The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-01
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island, some OF them covering 200 OF
300 acres IN area, and as well stocked
with fab as the moorIands are stocked
with quail On almost any fine day
after the first OF May the quail may
be heard piping In the meadows while
the sea winds ripple along the grass
! Miles north from Great Point, the
pSowma Sandy Point. as the Indians
called It. Is the most northwesterly
point or reach OF this Eden of tho
sea This Is the point at which tho
oluehsh abound. You can always catch
more bluehsh than you can eat, and
II you are too lazy or haven't the
inclination to go out and be tossed
about In dory. you can purchase the
fish, which Is equal to catching them
second hand.
Great Point Is the extremity OF tho
lower part OF the peninsula, which Is
known as Coskata, which sounds like
the sacred name OF new-faugled
standing collar or running horse. Cos.
kata abuts upon the inner basin OF
the harbor. and Is. generally speaking,
a very desirable place in which to
| pitch one's tent. Nearby Is Coatue,
which is a host. not to say resort. in
itself. Coskata and Coatue suggest to
the poetic mind lovely partnership
! such as that OF Castor and pollux and
| Scylla and Charybdis.
| The town is developing In quaint
/ grandeur every day, and the ancient
gray windmill swings its great gray
arms around and looks In mute as.
! tonishment at the many modern ho-
| tolls which dot the town and limo tho
winding shore. There arc many hrst.
class hotels In the place. which Is
yearly growing In tho heart Of the
summer tourist. not only on account
Of Its pre.enireace as @ aanatoriunL
but because Of the recreat1ons and
amusements It affords. such as walk
Ing. wheeling, driving. tennis. base.
ball. bathing. etc
People 60 there because they know
they will stretch out in chaste repose.
despite their grandest efforts to work.
They all intend to make tho best Of
their time--that is, all the profess
sional people who go there with the
Intention OF writing epic poems or
painting the sea or the rolling moors.
First. they indulge in a rest, then
there Is the supplementary rest, then
there is she determination to begin In
earnest, and the days slip away like
pennies and tho weeks go like dollars
and the ink dries in the bottle. and the
pen rusts in the holder, and no work
is accomplished until the weary brain
worker returns to the city restored
and tf'en he pitches in in real earnest
and the quantity and quality for whic!
he Is responsible fills his soul with
Joy and his purse with cash.
l. You spend a summer there. and II
is gone before you know 1t. Time ha.
special wings in this patchwork vii
lage in the sea They are the kim
of wings that time has when a small
boy attends q country circus. and they
bear you from Wauwinet to Quaist
before you know where you are, be-
, cause they take charge OF you apt
. bear you right along with the season,
.. purple tide.
Shaking and bluehshins are among
the marine sports Of the place. There
Is also good pickerel fishing in Ton
Never's and Schacha ponds.
The average temperature OF the
focoan at Siasconset during the summer
Is 20. In September, when the moors
are purple with heather and saffror
with goldenrod, the vision is a. poem
In color and light waves.
. In conclusion. Nantucket is the ulti
ma Thule OF the poets dream. 1t is
the rose OF the garden of ocean isl.