Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-25

ga of startling interest TO FISH
,ep-A small Fish story From
u.yIaire Correspondent.
XVII.
THE QUAIL.
the Late Work on shooting
INLAND Marsh and Stream"
-, The Pen Of AMoRY p STARR.
lcto ber's festal time,
Len fruits and flowers are IN their
,. Gods are colored with all hues.
rslnbovss glories that transfuse?
orchards flame IN royal robes
epples swing their golden globes;
, nature wears her richest dress
~, PASTORAL vale and wilderness.
Nov IN the stubble-spaees pass
rho Sportsmen thro' the faded grass,
~4 tuftsd tussock, bushy swale,
ed, &C opices of lowly vale
o'Ar the level harvest plain
late was opuient with grain,
- with cautious footsteps there.
lie Quail flock. sprlnging into the ar
land slopes, at edge Of wood;
1rown Quail gathers In his BROOD,
not wilderness away,
H7yfue In the mountain way,
owing rather to abide
f.rner's homes, at valley slde'
- n soue rural paradise
Ks tie food the earth supplies
low grain. the garden seed.
rorn. sufficient for his need
-. an the day. O gentle bird.
Visiting operas are heard
,#u NJ evening sounds the thrill
~. tae secluded whipperWlli.
.5 uuinherless thy flocks frequent
- lection of our continent
Ma that year by year they failr
t-t.lug in wood and vale
r...n tGe mighty game OF yofe
fan. extinct by hill and shore
n OF tue boundless waste
~ OR The prairies may be traced
. .aly IN and moose have lied
ISL ~. hunters wastetul tread,
.r has vanished from the wood,
turkey from the wild solitude,
r,u Tie Nildfowl Of the ar. -,
oage thronged creek and thorough
~, t,-5er swarm IN multltudes
,a.ly lake and ocean floods.
o., "a a-,f,sp6rts there's no delight
r--. king beYies Of bob Nhlte,
VIVA Towers have laborious toll
Pie the oceans fierce turmoil
~, I..pcr plods thro' marsh and ooze,
hunter fruitlesely pursuest
i who seeks the grizzly bear;
fy4lh canon and morass must fare
r.t .r vino thirsts BOB White to STAY,
..fo field and farm maye take ms way
AN FRANClSCO, August 1.-The
leugltul summer and winter resort
-.g,a Cruz, is beautifully located on the
r.rb side OF Monterey Bay, sixty miles
d.c south of San Francisco. Its sur
r5.u!luss in every way, are delightful
anil p,easureable. Ii has magnificent
bach for bathing. fine sheltered waters
for sailing and boating. is surrounded
with the richest OF soii extensive. most
o.04uctive and profitable orchards ana
VINEYARDS, has extensive and well Kept
hotels and boarding houses, beautiful
residences with fine gardens where the
ssest flowers are in continuous bloom.
Til. mountains of the coast range i'm
n..Nately back OF II, have the richest
soil of any mountains in the world.
grand scenery, and on them in many
places can be found primeYal groves oil
the giant Redwood, the most valuable
and uobiest tree in the world except its
hall brother. the giant Redwood, or big
tree of the Sierras. In these mountains
back Of the city, there are rich shelter
ed valleys. where one can mature every
fruit and bloom in its richest magnifl-
cence every flower, and grow every
shrub OF the temperate and semi-trop-
ical world. or to cut the matter short,
Santa Cruz is good place to be at
las the southerners say at any time OF
the year. -,
The waters of Monterey Bay and the
Pacific ocean thereabout are wonderful
" prolific in fish. In the bay IN ye
ollen time" the California hump baek-
ed whale and other monster cetaceans
the lively and dangerous devil fish OF
lae wAaleman. used to eongregate in
vast schools in winter to bring forth
tl. r young. and many whale boat
Ill.,, been smashed and brave whalemen
tolad a damp grave in their pursuit
Tls whale, the hump-backed whale, Is
pauiiar to this coast, and is still cap
traG to a considerable extent from on
Sd.le | visited several stations where
trey are hauled ashore and their Oily
set stripped from them. The larg-
C. horeest whale in the world, the
sulphur bottom. is also found on TINS
Coast. This is the veritable monarch
o. HE ocean. So fierce and strong are
Ill.,, that the best equipped whaling
vessels seldom molest them.
lad always been noted for having
quite a large bump of curiosity. | had
-4g wished to see a living whale
81 ing in the briny deep. few days
a-I was called TO Santa Cruz on BUS
'aa.s On arrhlng there | found
sa"d have to remain two or three days
l. as usual when on the coast, went
4.as around the shore. Meeting an
a.a ntauce at the wharf | made
X 2u to him my great desire to &c
with party Of honest fishermen
bong well acquainted, he at once IN
#ad me to the skipper of fishing
8. who, ne said, would treat me
The captain said: Il am go
jug -1 start out at o'clock this after
to lay my seine" I asked hin
vt it wo+Att cost TO go along. Moth
1-. sir, VIZ are in want Of more ballast
mi rigatine facilities" So | laid II
.rt ofs mountain dew" and con
to snip with the captain as bal
Ia mo good smack Emma At tht
lated hour was on hand. On
is9d,ef he smack. Il lively two
'0r. Tine netted gill-net 500 faith
1r 1000 Feet long and 30 feet deep
N- boat in tow and a smaller row
across me Emma amidships, witt
2en and myself as ballast. The
ta was to run out about twelve miles
J the seine and let it diff with the