Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-14

'HSSOpu. Dul rlTdRPSNs Aso'~-N-
local term. In the dry season wheh
he only available water holes can oe
definitely located. slip-knot natter As
suspended at such height ana III such
left fashion that the wild creature
When he comes in to water. nnWittihs'
puts his head through 1t. TO DE
halted helpless until the captor comes
20 release him. Horses so caught anu
AIMED iudiciously have been shipped
,way and sold for 500 apiece.
nominal sum is paid the government
or each beast captured.
1.-The same rule obtains win the
ows, but Of course many COW ~ sam
Without the government being the
icher by the Sc 1.-THE. and this possi-
Ility gives spice and flavor to the
apgemen's occupations. noteworthy
chronicle is that Inagua people never
rave veal. 1t is an unwritten law. ahu
| law religiously followed. that a cal!
must never be killed, but left to grow.
We have lamb, mutton. beef. pork. but
,eyer veal. A swectbread is q luxury
lntasted and unknown to our island.
RS. There are lots of wild hogs and
Wild fowl. exactly like domestic fowls
Xild duck that ever was baSged in
MARYLAND or other famed game pre-
eryes. We feast on canvaSbacks--
cooked Just to Il turn; the native cooks
lnow how--and mallardS. rcdhcads,
cal. all the fancy kinds. We have fish
n plenty and of the best. Conchs. the
lind the pearls are found in and thai
nave such delicately tinted shells. are
+, favorite Wand. They taste like a
liam. only swcctish.
Pink pearls found hy our boatmen
1ayc been sold for $4,000 the single one.
NV husband gave a negro boy So for
oink pearl on 4 certain morning. and
n London that pearl brought 500
knocking about in the bottom of d,
ishn. boat one day was a pearl for
which the person who picked it up got
$50 Sent to Nassau il brought some
hing over $1,000. and later in biz city
Il brought 10000.
"Wrrckius is 4 distinct and import
anI oC cupa.ion With our people. Be
Gore the Trinity Board of London gave
us lighthouses lnaGua was called the
California of the Bahamas. SO much
treasure Was to be found there. Even
frcgh,ers and tramp boats come 10
grief and one mans house is furnished
and panelel all through with lnahos-
any picked UP from boating wrecks
The boats from San Domingo OCCASION
Ally get bcached. and in the rainy
seas)Is CA that island. which is just
opposite us. the logs of valuable woods
.aftcd to the mouth of the rivers for
transportation get loose and ar"
washed cut to sea. finding ownership
III our shores. ProGging' is 4 popula:
2rofc ssion. To go progsinG means %
start out in ones own boat, or Il hired
Jne. and patrol and search the coast
nlets and neishbOrinS land and waters
for anything that may turn up. Often
interesting things turn up. for pirates
still exist. Only the other day four
men who Went progginS failed to re-
urn. Theiv boat came back with their
pipes and seats and cooking things in
such ship-shape condition as to prove
that they not been upset. But ths
men, dead or alive. We're never found.
Il was thought that they were robbed
and killed and their bodies burned
Different theories were formed Ivy die.
terent persons. and nothing has turned
up to prove or disprove any of them.
Three months ago the petrified body IF
a man was unearthed, and created
much excitement. 1t was thought that
he had come ashore years and years
ago to bury treasure. Everybody be-
lieves firmly in there, being treasure
buried somewhere on the island. and
the fact that no person has ever found
any is all the better proof that it Is
still there and a stronger stimulus to
search. Progging includes turtle
catching or hawksbilling, a fertile in
dustry.
Little Gases of planta bic land are to
be found here and there on the island.
and the negroes go off in their boats
up shore to the nearest points and tenl
these miniature plantations, where the
cotton that is Indigenous grows in sufIi-
cicnt quantity to make mattresses and
homespun clothing Of. and where
guinea corn. pease. and a few hardy
vegetables can be raised. Cocoanut
plantations have recently been started
successfully. since ii was found that a
brackish soil was no bar to cucoanut
raising. My husband prefers the flesh
of the cocoanut scraped. slightly
moistcncd and drippcd through a cloth
10 thc cream in his coffee. and in
variably uses it. especially as the milk
Of our crbage-fed cattle does not raise
very rich or well Favored cream. Our
cows look up and not down for their
food. The grass is poor and they
browse Gu the LEAKAGE of the shrubs
and trees. which method of feeding.
while it fails To make rich milk. makes
excellent tasting beef. tender and good.
/. SisHl growing has been begun on the
island. the Sisal being Il cactuslilSc plant,
the main shoot Of which grows to IL great
height and can be converted into rope.
The new Industries receive attention on
account of the decline in the salt raising;
since the cloudburst that some years ago
injured the salt parks. and the still fur
Their decline that IL is SAID is bound to
follow the occupation of Porto Rico by
the United States. The salt that could
and will be made in Porto Rico will be
free of duty. whereas our salt could not
bc supplied 50 cheap.
I've told you about the advantages We
have. continued the Inagu dame. land
now ! must mention the draWba cks Lack
OF rain is n stumbling block Water gets
SO scarce sometimes that people sell il by
the pailful, and yet We never suffer- be-
cause the island is full of big fat rocks
that are deep enough to make good wal
ter pools and hold the rain water a long
time. Then We have numerous wells of
brackiSh water that answer for house,