. Pigeon Cove and vicinity . nning to overrun thebroad area of Andrews Point, presents a view tothe eye across the bay so truly splendid that onemight consider himself as not in a frivolous pursuitfor seeking with pains the point commanding it. The way back to Pebble Stone Beach is so long,the ramblers prefer a shorter path to the high-road,where the carriage will meet them, according to anarrangement with the driver. Homeward returning, they see a steamer fromBoston passing the Salvages; and another, offStraitsmouth, following in her wake; also a fleet 104 PIGEON COVE AND YICE^ITY. of yachts
. Pigeon Cove and vicinity . nning to overrun thebroad area of Andrews Point, presents a view tothe eye across the bay so truly splendid that onemight consider himself as not in a frivolous pursuitfor seeking with pains the point commanding it. The way back to Pebble Stone Beach is so long,the ramblers prefer a shorter path to the high-road,where the carriage will meet them, according to anarrangement with the driver. Homeward returning, they see a steamer fromBoston passing the Salvages; and another, offStraitsmouth, following in her wake; also a fleet 104 PIGEON COVE AND YICE^ITY. of yachts with all sails set, bound for the Isles ofShoals. A (lark cloud rises in the west. The earcatches the rumbling of distant thunder. Thehorses trot more briskly. The yachts this after-noon will make Pigeon Cove, and there lie insafety through the night. The ramblers, enrichedand invigorated from what they have seen anddone, are presently at home recounting the scenesand adventures of the afternoons jaunt. FISHING AND PKiEON COVR HAKBOR. These diversions are as often enjoyed on ourwaters as they are wished for. The kinds of fish FISHING AND YACHTING. 105 near the shore, and off in deep water, are sufficientlynumerous to satisfy the amateur in the art of fish-ing, however fond he may be of variety. Oneahnost anywhere on the shore, with a rod of theusual length, easily draws from the sea such fry asperch or cunners, and not unfrequently the goldenrock-cod. At several points, also, tautog arecaught in like manner. Near Dicks Dream andOcean Bluff, even deep-water cod, weighing tenand fifteen pounds, have been taken with a strongline thrown out from the shore. Here the descentfrom the shore is abrupt and deep, so that thischief of the fish sought for the table approachesmuch nearer the unsubmerged rocks than it isaccustomed to do. Sometimes schools of mackerelcome so near to the shore that, by rowing uponthem in a dory, the exciting sport of catching alarge number of these m
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