The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1904-11-26
hat the msa. does not die for twenty

~A@s ssAo hAo@s oOcS not uie for twenty
four hours.
"The sea gulls are another interestin
feature Of the island They come ou
on the shell keys and lay their egg
and leave them for the sun to hatch. +
gather good eggs the egg hunters q
along one day and break all the egg
that arc there, and the next day they q
!, and gather the eggs and are sure of goo,
ones. After the little gull Ia hatche,
and waddles cut TO the water's edge tn,
smother gull comes along and feeds then
nor short time and then leaves them /.
hustle for themselves"
TREASURE rRovg.
Legend tellssof pirate ships treasur,
laden that were wrecked on Ship Islant
and Cat Island, and others have ID tha
Laftte buried his ill-eotten vealt,
there. All this was long before III.
government had lights piAced ther,
and vessels were liable 10 have beer
wrecked In the strong gales from tn,
southeast. Even TO this day peopl,
with more time than money will come
along with Lafittc's chart Of the leland,
and dig for days. hunting money and
Jewels but II any have been found, Il
has been kept profound secret,
While Fort Massachusetts was occu.
pied by the Foderals many OF the priso.
ners died and were buried in the sand,
near the fort. Some years ago the wind,
blew the sand of the graves, leaving tn,
collins exposed and in some instance,
where the wood had decayed the skele.
tons we're left bleaching in the sun. The
United States governments attention
was called TO this ghastly spectacle, and
men were detailed TO come to Shin Ial,
and, remove all the remains visible and
bury them In Chalmette. Now. from
time to time, the wild winds sweep owe,
the Island and blow the white sand away
from its wonted place and whirl It &c
another part Of the island and other re-.
mains are left exposed for time, when
the winds sweep oyer again in peni-
tent mood and cover up the dead.
II has been noticed that the cofrins
that remain intact are Of cypress lumber
and appear to be In as good condition %
when buried nearly halt century ago
SUPERB SURF BATHING.
Ship Island and Cat Island are the
only islands Of the Gull OF Mexico tha,
extend In IN easterly and westerly direc-
tion. The ohandaleuFs and all the other
islands lie in a northerly and southerly
direction. The surf bathing on tAe
southern side Of both these islands Is su
perb. The islands are so tar removed
from the mainland that the fresh water.
OF the rivers that now into the gulf have
no effect on the waters out there ant
they are very salty. The surf on an or.
dinary day whom the gentle sea breez,
only Is blowing is not 90 wild and bois.
ferrous as on the Atlantic coast, nor 1,
the undertow so strong. 1t is perfec
and bath there is worth travelling thou.
sands OF miles TO enjoy.
Capt. Jones has had pleasure barge.
fitted up, drawn by tugs to give pleasure
seekers the privilege Of enjoying day
on the island and in the waters, bath ing
fishing and gathering shells,
Strangers who have heard dreadful
shark stories haye dread OF the waters
but Mr.. Lyon, referred TO above, has
been tho boarding officer OF the Customs
Department for many years and is posi-
bly, better acquainted with these waters
and the fish therein than any other man
on the coast, old fishermen not excepted
Mr.. Lyon says; "Oae Of the ship cap.
tains TOLD me that he dropped mar
overheard just outside Of Havana har.
Dor and that the sharks ate him before
he could get him, Now, out at ShiI
Island have seen hundreds of members
OF the ships crews jump over into thu
water and bathe, and have never knowr
of shark bothsnns any OF them. Their,
are plenty Of sharks there. have seer
fishermen out there fishing for mackere
and before they. could get the fish to tn,
boat the sharks would have 1t.
"Shark fighting is great sport. They
are very game and II ia a task to LAND
them, Some people from New Orleans
were out there one day and caught 9
shark Q feet long-long enough to cat !
man, but I do not think there ia any
danger In these waters"