Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-08-02

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cosdse. - - The profits annually.
WheTo o4ls can't agree, some one
should - ~ them. Cobb's Island
j. era1 p1n<e. md should be the
Summer escgt of The Atlantic Coast
With I 1jllIs 100 concord, and with
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1kFo1 j VII our EIesnlnSs Of The
early h,s1ory Of the lslssd. We sailed
forth, bo6ket on arm. 10 perform the
duty assiened -, thatsSf she'll picking
and eeg kuuting. "A wslk Of I hundred
and fiiy yards brought q 10 ! :
We saoo1 upon the sBeack viii the
wide wo6De Of waters before q. The
majestic ION Of the Oeesa q il nears
the shore-- ssthe loag wssh Of Austria
lasien See seetkodl and Boiled a il
net win E(s;sasaee hon alse land. We
contemplG1kd the grand picture spread
ont bef .sks-ssRsa - s..
Il -. ttsssai L ii n
Ofevsr shiaine sand, and a. away
The phantom circle Of moaaing -" I
Far OF in the distance was . line OF
breakers, which, nearing the shore on
one side, made q line Of white a II
some sea monster was plooShing up the
briny deep in his irolicsome sport. Our
minds required to the suggestive lines
Of the Laureate. and well and beauti-
fully his thoughts came back 10 US. We
had given our fancy full play, and in
all the sorrow Of our nature We repeat
ed i
"Break, break, break, --.-
TN thy cold gray stones, O sea!
And would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.
Break, break, break, * ,,.. o.
At the foot Of thy crags, o seal
But the tender grace of day tha, Is dead
Will never come back 10 me.''
Our duty was to pick the shells and
hunt the eggs which abonnd ia profu-
sion all along the Ocean side or the Is
land. The main or common beach,
over which the sea ordinarily washes,
IS about so feet wide, Of hard and COM
pact sand. Beyond this seems to be
another beach Of pure white sand about
a 100 feet wide. Upon this beach is
found the beautiful shells, which it was
our duty to gather. Very soon our
eyes were attracted by some, half bu-
ried in the sand, which we picked, only
to be thrown down by fading pretiier
ones as we advanced. The most beal,-
tiful were the conchs and. wilk shells.
What we call conchs, are called wilks
while the conchs are those having
spiral layers at the top, and are by far the
prettiest. Our FIRST thought was to APP
ply one Of these shells to our ear, TO
compare and see the sweet illusion Of
our youth. We remembered the pic
ture OF the Lake" Poet, who, rising to
the height of as lofty aspiration as ever
was conceived, either in poetry or phi
losophy, proclaims the awful truth that
the universe itself-the material uni
verse-is hollow shell, from which the
ear Of faith alone can hear the mystic
rious murmurings of eternity. This
moral is expounded by means Of one Of
the fairest images that ever entered
into the heart Of poet to conceive
beautiful in itself and sublime in its ap-
p''e'''0n .3Eci:a.q1s,,, ~. ...,
| curious child, who dwelt upon trsct
Ofinland ground. applying 10 his car
The convolntions Of smoo,h-lipped shell,
| To which. in silence hushed, his weary soul
Listened intensely, and his countcnance soon
Frightened with joy: for, murmuring from within.
Were heard sonorous cadences, whereby
| To his belief the monitor expressed 90
Mysterious union with its native sen.
| Even such shell the universe itself
ID to the ear Of faith"
Sad. sad it is that the ruthless hand al
modern science has swept away this
beautiful illusion and picture. II Is
possible that il the Poet had known the
scientific cause Of the ''murmurings" Of
mysterious union" the world would
have lost the sublime figure. We soon
gathered as many shells as VIC could
carry and lugged them along to the yes
sci, where We arrived Just in time for
dinner, and after the others had come
aboard. Our gaze was greeted BY in.
Vulnerable specimens of the feathery
and finny tribe, piled up in abundance
on the deck Of the vessel, but as each
party has to give its own account we
will w~itsuntil after dinner before we
call upon them for their reports. To
dinner we 60, and enjoyed some things Of
the mornings sport, which were the
splendid Trout and "Spots'' eaugh. BY
the fishermen-together with some oi
the spoils Of the gunners. Dinner over,
each division was called on for report.
The gunners came first and showed their
lot ofbirds-Willets, Gray backs, laugh
ing Gulls, barking Culls and Curlews.
OF these birds. the two 6rst named and
the last are worth eating, being in fact
delicious. The Willet is very much
ike our Power" and he GRAY back
answers TO our Jack Snipe." The
gunners reported 6ne sport and ince.-
SAINT shooting. Two Of the party, Col.
Fenwick and Henry Combs, seemed to
take . mortal antipathy to the Gulls-
one towards the barking and the other
the laughing Gulls. We cant imagine
the cause Of this, as they are no. con.
sidered good TO eat. We suppose il
vas because they bsrked At one and
laughed u tie other. Anyhow. such
goodlr number ei each Vas killed that
the barking Gulls had begun to grorl
and those left Of the laughing Gulls
were filed with signing. These two
varieties folloxed orr boat to the Capcs
on our return TO bid these two gentle
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