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Show TOaXS OF 1AISII JJAIT.' CA1CHINQ MENHADEN OFF THE COAST OF MEW CNOLAND. lien nchenli r 1 1 .li Are ri.r.u.J. Cap lurril aed HI..I...I ,M..r,l-.n Arrom-nwjalleg Arrom-nwjalleg ie,le ..r Hie I limj Tllb. Ml.l.l, Can lie l'aa.1 In Ma.if )a. l'llcblng hla voice high the lookout at the maathcA'l of the menhaden ateainer ahonta out gleefully: "A aehuoll A arho.il!" unit ImlMnllaulynll la lmitle and excitement ou buerl. "Aa thla la n now experience to yon, air, )tm ahatl haoit aeat with uiolniny bout." "Thank you, captain) 1 am only ton eager to aeo tho fun.' Tho crewa now t.iko their placea ln tho aliie UniU, while two uf tho Jiarty, known na drlvera, fro nut In advance in little thlrt.cn foot buata to learn tho direction In whlrh tho achool la inuvlug, ami to mark uut Ita alle. The jollycaji-Uin jollycaji-Uin a true t)ieof the traditional Cajio Cialder, aquaro tmllt, aturdy, genial, hla faro broncod by )eara of eijioauro to aunalilne and aen breexea and tery Intelligent Intel-ligent wlthal-takea Ida placo nt tho In-aldo In-aldo bow oar lu oue of tho audio bunta, and tho luatoncorrceiioiidlnfc iioalllon In thu othrr, and hy the tlmo they ranch thunchieil thodilvulNtleacrilMtholi.o-menta thodilvulNtleacrilMtholi.o-menta of the flail. They now biffin throwing nut the aeine, each boat going In an opjaiatto ill-revtioii ill-revtioii urouml the achool, tho drlvera In j tho lueantlluo eplaahlug the water tu keep tho llah from vmm plug. Soon the boata meet, mil all lunula now pull nt the piirao lino, the net rind cork line. ' Tho ateamcr la brought nlongalde, aud fler thoflah are drircn well tegethtr tho net la faatenral tu thu ateamer'a aldo and they aro 1all Into the hold by ' tn una of n larvo dip net run by u don-! keyitiglno. ' Tho unit thing ou the(prograrnine la to prelum the lnetihadeu fur aaltlng, b) 1.0 tued aa bait for which thero la great j di'lnnnd. Thla la it allnplo proceaa, but lo iho its novelty Inveale It wlthparllr. . ulnr lntcreat. Tlie heavl of the hah la taken In tho lift hand of tho workman, and with u ullrly aliual knife held lu tho right hiiiid ho etila a alice, longitudinally, longi-tudinally, from eiuh aide of the laly, leaving tho head and vertebno to bo thruwn nwuy or ucuilmiully to bo preaacd fur nil. The allvera nroaalted and packed In burrela. Tlilii opening art of the day'a drama ended, Captain Wllllama tnrltta :ne ta I uecoinptiny l.ilii Into thu cabin, and ILu Jolly ekipprr thero interbiluamo with aome Interuatitig a,luta ahuut the tlahory. "lt'a tpieer how innuy dlftcrenl iiiiinea tho menhaden ta k vn by.H.iuaone i tlie eklpr. "Kitrtla.lt haa luoro all- om tlutu a veteran criminal more nick- ' naiuee than there wuru cul ,ra to JiaK-ph'a coat. Ik-eldee the more common uauio of incnhndon H la known na iiogy. liony-llah, liony-llah, tnoMlmnkcr. hanlhend. whiteflali. bunker, uldwife, bugueh, chelaiy, ell-w ell-w ife, alewlfe, fatbuck, gn-entall, wife aiidellowtallahad. It'anbont na lon ua tho common aea Itcrrlng, but l deeper deep-er and more rolnut looking. Ita nter-ugo nter-ugo length la from tweho to fifteen Indira. 1 hardly luvl tell yon that it la valuable ua a bait llah, It excelling all uther aa audit that na it food resource It la thought to have great nnaltltlea; tluit ita chief valuo la wt it fettlixer and and that itiaalau valttablo fur tho nit aud acrap produced by couklng and proaalngthem. ' Iui llliutrutlou, hero aro aome minutes min-utes 1 mailo lu my iniiunrauiluin liouk lu regard to what wua Uono lu tho year 1r0, w htch waa it fair repreeentatlvo a,a-fun, a,a-fun, That 3 ear the total wiightofthe catch waa f7tt,is pinmda diuivalont to about 7IM,iaal,IKKj ineuhaileii in number, l'rcttybigiinny, thr (juantltyuf oil produced, pro-duced, 2,0tju,:itiil g tlloiif , mid of guano C4,vo1 tons, havln.r u total valuo of f.',03l,oll, Capital linrah.l in ateaiurra, etc., and their outfit and In factorlee, fLIluWII. Aa comiiaredwlthpretloua yenra, liowoter, tho kll uf oil wua auial!." "AlaJut how long, captain, does tho i catching aeaauii laatr "Well, you ace, iu soon aa tho meu. had. j make their appearance in tho aprlng, Mwteli tturt lu purault of 'em, and contluuo capturing 'em till they dU-npiar dU-npiar In the fall. Fiom tho uuiihadeu oil ami guano factories along the euuth-ern euuth-ern coaat of Now r.njiland. New York nud Now Jeracy ahoroa, tho fleets of atcam and aall veaaelalH'gln tholr crtilaoa early ln May, cluaiug the Halt along tho shores and ln tho aoumls, wherever they curt lie found. Tho vessels aildom cruise inoro'n ten or fifteen inilea from land. The total nronof thogniuuil ta estimated at O.UV) square gi-ographicdl inllea, "The uverngoatiuinerls about thoslxo of thla one. That fa to aay, aoino 70 toiu Ineaaureuicnt, UOfMt long, 17 feet beam, I feet depth of hold nud aevill feet .Unit uft nud coats f ID.iWO, It coats nut far from f)l,uoo n month for wages, fuel and ptorlatona to run It, I.iko this lat, they are screw steamers and aro rigged with onu, mast for'uul, which is lilted with it crane for taking In tho catih. Tho men's qnartera are lu the for'custlo. Tho li ill nru tlurvJIu bulk ln tho hold. The englno house, aa you see. ts astern tho main hatch, with coat bunkers cn. lug on deck eath side. All of 'tut liato Htte.l to tho bulnurks uu eitl er side, near tho ati rn, cram-s for the boats, and tou lug chocks aru set lu the deck mi either quarter uft. The hold or tank for storing the hah la water tight. Thero aro some steamers ctigoged In tho fishery which aro luoru'n 130 feet long, carrying from tneiity.seven to thirty men, und costf-kUW mid upward. Most of tho steamers carry four seine boats. "bmco sleuuiors have como lutovoguo thu faciorloH have grettly iiicrvuaod their faellitles f jr handling large catcher. catch-er. Tho llit faitory could wurk up only it few hundred barrela it day, while nor: the hi factories take fiom u.buo to 3.WW lurrila A illy." New York Herald. |
