. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. JHE ykBORIGlNAL JYPE (jCAYAK.). Jhe ^Improved Jype (^VIaria Jheresa Panoe). An old-fashioned craft by 1870s standards, a cooner was a long cypress dugout commonly rigged with a mainsail and jib. Although outdated, cooners had certain advantages compared to plank-built boats. Easily constructed, these seamless boats stood up well to the unavoidable collisions with the shoals of Pamlico Sound. Arriving at Cape Hatteras, Bishop found "a low range of heavily wooded with live-oaks, yellow pines, y
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. JHE ykBORIGlNAL JYPE (jCAYAK.). Jhe ^Improved Jype (^VIaria Jheresa Panoe). An old-fashioned craft by 1870s standards, a cooner was a long cypress dugout commonly rigged with a mainsail and jib. Although outdated, cooners had certain advantages compared to plank-built boats. Easily constructed, these seamless boats stood up well to the unavoidable collisions with the shoals of Pamlico Sound. Arriving at Cape Hatteras, Bishop found "a low range of heavily wooded with live-oaks, yellow pines, yaupons, cedars and ; He observed that "the fishermen and wreckers live in rudely constructed houses, sheltered by this ; At Hatteras, Bishop strolled beaches that were crowded with "the gravestones of departed ; Then, on Ocracoke, he found sanctuary in a shad fisherman's abandoned hut. (The shad fishery, the state's most profitable, opened in spring.) He had already learned enough from Carolina fishermen to know how to make himself at home. Bishop repaired the hut with sedges and dug a freshwater well in the sand with a clam shell. He slept tranquilly amid wild ponies and wandering sheep. Bishop soon paddled into Ocra- coke village. The local women, he wrote, "can pull a pretty good stroke and frequently assist their husbands with the ; The Ocracokers' impression of Bishop's seafaring was more dubious. Eyeing his paper canoe, one older women remarked: "I reckon I wouldn't risk my life acrossing a creek in ; A worried oysterman even offered to ferry Bishop and his boat across Ocracoke Inlet. Navigating the inlet safely, the Santa Theresa cruised by Portsmouth Island. The local cemetery had been rift by storms, and the old seaport's fatal decline had begun. Bishop next side-stepped the shoals at Whalebone Inlet and passed into Core Sound. Paddling 16 uninhabited miles along Core Banks, he reac
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