Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . CRACKEE, WHAT A FISH ! As if Fortune willed a speedy reward for thisact of mercy, my friend presently drew up a finesix-pound bass, which, as a legitimate prize, wasconsigned to the boats cistern, and from that thefishing went on prosperously. In rapid succes-sion we drew up more bass, scuppaug, skates,flounders, and other varieties which I can notpretend even to name, much less describe. This amusement lasted several hours, and wasvery well as long as our curiosity was piqued bythe novelty and variety of our game; but it mustbe c
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . CRACKEE, WHAT A FISH ! As if Fortune willed a speedy reward for thisact of mercy, my friend presently drew up a finesix-pound bass, which, as a legitimate prize, wasconsigned to the boats cistern, and from that thefishing went on prosperously. In rapid succes-sion we drew up more bass, scuppaug, skates,flounders, and other varieties which I can notpretend even to name, much less describe. This amusement lasted several hours, and wasvery well as long as our curiosity was piqued bythe novelty and variety of our game; but it mustbe considered tame work in comparison with theactive and exciting sport of bluefishing. So,with the sun considerably past meridian and a. BLACK BASS, ETC. favoring breeze, we turned our prow homeward,well satisfied with our days experiences, andwith stomachs decidedly qualmish. A night of unbroken rest and a hearty break-fast on black bass were the agreeable conse-quences of our trip to the Yellow Banks. Notcaring to go out to sea again, we passed the nextmorning with our obliging host the Captain,hearing his sea-stories and sketching his the plenitude of his friendliness he bestowedupon Dick and myself the following articles, tobe kept as remembrancers. Imprimis : the jaw-bones of a large fish thrown up by a sperm whalein his death flurry. 2. The skin ofan albatrosssfoot, to be used as a tobacco pouch. 3. An ivo-ry fid, w^herewith he (the Captain) had taken theknots out of many a tough yarn. Thus havingexchanged presents and compliments, we tookleave of our kind hosts and the village of HolmessHole, and the same afternoon mounted the car-riage of a friend who had called for us, and tookthe road to West Tisb
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