Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-22

keen as AustraiaS snowy owls canniiy learn
Ing this came In great numbers, and these are
lords OF high living, dining duly on rarit-pie
Brown rats, fat and aggressive as ever assaiIed
Hamnne-town, swarm here, often the only drrad
savage IRON ocean wrecks Hundreds OF sealS
the oceans nocks OF bulls cows and calves bark
and nounder upon the beaches Tbe-e the guIls
shr1eki0g and circling grewsomely the half nun
dred or 30 souls wno cad this desolate NE 10
lie for pay, inclusive OF the lew families attached
TO the needs OF The service all that live IA the
sandy ocean grave. save the famous little weird
ponies OF the Island. ali hoof aud head and hair.
whose origin here Is varlously attributed. but
practically unknown. Perhaps there are go 10
700 OF these shsggy beasts No one knows They
refuse protection from shed of stable: ta.tsn IN
are al but buried iron sight; starSe aInoag The
sand-dunes In winter, are furious and aggressive
ming al will: but on The annual round-ups" Ia, se
which are captured, tied and tossed IN . TOE gov
erhinent cutter lke bags OF merchandize, are 90
completely tanned by their heiplessness and the
rough seatrip that on their ARRIVAL a. HALIFAX Tue
Seriest child fondle and control Them
SAD RECORDS or DISASTER
TO fully appreciate the intense dolor OF Sable
Island 10 the eyes and mind OF It's visitor, and 10
the Consciousness OF every sea-far1ng soul VINO
ever conned his mental record OF the oceans peril
II must be remembered that, save the govern
ment cutter which every few Iuoaths brings sup
pnes' an occasional adventurous craft nHe my
oWn. OF a lew hardy nsher-folk that now anu
tnen datngiy make It's eastern extremity brief
summer headquarters; no vessels or human beings
wei touch It's shores that are not Dcapen UPON
.heih IN helpless hopeless wrecks Ana yet such
napess arrivals are at times 10 fr Quent mt the
nie-sasing record here exceeds tnal OF any other
Place on the giooe, and the wreckage Is also
statesl No pen van give adequate idea OF the
sense Oh death and destruction at here evidenced
~ every object the eye can look upon. Every
ouiiuing al headquarters Is constl ucted from the
timoers OF wrecked ships The houses OF refuge
at either end Of the Island; the lookouts; the oul-
post stations; the domciles and CABINS; every
nshers hut; are each and all mute monuments OF
teirinc destruction. The chairs, tables, bunks,
lamps. lockers rude ornamentations, are all dark
savage oil as many different craft IRON many
ulnefent ports You cannot walN the beach a rod
Mlthout > umoling upon relic OF wreck or dead
men bones Away out Tor miles upon the awful
oars tiie hulks OF wrecks brisJle through spume
OF SURF Ike hldeous tusks through Tue foam of
maouened IlIans Jaws On any shore spot where
you can stand you can PICK from tue SANDS
WIN your cane mementoes telling OF countless
ocean Tragedies from Norsemen's Times 10 hor-
TOTS Oh year ago. In every namaole thing or
trlnket That can be put into or upon a sup and
carried and lost at sea To see it ana know iI al
AMI let fancy run riot through the awful Outreach-
ihgs OF loss, woe, aud death Saue Island reveals
every Instant ones eyes rest upon any portion OF
us hideous ever-disciosed conceangs Is TO invite
utter madness. One sentence viii tea IL all IL Is
tne lmmeasuI able fostering Junk-snop, the inde-
scrloao.e ioathsome graveyard OF the deep. i
yer Iett spot so quickly; never 30 longed for
sond ground behind rOck-uutlres ed shor :, and
never SO freely forgave Implying scOrn as That
which, as we made sail northward Through now
unlIiendiy sea, snone through TIE stuboy beard OF
Capt. Baliasl's chuboy lace.
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