The tourist's guide to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard . k Pond plenty ofperch abound except at the head where yelloweels and herrings exist. As a whole fishing may be found anywhereon the Island, especially in Nantucket Harbor. The hunter can find plenty of material towhile away spare moments in bird, rabbit, and,allow us to suggest, prairie dog hunting, (thisby special request of the natives.) The Golden Plover was accustomed to fre-quent the Island in great numbers but now thebird has either changed its flight or is becomingexterminated, for there are very few sightednowadays. About ten yea
The tourist's guide to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard . k Pond plenty ofperch abound except at the head where yelloweels and herrings exist. As a whole fishing may be found anywhereon the Island, especially in Nantucket Harbor. The hunter can find plenty of material towhile away spare moments in bird, rabbit, and,allow us to suggest, prairie dog hunting, (thisby special request of the natives.) The Golden Plover was accustomed to fre-quent the Island in great numbers but now thebird has either changed its flight or is becomingexterminated, for there are very few sightednowadays. About ten years ago W. Meggs,noted as a life-saver, made the record for 20years, by bagging 124 of the plover in one day. In the fall. The Greater and Lesser Yellow-leg, the English snipe, red breast snipe, ringneck and smaller birds are to be found aboutthe land. Wauwinet is especially good ground forbagging rabbits; they are found too, in plentyat various points of the Island. Fox hunting was at one time an amusementbut for five years or more none have been Landing a Codjish off Sconset, 92 NANTUCKET. It is supposed that the last one was killed onthe west side of Hummock Pond. Wauwinet, the charming resort, which bearsthe name of a once mighty red-skin chief, hasits chief charms in fishing. Its bathing faci-lities and its shore dinners are unrivalled. Ona nice day a sail on the steamboat Lillianwhich leaves the^wharf at 9 and 2 oclock orelse the steamer Coskata if one prefers, aredelightful trips. The fare is but 20 cents eachway. The Haulover, (so called by reason offishermen drawing their boats across it,) whichis identified more or less with Wauwinet wasa narrow strip of land that is now supplantedby a channel. It was during a sudden stormin~ 1896 that it was broken through. Theopening now is very convenient for fishingpurposes. The Sconset railroad, one of the sights notto be neglected, has its station convenient forleaving and receiving passengers near thewharf. Its track, whi
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