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FOREST AND STREAM. 



tNov. ie, i88S. 



CYPRUS SPONGE FISHERIES. 



THE fishsr-s are Greeks from Mini, Colynlooa and Ruad, in 

 the Gulf of Atuio-li, when™ tncv eonvj all this distance 

 in tiuy little, baus in which no other m-iriii.tr would venture 

 pleasure .ni. Pile Gbverntnant of Cyprus imp m- A 

 tax of BIO upon each ordinary boat and £50 upon boats car- 

 ryiaa; a diVin? apparatus, and as many of the spou^-fishers 

 evade this p iv:n -at. which the Turks never dreamt of en 



many birds of light and beauteous form i 

 lows, and sailing witb the extraordinary 

 I they are so celebrated and which -ic-v' 

 | service upon which they are employed, 



re blessed with the mo-l iielight 



> in 





looks far different from the sponge we know, resembling in 

 appearance dirty, sticky black clay, aud unless it is immedi- 

 ' atelv beaten and washed it remains black and valueless. It 

 1 srrells mo3t offensively, so uiiieu so that during the whole of 

 1 ' of boats I could compare it to 





i.iltv k.-- 



,1 ( 



•edible depth. SeV- 

 one of which is to 

 /her and so making 



Tin 



ish. 



continue 



!ici|U;i! 



to 



1'ling her I oh a 



mg the b( 



od 



ed per 



ithi 



nd appreciated 

 or quality never reaeh 

 uad for this useful ar> 

 3 of the great harems 



laths bring the sponge 



arc used by the Turk- 



perilous trade, 

 all over the woi 

 foreign m irketa 

 pondage to the i 

 whose constant 

 into daily reams 



Onlj . 

 Lsh and Clro i - 



ityoftlisTr roougea as much a matter of fashion as ithe "Par- 

 isian la ly dues the trinvning of her bonnet or the color of her 

 parasol. This quality is known as th? "apidi" or pear, aud 

 ''aspro veloudo" or white velvet, and command.-- fabulous 

 prions the Wrtinjnt it is brought up, as Constantinople aud 

 i ! lira .-n irchants are always m iving about among the Ushers 

 res ly (•> p i , almost any price for the much-desired quality. 

 1 -in- .-■ .,,. ■ ■'••«- -.. -.•inn-iis of this sort, and must say that it ' 



he 



En shapa ii 

 soft, elastic and 

 > value bv the faet t 

 ice for a sponge of t 



is lit ■ 



video: 



with divii 



"•-ma 



olnues. 



and th 



■llllintit 



y of si 



jnge takt 



., 



bj tin 



m far exc 



3eds that ot 



he other boats 









The 



most intei 



estin 



', howe 



ver, of 



all the methods is that 



if 



simple 



diving; a 



111 i.T 



i hav 



i wate 



led sevt 



ralof 



the parti 





thus ei 



lgaged. 1 i 



vUI d 



'<■•: l!n- 



t. Tin 



s.i littl. 



bo:.! - 



contain. 





a rule, 



three mo 









are pn 



.vided 



with a fe 



w 



ropes 



md poles, 



i !. - 









ni': a 



lother, aL 



d 



being 



ised in si 







s. Th- 



ydive i 



i turn 



. and whi 



n 



not un 



dor water 

 J washing 



then 



. A h 



rthes] 



ird an 



l aange 



:,';.'■;' '[ 



;:'',:;' J;;; 1 





poor c 



iv. irs lead 



and 



OB8 wh 



eh at a 



11V 111 'II 









to instant death 



Ve 



t they a 



re a ro 



mst am 









The i i-i icn are of an almost amphibious nature, and are 



from their infancy exposed bo the hardships and privations of 

 ■■.•a I ly. aggravated by the circumstance that the 

 islands the} inhabit haw not a drop of water save only such 

 as is pres rved in large stone reservoirs, ana which has to be 

 brought periodically from the other islands or the opposite 

 eoosl inl I lighters, istnicted for this ex- 



clusive ServiCE, ami serving oft en in the periods Of Forced idle- 

 ness-a^a dome tor some of the poorest Ushers, who thatch 

 them over and secure for themselves a shelter from the pro- 

 longed n Inter rain-. The real and best s.-asou of the year for 

 hing is doling the months of .Inly, August, Septem- 

 ber and October, when the rcula: sea lireczes are to be de- 

 ponde I upon, as well as the light wind oil" the land during the 

 night. \> hue the men ami bo v.- arc t Ii i- engaged the women 

 and vory small children are the sole inhabitants of these bar- 

 ren islaii K during which time they are often attacked by 

 pirates from the mainland, who, after shamefully ill-treating 

 the Women, depart, loading their boats with anything worth 

 carrying away ChBj lind in the cottages. 



