Stories of persons and places in Europe . CHARLES EDWARD. Scotland. 179 The Lobster Fishers.—The rain and mist and sharp mountain air of Scot-land have made a brave and hardy race of her people, both men and is this the case in the Hebrides, where the inhabitants are notonly finely formed and handsome, but well-read and gentle and courteousin their manners, though their occupation obliges even the women to expose. PEAT GATHERERS. themselves to dangers and hardships. One traveler tells of a woman whowas the best pilot and sailor on the coast. All the men not only greatly resp
Stories of persons and places in Europe . CHARLES EDWARD. Scotland. 179 The Lobster Fishers.—The rain and mist and sharp mountain air of Scot-land have made a brave and hardy race of her people, both men and is this the case in the Hebrides, where the inhabitants are notonly finely formed and handsome, but well-read and gentle and courteousin their manners, though their occupation obliges even the women to expose. PEAT GATHERERS. themselves to dangers and hardships. One traveler tells of a woman whowas the best pilot and sailor on the coast. All the men not only greatly respected her, but were ready to obey her,so that she was quite the king of the district where she lived. And thiswoman had saved several vessels from shipwreck. One of the chief occupations in the northern Hebrides, off the island ofLewis especially, is that of the lobster fishers. Their boats may be seenbeating about the dangerous islets in the stormiest of weather. Each one 180 Persons and Places in Europe. carries a crew of four, and from twelve to twenty lobster creels, which arebaited and lowered about fifteen fathoms with a cork buoy to mark theplace where they are left. When, one after another, all have been quietlydropped, the fishers wait until they think the creatures below have hadtime to taste their dinners ; then they begin where the first was let downand draw them up. Eagerly they peer in upon the contents as soon
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