The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-10
Two CHEAT PAST URES.
One at the East-ra Ed ofI.one Is,and and
0n- on thincoteaaue.

Perhaps tho largest pasture field In the
Eastern states lies on Long Island. scarcely
mora than 100 miles from Now York. yet fl.
teen miles from railway station. and not
easily arbroachable save on horseback. The
Held occupies the southeastern corner OF the
Island out to Montauk Point. 1t was once
part OF tho old Shnnecock Indian reservation.
out when there ceased TO be any Indians to
reserve the state sold tho reservation to n
rich New Yorker namel benson. and he I'M
der'ook 70 iu' the region TO use as a sort Of
ranch He cot tired or discouraged however.
ana he nov rents 1t for pasture to Long Island
farmers at ST. II year per head OF horses or
cattle and as some Thousands OF stock roam
mo pasture he gets very rretty sum out Of
IL. pending tho time when his friend Austin
t0rhin shall run railway down through the
pasture ne'd to fetch unto New York passcn.
gers who come, from Europe by those long
promised four-,lay ships.
AmaEans cit is the last Long Island village
pelore you come To the pasture From Fire
Long Island is IN large i bar, made nm If SfDrs oW o.
iiat. sanity beach. with sand dunes Just II few
hundred yards inland. and a rough growth Of
the island rises into hills. clad with srruhhy
forests. and few miles further cas-, the south.
iee. high. ,Iiere begins the great pasture field.
fence Il. built across the narrow neck from
, Wo e" to to s"y and II.
Wie. Is sinsis sraat ' asId 10 rhare ass
fence and the, Mon,ank Point Light. These
are are. r.,Ironzea chiefly y, srorismen At
summer villas. The rest Of the area i. dotted
for N ost Of the year The only other enclosures
arc cnrrnls ct few ncres. into which the cattle
nre driven when hc owners wish to pick out
their own and bring them home.
inc brand and the lnriat arc not employed
pasture Held .ll
the cattle arc driven into tho cnrrfl ~
mounted farmers ana archnown ,y ear marks.
SAND cattle are thus corra led at one time and
H., ,h farmers ride. in to identity their own hy
little, afford drink and in ordinary seasons:
, Wmen uroaEht has NOT utterly rarrh"d
the T The s'p ssas s,fi IS co rsn and
somewhat scnnt. hut the large area OF the
pasture. cnahics, the "at,le t" lind an abun.
dance, OF TODD. Late in tho autumn the farm.
crs ride down IN small cavalcades from ths
region about Ama.nnsett tn pick out their
stock and have the beasts driven home for tho
Not 50 large as the Crea: pasture Of Long
island Is tho unfcn"eeh tia in vt the southern
coast. wher" few hundred wild ponies. small
cattle. sheep and geese roam over about &nOD
aud on the n.ighbornG Stands is mild "n"Igh
To- ahmit 81 ilsimrlnE horses and cattle all
MM, nmy W,'neut r shelter and without care
nave long been used for assuring cattle. sheep.
and hogs. ,h" creatures being left INTENDED
and visited perhaps MT allow. twice in n sea-
son. picturesque sight at Chncotpngtir
IN" arrival OF u scow from one Of the nn,ghhor-
ing islands with a load OF wild cattle The
creatures. perhaps II score or SO together. are
driven on boar! an "p"n-derkcd scow with n
rrrilous railing about the hulwarke. Tho
scnw. ono" laden. is attached by II line to u
Srhoonrr an! the latter gets UP sail to tow its
unwie!dy CONVOY Az the schooner TICKS tho
scow swings awkwarlv into her wak" ana ali
those wretrhrd boasts sta.ger back and forth
upon heir uncertain sea legs. and every mo-
ment threaten TO tumble of into tho waves.