In'tli. — i.Meii light Of iiioinin-i: i- -.inclliing really delight- 

 ful to -watch the sponge-Hshing fleets, their sails palpably 

 while against the glorious blue horizon, skimming Uke so 



length of time tbeyean remain under water, iu which thrv 



the latter can dive for three or three and a halt minutes, 

 these Ure.ics remain under water for four and even five min- 

 utes, which to me, watch in hand, app.-ared as so many hours. 



[nd 1.1 had full v made up my mind that the first, bov T 



was timing had been drowned long ago, aud that although my 

 tmiepieee was ticking (lie hand-, had ceased to move. Asa 

 rule they avoid these lo.ig stretches, but very often the dive is 

 so protracted, owing to falling upon a good field of sponges, 

 that wh.-n the poor fellows reach the surface again they are 

 utterly exhausted, and the blood gushes from their mouths, 

 noses, eyes and even ears. Many eases have occurred when 

 they have overrated their powers of endurance and suc- 

 cumbed to tho loss of blood and exhaustion, jive of such cases 

 having happened during this season, besides seven men and 

 boys having been killed by sharks, which were unknown in 

 the Mediterranean previous to the cutting of the Suez Canal, 

 but are now becoming very plentiful and dangerous. 



Some of the divers carry bags for their luuls, others tie the 

 sponges in bundles under water, while many simply carry 

 them under their arms. On returning to the surface, they 

 climb into the boat carrying their harvest with them, and as 

 soon as they are seated dowu go the others who were in the 

 boat, naked and basking in the sun. The sponge when found 



ith heavy wooden bats, water being 

 r it, after which it is kept in nets 

 hanging over tho side until one of the shore-boats, which are 

 engaged to run between the fleet and the laud, comes along- 



water. Spongfl is sol I by weight, and in orderto increase the 

 natural weight the fishers place it in casks containing sand, 

 thus getting a quantity of it in the pores ; another method is to 

 dampen it- The merchants, however, know all their tricks, 

 and.liavo means of discovering both the quantity of sand and 

 water contained iu the sponges. 



Not a few of the Ushers evade paying the license, and they 

 are very difficult to catch, as long before the revenue cutter 

 approaches them they set sail aud run before the wind, and as 

 their little craft attains an incredible speed the commander 

 does not think it advisable to chase them. Wo caught one, 

 however, though hiding behind tin cape, aud found that, be- 

 sides not having a license, the owner had a heavy stock of 

 gunpowder and tobacco on board, which he evidently in- 

 tended to smuggle, and as the papers found on him gave the 



arrested in the evening and large quantities of smuggled goods 

 were seizedin their houses. The captain of tho boat we captured 

 is a jolly sort of a tar, and from him 1 found out that nearly all 

 the sponges we buy are "doctored," especially those nice yel- 

 low ones, and that, although the ''doctoring" gives thern a 

 good appearance, it destroys the sponges. 



"U'ii.-ii you want to buy a sponge," he said, "see that it is 

 the color of coffee and inilk mixed, and not yellow, it must 

 •tectod by the traces of 

 civi-ty and very light, 

 out if it contains any 

 der like smoke, 



the sci 





S.piec/ 



cittclv-url'.ue 



sand o 



■ shells, and shake 



which 



is poisonous and 



sponge 



with none of thns 



tiling t 



hey may ask for i 



i. VI. 



lind : 



>rth any- 

 portnut thing, how- 

 uo out irom ims man, is mat when spongos get 

 sick," as he called it, if they are washed well and 

 in salt water or hard well-water, they become as 

 T. — Correspondence New York World. 



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