The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26

from shore. and a few miles south of
the great Port Royal inlet. Last fall,
two or three Of US from Sumter, in
cluding Purdy and Burns, together
with several Beaufort friends, at
tempted the same trip on a sailing
craft: but contrary winds and a
tempestuous sea drove us back before
we reached the happy fishing ground.
The chief incident Of that trip was
the sea-sickness OF the Sumter con-
tingent. 1t was a sight not to be de-
sired, to look upon the grave and rev.
erend fishermen throwing up every
hing. including good name and rep
kat!on, together with socks and
patches fHm their pants. Governor
Vance said, when he crossed the
ocean once. he threw up his seat in
congress. All this and more hap
pened on that November cruise. A
clerical friend OF mine lay apparently
dead on the deck. with sea water and
bilge water streaming about him. to
all of which he gave no heed, and
seemed not to care. Sea-sickness re-
CARDS neither caste nor character. It
makes the tall, the proud. the rev.
erend head as low as the deck will
admit. 1t compels one to disregard
and violate all proprieties and hold in
contempt every rule Of etiquette. The
sense Of awful internal misgiving
generates lively disgust for every
thing beneath the rolling skies, in
cluding home. friends. kindred and
food, and the only surviving source
OF satisfaction is to lie with closed
eyes and shut mouth, cherishing the
feeble hope that the world will come
to an end within the next half hour.
And yet within an hour after the ship
stops and the foot strikes the shore. a
man laughs at his own sickness and
makes sport Of the fact that he has
been lying in bilse water on the
deck. y'
On the last trip. being distrustful
Of a sailing vessel. and renenbsring
that We failed to reach the banks ON
= former occasion. We hired q steam
tug. and set out at $50 q. M BY 7.s0
we were on the bosom OF the deep
outside The bar and two of eur party
we're enjoying very poor heazsat, with
heads hung far out over the Gunwale
u the vessel. and storm OF upheav-
ng disturbance raging within. We
had q breakfast aboard Of bacon and
sggs. homtny ana coffee. prepaeed. by
he steward Of the tug. Seven out Of
nine Of us partook freely. and were
sndowsd with SUFFICIENT gift Of r,ten-
ION to keep what we had esnm BY
$50. three hours after startiaG. we
'ams to. The banks. and then the sport
,ssan. = MI bushel of a,irimps.
,ausht the evening before. snd pre-
'erved in iee. were divided aiming US
n wooden butter dishes. sucn N are
nod, by ths merchants who sell but
'sr The water b about Sax1y feet
Ieep. and almost . half pound Of lead
. necessary 10 sink the linz RAPIDLY.
Above the head. fastened To. short
'ordA two hooks are attached. 20 that
he pull Of the nsh.Sis against the
sand and NOT Against the had The
black ish seemed to be an at home
when We called. Scarcely did the lead
'ver touch bottom before one felt the
,u'l Of the fish. and as often as 9TH
,rwise. the fisherman found. on pull
ns In his line. that each hook had
ish. Time after tina. however. the
ssh adroitly stole away with the bait
without being shared BY the fhook,
and then came the lo,g lift upwards
IN order to renew the bait. Pulling
me line up through the fingers. which
we're kept wet and soft by the salt
water. made the hand sore. and In
addition to this was an occasional
sting from the I'm Of the fish. 50 that
after three hours Of combined work
and sport We were willing to discon-
tinue the operation. In order to pre-
serve our catch, We had carried ice.
OF the fish large enough for table
use. We packed away 346 In a barrel
with crushed Ice. In addition to these
We had 20 or more fried or cooked
into a great pot Of chowder. The
four boat hands had a separate pile
Of over 20 Ash, so that our total catch
was about 600-most OF them being
black fish. though there were q few
skipjacks. pergils and sheephead. At
2.So, dinner was announced. and while
we were eating. the sship began her
return trip to Beaufort. The sea was