Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-01-27
The Turtle at Home.

the remnants OF the roast veal and
fried chicken of the day before, comes
chiefly from the Bahamas and from
Nassau, the only city of the Bahamas.
They are harvested also in Cuba,
Hayti and at many points on the
southern coast, bnt in the Bahama
| Islands they seem 10 find the richest
feeding grounds Circuit Justice l..
D. Powles, Of Bahama Island, whose
experience has been ample, telling
how the amiable and luscious beast Is
captured in his neighborhood, says:
Those families who live in the out
islands and do all the turtle fishing
that j. not done by the strictly bust
ness schooners and men from Nassau,
have for home a house whose walls
are built of coral limestone, roughly
plastered together and rooted with
palmetto thatch. There are probably
twelve or fourteen In the family, and
they all live in one little room pretty
nearly bare offurniture. Nobody but
Papa and mamma rise Ia the dignity
OF bed. The rest can sleep any
where. When not asleep nearly all
their lives are spent out Of doors. Be
hind the house il some big tree. where
mother cooks and washes and father
whacks her and the children 10y turns,
unless, as occasionally happens she Is
boss, and does the whacking herself.
They have not much need of money,
for they can grow oranges, bananas
and other tropical fruits In plenty,
are 10 he had for the catching But the
ont lander stands sometimes ia need
OF clothes and groceries, which have
to be paid for As turtles will either
produce cash or its substitute. ho oc-
casionally goes of on "A turtling eHpc-
dition After days Of postponing aud
putting or, he finally pulls himself to-
gether, and of he goes, pressing all
his family into the service. There h
not much need to close up the house,
for there are no robbers. and noprob-
able intruder except the hogs, which
don't count. Still he probably shuts
IL up, for de look of de ting. for the
darky is very punctillious about Ger
tain matters
The turtle beach may be many
miles away, but mos, likely he has n
boat. In which he manages 10 reach II
ia the course of few hours. All the
party have bare feet, but otherwise
are dressed much the same as civilized
people. External decency II one OF
those matters on which the Bahamian
negro is most scrupulous.
Arrived at the turtle beach he puts
one OF the boys in the boat and lets
him row along IL. while the rest of the
party walk, keeping n sharp lookout
for turtles. Sometimes the beach II
ten miles long, and perhaps the party
draw the whole OF II blank, In which
case they beach the boat and camp
ont for the night. Perhaps they have
the iuck I" see u monster green tur-
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