New-York tribune., 1873-07-26
AurTIE GEOGRAPHY.

E1i t. los been The practice Of all travellers who
t.uuk thcy have discovered Eden to infict upon
their readers a considerable amount of geography
and ancient history IN support of their claims, may
be pardoued for giving some further details Of
locality respecting this happy isle Izaak Walton,
the common father OF al angling" tells us, after
cnumcratinp hawks Of note and worth" that We
have also Of an inferior rank the Sanyel the Ring
tcil the Raven, the Buzzard, the Forked Kite, the
Bald BuzzaId the Hen Driver and others that for
bear 10 name" If some antiquarian viii be kind
enough 10 that the southern coast of Mas
sachusets used 10 be much frequented by eagles my
heart will be lightened j shall regard BuzZard's
Bay merely as nlisnOmer. If it was
from the former abundant presence Of the
bird Of inferior rank that the Bay
was named, why is no now so rare a visitant! The
buzzarl if he frequented these shores, has not
been driven away by anybody trying to make game
Of him. Aud now for geography. In the north
western corner of Buzzard's Bay is New-Bedford; /;
the northeastern apex of the Bay penetrates the
southern shouder Of Cape Cod at the joint where if
ever the Cape will be disocated by the insertion of
a shin canal The shOulder-blade of the Cape forms
the eastern boundary Of the Bay. From the south
ern point OF the shoulder-blade chain of islands
stretches westward, two-thrds across the Bay.
These ere the Elizabeth Islands and the most west
ern of them is Cuttyhnnk. Vineyard Sound rolls
between them and Martha's Vineyard. On the
southwest the Bay opens out to the ocean.
TIE ADVANTAGES or A DANGEROUS COAST.
Cuttyhunk was the first Of the group discovered
bv Capt Gosnold in 1902, and was called by him
Elizabeth Ise bat the title spread itself over the
otherislauds and theirproper Indian names emerged
above IT. DO you doubt the euphony of Cuttyhunkf
You are right; it is a corruption. The proper name
1, ,Poocutohhunkunnoh, and you may 50 call it, if
yIs1oc ff.a cant avna IC ot
fair antiquity. as may witness the following verse
which enuneratos the islands, and has come down
from times indefinitely remote. You can only ap-
prcciate its ne frenzy by repeating it aloud while
picking vour steps, with fshing-rOd in hand, over
the bogiders on the beach:
Naushon Nonamesset,
Onlatonka and Wepecket,
Nashawena Pesquinese,
Cuttyhunk and Penikese.
The island is shaped somewhat like the Conven-
t.ouaf figure known a palIn-leaf small portion
being separated from the larger by a narrow neck
1t is rather remarkable that Penikese has a very
similar outline, being in the way divided into
maior and minor portion. Perhaps like causes
have produced like results. The islanders believe
that the sand bars joining the parts of these islands
are gradually wearing away that all the Elizabeth
Islands once formed a long cape extending from the
mainland and have been separated from II and from
each other by the same agency. If this process con-
Times Of course the washing away Of the Islands is
only question of time. Nobody however need put
himself 70 inconvenience by hurrying down to Cut
tyhunk because of any fear Of it's disappearance
during the present year. 1t is, on the contrary,
landmark, having wen kept lighthouse on its
southwestern extremity, where You may hear
the exact facts in respect TO the inferior oil fur
pished by Government as well as the somewhat
more thrilling particulars Of the rescue Of the cap
tain and crew Of large ship wrecked here one night
in the very depth Of Winter Before the fishing club
o established OH the island the expectations Of Its
,,batitapts rs 10 the means Of honest livelihood
sIvyavs Included an annual supply Of wrecks.
Tponob wood from ships broken TO pieces on the