Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . lilED EGGING AT MUSKEGEET. 754 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY WATBON BUEGES8. and away we dashed before a spanking breeze,the white caps leaping half-mast high anddrenching us with showers of spray. At thehelm sat our stalwart mariner, trimming hislively and graceful craft to the breeze with aquiet fatherly pride lighting his face, as onemight imagine an Arab chieftain affectionately smoothing the maT¥3 and patting the shouldersof his favorite mare, while they scoured thesand waves of the desert. Well, our Captainhad a right to be
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . lilED EGGING AT MUSKEGEET. 754 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY WATBON BUEGES8. and away we dashed before a spanking breeze,the white caps leaping half-mast high anddrenching us with showers of spray. At thehelm sat our stalwart mariner, trimming hislively and graceful craft to the breeze with aquiet fatherly pride lighting his face, as onemight imagine an Arab chieftain affectionately smoothing the maT¥3 and patting the shouldersof his favorite mare, while they scoured thesand waves of the desert. Well, our Captainhad a right to be proud of his equipage, forfrom keel to pennant he had built her with hisown hands, and her crew was his own at the fishing-ground, we cast anchor A SUMMER IN NEW ENGLAND. 755 and spent two hours or more in pulling out scup-paug. This is a species of perch, plump andwhite, weighing from one to three pounds, andwhen first taken from the water it is extremelybeautiful, its scales glittering with iridescenthues like a fretwork of silver and diamonds. Asthe sport was not particularly exciting, and ouranchorage
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