Delaware and the Eastern shore; some aspects of a peninsula pleasant and well beloved . A FEW THOUSAND BASKETS OF TOMATOES. LADEN OYSTER BOATS AT OCCUPATIONS upper deck of his powerful tug, with its rack ofpolished rifles in the cabin, and its lean, jacketedone-pounder in the bow, and looked the thinghe was, the suave, but firm and judicial masterof the Chesapeake. When he emerged from themouth of the Choptank on an October morning,and approached the oyster grounds of TangierSound, the horizon Northward looked like acountry cemetery, so closely serrated was it withthe silhouetted wl
Delaware and the Eastern shore; some aspects of a peninsula pleasant and well beloved . A FEW THOUSAND BASKETS OF TOMATOES. LADEN OYSTER BOATS AT OCCUPATIONS upper deck of his powerful tug, with its rack ofpolished rifles in the cabin, and its lean, jacketedone-pounder in the bow, and looked the thinghe was, the suave, but firm and judicial masterof the Chesapeake. When he emerged from themouth of the Choptank on an October morning,and approached the oyster grounds of TangierSound, the horizon Northward looked like acountry cemetery, so closely serrated was it withthe silhouetted wliite sails of the oyster boats. From his post in front of the pilot house Cap-tain Howard surveyed the scene appraisinglyas his vessel neared the fleet. When his quickeye failed to detect upon the mainsail of anycraft the license number in large black Arabicnumerals, he hailed the offending ship-masterwith the mildly pertinent inquiry, Capn,Wheres your license number? As the delin-quent sought to explain and temporize. CaptainHoward listened with respectful attention, justas if he had not heard such a tale a thousandt
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