The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-11-26

suppose Morchead City is the only city in
tne world without wheel in It. do not think
and very few in the county. Everything is done
in boats. There is not u house in the county
that u boat cannot get within mile of. Not Il
doctor or lawyer in the county owns u horse
they practise in boats. The people 20 to fune,
rails in boats and when they arrest man they
carry him To jail in II boat.
, The mail export of the town besides truck il
iiSh. but the fish caught here embrace every
thing from whale to shrimp. Last year two
or three whales were taken or this coast and
whale IL worth from 81 300 to ~ 0O0. 1t il said
tnnt they got between tho shore and the
Gun stream and IN trying to beat out to sea
are slckcned by tho warm water They turn
IN shore again. and soon strand Themselves
IN large quantities in nets. But this wholesI,l,
fishing is neither picturesque nor interesting
n PRETTY tn sport RractlsHd al9ng shore is spHar
4 man With nanheau walks alongside 40 To
his knees in water, In the bow OF the boat
sportsmcn stand with slender gigs, Along the
bottom. by The reflection of the light can be
sen white dpunders half buried in the sand.
poised above them. and never move until 'tthnv
are either sp"arod or missed. The only draw
back to TINS sport is that occasionally your
loren bearer is stung 10y II stingaree. stjnga-
rec Is simply long buggy whip broken out
with snnll-poX; and filled with steel springs.
!2cklaw Is the mild"st possible result. IN"
iatts NJ c4m'in$ent about Morchead
boat hardly bigger than tub they go ou it''' IN
the surf. and hopping in and ont like am ~
rhihIa, soon come in with bushcl or SO of the
Ellrst-lookinS and sweetest-tasting thinus
that swim the water.
one other very important industry of this
i iiosi ih,"rcnStlns place is the raising of mash
,arkteS. The marsh tackle is a shaggy pnnv
hardy larger, than the shetland. Of light huii1
and hardy. He lives in the water and viii n"t
eat corn or hay. He is brought IN ON tbn
marsh grass which no oats between ,j,, Las
They cost literally nothing breeding in drnv,.
rs wild horses. Each drove has lis lender ,vhn
selects the eating grounds aud decide, when
me tides are going out or coming in Once
every year the owners have what is called n
coast running into tho thousands. nrn driven
IN ny boats and either branded or Did They
bring from So TO $50 apiece, and it is tribute
To their utter. wiidntss that Il BROKE
pony that is. ono that can bc nd
tackle" and brings 40. They "'' ara
n great demand in the middle part of tho
state, eating little and doing n heap 81 work
they run down To skin and bone before th"y
learn tn eat corn or hay. hIt then liiten rapaIy
aud lose the Msly reddish color tho sal, Mater
gives them, Tier" are mon VINO buy Them in
large numbers, train ,hcm to the mountains.
nnd get fancy prices Tor them. AZ wr,irtL,rn
Is drove OF tackles matching in slow and So
dat" procession agHluN' IN" horizon ylIr lnnI.
err bearing his resp rnSihjitr with dI.ni,y
picks ms way tarctul!y, aud Iii, company 4. +.
low WIN u bllnd r"nSr of conf lvn.r. The Wn-
Ter rs II SplhSh"S about their l,-ss .-lr- Ii.,
Sil"W'rcd silver, ana their rcd side. ehilo
against the sun like hrOnIr ON they ~, ms
birds beat hom"ward in the twili.:ht. ErHNiut,
smaller and more iudstincl IA they NOD thnir
steady way, Al last they ara but sircks above
me water, moving dumb nu. patient To soma
wcll-dcsircd goal. ''