The sun., 1919-10-07
steamer L,pta Changes Hands.

The steamer Linta has changed hands
Mr.; Smith has sold 1t to Messrs. McAvoy
& Filter. Fishing on the Llnta, was good
yesterday. Whiting. cunners and ling were
caught copiously, also two Holsters.
Large Catches Of Weakfish Reported.
Boegels launches report large catches
of weakish. running from twenty-five to
sixty, with average weight OF forty
six pounds each.
Whales, Dolphlns and Porpoises.
While reading article in one of our
leading magazines the other evening as to
the different uses the japanese made Of
its flesh as food for human beings, 1t took
me back number of years while serving
in the United States navy.
1t was my privilege as well as pleasure
to have fshed in the harbor of Halifax.
Nova Scotia, for tomcods (where there is
depth of water of from nifty to sixty
fathoms. not over sixth az a mile from
shore) and from there all the way south
as far as Cayenne. Georgetown. La Guayra,
Venezuela, and back to Key West.
At Key West the variety Of fish ranged
from the elusive garhsh to the red snap,
tS nd shs haze the FISH Sg
dolphin and Of its own volition leave the
water and with one bound as 1t were
Incidentally This sloop Of war was the
U. s. s: swatara on which l was serving
at the time
fshy no doubt. Stlll the facts are true.
No better confederation need be asked II
anybody who reads this doubts my
veracity and they can get up the nerve
let them write to Rear Admiral William
simms, Navy Department, Washington.
d. C. No doubt he will vouch for the
very occasion he was a midshipman of the
said vessel and was officer Of the deck on
that very morning to which / refer.
on my return from trip on the Ham,
burg American steamship Deutschland
when she broke, the western record foI
friend Of mine and in telling of my ex.
perience on this particular trip mentioned
sands Of Tying Ash on TT the trip Over. I'VE we
having taken the southern course.
He looked at me couple of second,
taking his Chew" out of his mouth by
way of giving him better articulation, said
Say. do you think because I came from
the Emerald Isle you can shove a story of
that kind down my throat. I'm from
Aisoury. as you Yankees say, and don't
you well forget it." And to this very day
Again were my father here and told
him he. could walk into the next room
receiver OF the telephone hook and call
up his brother in Philadelphia, recognize
his voice. and converse with him. well. he
being born Frenchman from Normandy
would simply have said: "Sacre imbecille
tn est fou tn devins pire Gun. menteur. un
Sp f imbeciie you @' are crazy you are
getting worse than liar. veritable tooth
puller."D
Anu sucn seems 10 DO tne history oi
most anything that is new TO the general
public when first they hear Of 1t, but after
they have like our friend "Doubting
Thomas. of Biblical times. once seen fol
themselves they become the most credu'
lous OF mortals.
To get back to what I wished to say
however. on the ed!billty of FISH. have any
Of you readers ever had the pleasure OF
partaking OF that delicacy known to many
seamen as fried porpoise liver?
No! Well, well. they do not know what
they have missed. On certain triI
Sea one of tho members OF our crew
"Frenchy" by cognomen, used to stand
for hours on the flying martingale back
stay between the dolphin striker and the
ships bow. harpoon poised, and watch
the porpoises as they raced ahead and
on two different occasions no harpooned
one of the monsters, known by the sailors
| as the pigs OF the briny. With a yell like
a Comanche Indian he would summon the
watch. who would man the fall that wa.
rove through sister hook on the fore
match land Mr.. Porpoise on the deck
Then after cutting its throat and tbs
| torecastle looking as though we had beer
in action with the enemy for couple
of days from the gore (by the way tbs
blood is hot), his liver was cut out. Tn,
the messes who participated in the catch
and to those that read this article car
| assure them that no young corn fed pig,
| liver ever tasted any sweeter or better
than this did. UNCLE DUDLEY.
Woodhaven, Oct 6.
Fine Bass Fishins.jn Florida
I am sending THE sun a print Of
large mouth black bass which ! landed
| in Lake Mamie, about four miles from