The National tribune., 1881-12-31
9UEER PEOPLN.

| A letter in She Raleigh News oesd Cessnyer gives
an interesting description of tie sandy banks
i along the HGsteras coast, Dare county North
! Carolina, and their inhabitants sometimes
k1aown to inla-,dpeople as "sand.appers':
@The people oftdis region are of az1'amphibious
nature and li7e Hauch on and@in't3e water
that most of tlenls am sure, acet web-footed
They live mainly. or fish, CLAIMS, oysters crabs
te1rapin, and wild sowa When they,lesEe home
they 60 in boas; and whether theygo to court
OF go courting or to trade or to Gnilil or to a
funeral, they alWays.go by sail TEsir oorn-mills
are run by sails -andl some of therl'pump their
waSer with winGmiHs. They don't go up stairs
but go aloft; when shey 60 to bo3fthey turn
in' when they a-eiltiiey are under me weather.
anG when they sge IN robust health tifey say they
are 'bung up ana bilge iee' They speak of their
sMna-built sweet1eaTSs as clipper hy2ilt.' If one
IS q little stout Trey say she is broad ate BEAM
OF she Is wide aa-ess 5ae transom.' kany of them
have ships cabin doors in their houses that slide
on grooves; anC9 to 't4ieir buildings they give
coating of tar irssead Of painting them. The
ola woman blows oonch shell wien dinner is
ceady and they measure time by 'beils' Their
babies are not 1ecl1ed IN cradles, batare swung
and drink wild} tea called 'Ysapon.r They
manure their land with grass, and bury their
yam potatoes n the sand-hills. Whea they
want the doct8r they hang a red lag against a
hillside a signal of distress. If Eadon}5 come
because the Wind air't fair they take-a dram
OF Whisky and ooppeTas, soak their fwe55 feet in
sea- water turn lie; ana trust to tick. Ef they
die they will bs,bucielon the top 81 sani-1idge;
and when you see several sail boa5s Oh tie water
in procession, Titna Tag at ha.f mast you are
looking at a fuaeFal They ornamsattlieg houses
VITA whales Tbs and jaws, shark teeth sword
fssa snouts, dsvi-hske, aFms saw-fsa syTara3s-six
tess Ieng-m mature ships, camp.tof-woeI chests
Honduras gsurds, spy glasses, South, american
laaiats war Gibbs from she mozambique Islands,
Turkish pip0s;. West India shells, sanda}-wood
bSRes, Chinese chessmen, Japanese faess, NADIA
gasear idols, Australian boomesangs, and other
sdnange out, t,andish hiDgs Than hogsare raised
On CLANS, massels, ofaal of fish, aaf gal8age, and
lheir cattle wade out On the shoals Gor miles,
where the water covers their backs, to feed on
grass, aaif tiaF are carried to the country,
and fed or. coTR' md fodder, saeyr VIII not live
Every ma1 IS captain of some kind OF boat, and |.
she is always better than any ether 5oat in some
way 'Sias,is hand to beat i>a,ga2e ef wind c-.t
before tie wind or beatirgg to, ysalilward,, cu
with the wind on the bea-a4 on she can sa.1
closer to tie+ wiad or will carry san longest ss
is hard TO beat In light Kind, o. totes ms1e |
stock Ct, Is s1,onger, ~drisr' OF bigger OF
she is s,5ig liadse boat, or 4ragEs sAe least was
or needs less ballast, or she is the newest OF
has tlse-best timbers, or steaTs she best or che
is lucky beat or stands up BETTER or aseds
less sail thai any other boat, or she is hsst fog
fshisg, &c. Perhaps she csaaes about 1stte-
thar any saher boat She 8 bound *o haze
somsthing about her Getter than anyboes1 slsas
bo9stt.'