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1、TalesoftheFishPatrolTalesoftheFishPatrol1TalesoftheFishPatrolWHITEANDYELLOWSanFranciscoBayissolargethatoftenitsstormsaremoredisastroustoocean-goingcraftthanistheoceanitselfinitsviolentmoments.Thewatersofthebaycontainallmanneroffish,whereforeitssurfaceisploughedbythekeelsofallmannero
2、ffishingboatsmannedbyallmanneroffishermen.Toprotectthefishfromthismotleyfloatingpopulationmanywiselawshavebeenpassed,andthereisafishpatroltoseethattheselawsareenforced.Excitingtimesarethelotofthefishpatrol:initshistorymorethanonedeadpatrolmanhasmarkeddefeat,andmoreoftendeadfishermen
3、acrosstheirillegalnetshavemarkedsuccess.Wildestamongthefisher-folkmaybeaccountedtheChineseshrimp-catchers.Itisthehabitoftheshrimptocrawlalongthebottominvastarmiestillitreachesfreshwater,whenitturnsaboutandcrawlsbackagaintothesalt.Andwherethetideebbsandflows,theChinesesinkgreatbag-ne
4、tstothebottom,withgapingmouths,intowhichtheshrimpcrawlsandfromwhichitistransferredtotheboiling-pot.Thisinitselfwouldnotbebad,wereitnotforthesmallmeshofthenets,sosmallthatthetiniestfishes,littlenew-hatchedthingsnotaquarterofaninchlong,cannotpassthrough.ThebeautifulbeachesofPointsPedr
5、oandPablo,wherearetheshrimp-catchers'villages,aremadefearfulbythestenchfrommyriadsofdecayingfish,andagainstthiswastefuldestructionithaseverbeenthedutyofthefishpatroltoact.WhenIwasayoungsterofsixteen,agoodsloop-sailorandall-roundbay-waterman,mysloop,theReindeer,wascharteredbytheFishC
6、ommission,andIbecameforthetimebeingadeputypatrolman.AfteradealofworkamongtheGreekfishermenoftheUpperBayandrivers,whereknivesflashedatthebeginningoftroubleandmenpermittedthemselvestobemadeprisonersonlyafterarevolverwasthrustintheirfaces,wehailedwithdelightanexpeditiontotheLowerBayaga
7、insttheChineseshrimp-catchers.Thereweresixofus,intwoboats,andtoavoidsuspicionwerandownafterdarkanddroppedanchorunderaprojectingbluffoflandknownas2TalesoftheFishPatrolPointPinole.Astheeastpaledwiththefirstlightofdawnwegotunderwayagain,andhauledcloseonthelandbreezeasweslantedacrossthe
8、baytowardPointPedro
