New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-08-04
ABOUND CAPE con
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TRURO, Mass July %. 1858.
To New-Eng CHAMBERS there is but one Cape par
erceence and that Cape is Cod From Maine to Connect
cut there il hardly town village Of any magnitude
claim among its residents some stalwart son OF
the Cape younger days spent mainly on the
bosom of the ocean, whose lullaby In infancy the
ceaselers roaring Of the SURF and whose cradle IN child
hood was a mackerel schooner; or some thrifty mousse
wife who will tell you with manifest pride that III ner
youth she was one Of the Cape Cod girls Still among the
masses of England and even OF MassachusetIs pnt
Little definitely b1 81 BEEN si invested with Of
nance and the stores egends that had come to me
barren realm abotnding principally in sand, producing
nothing but the poorest klnd oi poverty x.aS' ho
Inhabited by ma,dT BART Of their lives III
fishing and the remainder in spinning sailors yarns
careful peua OF Thoreau served TO change hese ldeas
in some degree but also had the effect OF STRENGTHENING
desire long cherished Of visiting TINS seco Oh Io
Interest and studying the habits and mode Of life Of the
people Being fortunate enough 70 hh9 a ptn ts
morning on board the George shattuck Tor Prov
incetown where we arrived at about O'Clock p M nay
inc had very pleasant trip We entered the harDOr VIII
nj half mast az we had board the body OF young
captain who left his home but short time ago IN new
He was having most successful Trip when one Gay tney
fastened TO large whale, and while the rope vas %
ming radid out the captain became etanged III ~, was
drawn overheard and drowned HIS BODY was reco'cea'
placed in a cask OF oil, aud sent home go, -.
something TO eat and after due inquiry, we enereu an
eatinghOuse which, we weIe assulen was ~ idp
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seemed TO be rather poorly furnished and nothing was 10
be had but raw oysters and pie But II inc Ji 10 .,
mn for the deficiency, and We LETT Win our pOckeCs
tied considerably more than our @ ssrted ont
for short survey of the town AS We htd I1rlneu ou
ideas of IL principally from the ted and We're
soon con ynced that II must haYr cha Seu SIeay syo
time II contains at present 4yo1t nno enJuau which
extends along the shore within Few rOds OF wa
mark about three mes ana instead OF pens S cyerY
step Is fun as good the ROADS In majority oi our
country towns. it has reqnirea greoi ao od coron
s II rs made entirely OF the thin SOL or the Ieghuoik
hills which conssts prncpay OF ascsyeS ru and dr.
rable road Tho wharyes and stores 'front.' on tnc
trect The principal business is fishing and whaling all
other pursuits being accessory 10 these,
has Mt present heet OF about 90 m ,e e da Of the
Cape and completely sheltered We're ,e
crt ~ "a large agricultural manufacturing district IL
would be Of the largest cOnherclal cieS III '"o
1od be hard to nd within the limits OF the town
stone large ms ones fist The cellar walls and foun-
dations az the houses built OF brick, when are li
norteJ as - also the soil OF the yards ana gardens
& vboni met on the boat told that In lsi there
was hut one ward in the town where there was any sO
or where thing grew This belonged to sea eapialh
who brought the soil from Liverpool ~ his vessel as pal
last In the OF, aud running paIai1l ~, tne
are several ranges hills, which at distance appear
very green and fertile, but nearer approach showed
them 10 be mere sand hills covered with the FUNNIEST
coating Of soil which supports thin growth OF pushes
eVd cnarse erase gentleman informed me that were
i, NOT az ,lese bushes single Winter would suffice to
change the aspect OF the country ehtey anu no III ~
he with the assistance OF some Others moved the bushes
aud raked of the soil and the whole hl moved on 20
the beach while the place where 1t had been Was IeIt
Ri as 10 did not intend TO spend the night at Prov
ncetoTn we took up our equipment and started down
the Cape When arrived beyond the limits OF inc
town we loft the road and took 10 the peach hopnR ~
fan I'm with beach birds or poVer when We were
told were quite plenty 10 low Tide but the de was now
coig I'm rapdly and the few birds we saw ala not seem
M an DESTROYS OF being shot, ana kept az respecu
lance. About two miles from the O~ tne ha ~ d
half AT this point bridge has DeeH Dut cohnectng
Provincetown with Truro AS the Ide runs up INC me.
verv rnidly IL has lately washed large quantities OF
sand into tho harbor remedy this the State Leglsla
ture has appropriated $4,000 for the construction
az "A dyke acrus. the inlet just below the brldgc
The work has been IN progress about two months,
and will probably be completed before winter. FROM ts
sirous OF reaching the Atlantic shore Ana mere We soon
learned that whatever has been or may 90 sau Oh Tue
sand Cape Cod, there need he no iefr on
We were travelling through complete DESERT where Tor
long distance, not green or llVh9 tlhB anu
here at every STEP the sand closed over our SHOES lIe
sand blown into small MIS- fOuhueI anu
with curves mathematically correct. Ihe prevailing
color was pure white, but here ana there IL was tnSea
r, beautiful shade of brown. Now and then we found
relics of tho OCEAN broken oar blade now rusty
spike. and mt place, half mile from the Deach the
skeleton OF a whale half buried in the sand measured
one OF the vertebrate aud found tho body u be III inches
across The eye dazzled and deceived by Tue renee
ton OF the sand. Objects which appeared 10 pe
small and at distance we Ionhu 20 y9 iis
times 10 detect the undulauon OF the surface
TIE roaring OF the ssrf had long adnonshed us that we
were nearing the ocean, and tong through tue SAND we
~ 9TH stood upon The shore OF the Atlantic. Since
then We have been walking along the beach IN the dTec
ton OF the Highland Light, which IS IN pam sgnt lew
miles down the coast We have climbed hill out OF the
reach OF the waves. and camped on bed OK sanu ana
Notwithstanding the warof tho surf the novelty OF the
situation aud the muskotoes, OF which there are
am confident we shall sleep soundly till morning.
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