MEDTAEVAI, EORTg,
the inner bay protected by the Mata-
gorda and Puntales fortihcatlons. the
lsihmus intrenchments, Cordadura cas-
tie and Fort san Fernando. These fish
cries have been celebrated through
thirty long centuries. and the sal
monete YOU are hauling up today at
the end Of string may be lineal des-
cendants OF the same which supplied
the luxurious Romans with their favor
tie tid-blts when Rome was new on her
seven hills Perhaps on this very spot
wise old Apollonius sat when he studied
the phenomena OF the tides and arrived
at the conclusion that the waters were
sucked In and sent out again by sub
marine winds: and Solenus. who dis
puted his theory and sagely urged that
the ebb and flow was caused by huge
sea animals
For funny fishing, you must go out
in felucca, right under the rusty guns
Of Matagorda and Puntales. TO the
rocky islets called los Puercos' and
"Cochlnos," (the pigs and chickens. that
obstruct the harbor entrance. The pas
sage Is also encountered by shifting
mud-banks, deposited by the Guadalite
and santi Petri rivers. in which
the tunnIes bury themselves during the
breeding season. On the mainland. al
the mouth Of the Guadallte Is the town
OF Carraca, with a thousand lnhab-
itants and a most unsavory reputation
as to morals. II contains the naval ar.
senal, defended by the cross-fre Of two
forts. and the royal dock-yards. with
twelve steps and three spacious basins.
Close by, on the isthmus, Is a fashion,
able and much frequented bathing
place, and farther on are a dozen 9th
ers, reminding you Of the jewelled cres-
cent Of New York harbor By night.
studded with archaeological resorts.
Right here. in the sheltered lee Of san
Fernando, are the famous funny fisher
les, which supplied the ancients with
sea-food Of the highest prlce-the same
which gave rise to the Greek epigram.
Bass eongers' head, aud tunnys I'M
der side,
Are luxurles TO slender means denied"
They liked salmonete better: but
funny was dearer, and Ike swells OF |
modern times, the philosophers favored |
that which was farthest removed |
from hol polloi The wisest men OF |
Greece and Rome set their mighty wits |
TO work over new recipes for funny |
cooking A,henaeus recommended that |
the fish be stuffed with onions and |
served with acrid condiments. and the |
Ligurlans ate only the under part |
stewed in oil and Corsican wine. with |
pounded pepper and chopped onion
You may find II today on the tables OF |
all Mediterranean steamers, cut up into |
brown strips that look like mahogany /
shayings, floating In grease,--as nasty |
mess as can well be imagined. But /
the fish Itself as seen In
ITS NATIVE ELEMENT,
is beautiful--dark lustrous blue on the
back shining with the tint OF polished |
steel. shading underneath 10 dull silver. /
II feeds on sardines. pilchard. mackerel. |
and even the young OF It's own species.
and by an admirable law Of cOmpeusa-
hARttf - IA lA0 NAiu IltFtu upon W
larger fish, to say nothing Of rs great
est enemy, man. II is said 20 vary i1 /
flavor according 10 the locality IN which
II grows, the best being caught of th
shores Of Sicily and Provence
According 10 Aristotle, the best way
to catch a funny is 10 spear e while
II Is basking on the surface Of the sun
liz sea. The ThracIans rigged up a
contrlyance by which they pierced
many fish at once as they lay IN their
winter quarters in the mud A short.
thick. loaded pole had on It's under
side a number OF barbed and serrated
spear-heads This weapon was slung
by long rope TO the bow Of the boat
from which II was hurled with such
force as 20 cause terrible execution
among the unsuspecting fish. impallng
them by scores. The modern method OF
catching them Is with the seine They
are tlmld FISH and the slightest unusual |
sound or motion win so confuse and
terrify them that they rush biiudly into
the nets. Cadlz fishermen stretca the
seine across the rocky lslets az the
mouth Of the bay, then shout and
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