The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-29
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others halIsec on land

fact way in which men discuss one an
others houses on land.
Inter- Comm nicatiOn ut Sea.
Though they are anchored far apart
for safety's sake, and though the
grounds are so great that the vessels
anchored at the opposite outer limits
of the fleet cannot see one another,
communication between the crews is
wonderfully quick and complete. The
men have become accustomed to I'M
derstand shouts that are not even au-
dible to a landsman. The motion of a
hand on a craft a milo away is not
only seen at once bur interpreted un-
erlingly Simple gestures, such as
holding up both hands or erecting an
oar, all convey a direct message that Is
never misunderstood or overlooked.
so the men on a smack at one end
of the big fishing line seem to know
always how the smacks at the other
end are faring. Keen as the race to
the grounds is the race to load first
with fish and run for home. The men
watch one another like hawks and if a
smack gets its dories over a particu-
larry good ground, the others move in
on her silently, cunningly in the night
to share her luck
So, too, when the smacks return to
port. The crews that get home first
are expected to bring back the news
OF all the rest. will the Mary Lam
caster be in soon?" asks a part own
| err When we left 'er on the 18th of
March, she was three-quarters full and
doin well. She ought to be in in four
DAYS answers the skipper. Jack
sends his love and says to tell you
tneyH IL be in before the weeks out.
SHOUTS fisherman to a woman walt
ing on the end of the wharf
Rhceing for "the Market"
But the first question that the re-
turning fishermen ask is as to the
cohdltlon of the market. Gloucester
Is Jealous town and there is bitter
hghting between it's dealers and the
sharp dealers on the long wharf in
Boston. Nowhere in New England
are there more amusing and some
times dramatic instance of typical
Yankee shrewdness than in the fight
Tor the best prices in the fish market
IL Is this fight for the cream of the
market that has done the most To
evolve the present type of fliers that
distinguishes the beautiful Glouces-
ter fleet. A Gloucesterman will MAIN
tain at any time that no boat aAoat
can outsail fisherman and he has
abundnt reason for his faith. Men
VIII point out half dozen craft I'm
Gloucester any time that they are
ready TO back against the fastest
yachts that ever flew I'm an ocean race.
IN run, say from Gloucester Harbor
10 ire North Sea, or a similar little
Jaunt in the worst OF seasons.
The typical Gloucester fisherman
Is not only as fast as a yacht: i'm
weather 80 wicked that a yacht Is
as useless as a stick Of wood. the
Gloucester vessel viii spread an APP
palIlng area Of sail and stand out for
the Banks in perfectly natter
of-fact way.
A true Grand Banks schooner. built
Tor eod fishing and the winter frozen
herring trade is from 10 10 lZ5 feet
/ long A craft Ike the John }. Flsher-
1 ~, one Of Gloucesters best. which IL
| lzS feet over an. Will have a beam 81
twenty-five feet. She draws from 1881
20 1871 feet Of water and carries d
mainnast i6 feet high with q fore
mast az 70 60 feet The f0ret0pmast