Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-31

| lasts, the men the while eating their
hearts out with anxiety 10 get back and
with vain wishes for better heather.
FIRST SCHOOL SIGHTED.
AT last the welcome cry is heard and
School no, school hot rings out n,er-S
iily from the masthead ana is taken
up by the men on deck. and with a
speed that would put to shame iiremens
reused by an alarm from a. danger box
the crew get into their clothes and on
deck ready for work. The seine boat,
which has been trailing idly astern since
the vessel started out has already been
hauled to the side Of thu schooner. III,
the stern, is piled the long seine. ready
to be paid out. }
zach man knows his place and his
particular duty, and there is no fuss
ing or asking questions. The oarsmen
jump into their places and, get tout their
oa:s, and the seine HEAVIER. blight passes.
and cork heaNerstak their places The
sttersman is astcrn of them, with his
long steering oar All this is done in
much less time thansiit takes to tell it.
and with only the captain. cook and
spare hand and If the seiner has .gnsp-
line power, the engineer, left5on board.
the seine boat moves rapidly away from
the schooner.
Fourimen on that boat held positions
on which a great deal of the success OF
the venture Will rest-the stecrsmaD.
who Is always a tried and experienced
hand: the seine HEAVIER who Is not only
experienced but must have more than
ordinary strength and power. Of arm
and staying qualities of the first class;
the blight passer and the cork HEAVIER,
who must know their business thor.
cuglly and keep time with the seine.
HEAVIER. as a mistake in throwing would
twist the seine and spoil everything.
The dory with two men rowing fol-
lows the seine boat. keeping close to it.
The direction in which the school Is
making is known, but the steersman
keeps his eye set ON the fish, following
the movements of the large body and
thus keeping track of the leaders. who
are strung out like scouts In advance
of the body of the SCHOOL
Every eyc=is fixed on the steers,nan
and every car strained to hear his cons
mands. Port or starboard, as he says.
the men work until he orders the first
throw of the seine. Over it goes with
out n moment of rest on the part of the
rowers, who row harder and harder
while tho vigilant steersman directs
the course OF the big boat with his
oar and commands the men on port or
starboard to let up for a moment.
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dory comes up and picks UP the buoy
to which is attached the end of the
seine and the bursting rope. and with
one man at the bars to hold the dory
IN place the other seizes the buoy and
hauls it into the dory, All the dory
mon have to do then is to watch the
seine boat sweep around the school OF
fish and wait for its return.
Steadily and swiftly the seine is be-
IN, e,y,t Z. ~.
lead weights bring one side of it down
toward the bottom tho other side is
tuoyed up by the cork floats.
AT last the school is surrounded aud
4 the seine boat has got back to the dory
The pursuing ropes and buoy are passed
to the seneheaver, cnrkheaver ami
hightpasser. who Immediately begin to
haul in quickly but carefully on the
pursuing rope that runs along the bot
tom of the seine. and thus bag up the
seine and prevent the fish. who are be-
ing crowded together as they haul in,
from diving out.
AS the line is hauled in 1t not only
bags the seine but also closes it in
and raises the lower side and permits
the sides to swell out so that when the
pursuing rope is all in the seine is like
IA big bag in which the fish swell out
the body of the seine, which is open
only ut the top where the cork floats
keep it on level with the top OF the
water.
WHEN LEADERS ARE SCARED.
So far all has been we'll but 1t is
not always so. At times the leaders of
the school take fright when they
strike the seine, and dive down. and
When the seine is pursed there are
only few Or no fish in 1t. as the
whole school has had the fright
communicated to it and has escaped.
s. 6ut when the capture is made then
comes another time of anxiety, and
even fear To tow the thousands of
fish that are shared by the seine
safely to the side of the vessel is 10
easy task. and a weak spot in the
meshes may let out perhaps all of
the fish. The strain is tremendous,
and to aid the men the captain. who
has again taken the helm. brings his
schooner as near as possible to the
seine. The dory hasSlg got back to the
schooner, and the two men who We're
IN her are getting the dipnets ready
and making things ready on the deck
for the reception of the fish.
Let us say the seineboat gets its
tow of fish back in safety. Once at
the side of the schooner the work OF
the crew begins in earnest The shin
ing, squirming mackerel beauties of
the fish kind, as they come wet and
tsquirming from the seine. are dipped
out on TO the deck. Barrels with ice
and water are ready there. and as
rapidly as they can be handled and
counted up. and then got down in the
hold, already cold with tons of Ice
When the last mackerel has been
iced and there are no more in sight
then comes a rest for the crew, and
1t is needless to say that they enjcv
1t. although some of the men begin
at once to think over the price that
he has enough to pay he will make
for the nearest port where mackerel
are handled and buyers wait for them.
Should he be the first in, and often
there is a hard race for this honor
he is the proudest man on the sea-
coast, and every man OF his crew
joins with him in pride.
SURE OF a WELCOME.
But whether first or twentieth he