. The Southern States. the eastern endot the island, guarding the entrance toMobile bay, stands Fort Gaines, a grimand torbidding-looking mass of brick-work, now deserted, except for asergeant, who represents the govern-ment and has a lonely time by its walls inside are the cannons, nowdismounted and half covered with grass,which disputed Admiral Farragutsentrance to the bay, and all around liecannonballs, rusting away into theiroriginal state. To the curiosity seekerthere is plenty about the fort thatinterests. Beneath the wall on one sideis the oven, that was used to heat cannonba
. The Southern States. the eastern endot the island, guarding the entrance toMobile bay, stands Fort Gaines, a grimand torbidding-looking mass of brick-work, now deserted, except for asergeant, who represents the govern-ment and has a lonely time by its walls inside are the cannons, nowdismounted and half covered with grass,which disputed Admiral Farragutsentrance to the bay, and all around liecannonballs, rusting away into theiroriginal state. To the curiosity seekerthere is plenty about the fort thatinterests. Beneath the wall on one sideis the oven, that was used to heat cannonballs, and near it are some of thesemissiles which were being prepared foruse. At another place is the magazine,heavily covered with brick and earth toresist a chance shell, and at still anotheris the bomb-proof, a chamber as care-fully protected as the magazine, wherethe inmates could stay in safety whencompelled to leave the quarters. Stand-ing on the top of the wall. Fort Morgancan be seen across the bay, and oft^ to. INIKRIOK Ol KORT the south the Gulf stretches intomysterious distances. Nor is this all that there is to from Cedar Point one can goover to Grants Island, about a milefrom shore, and chat with the quarantineinspector or the keeper of the channellighthouse. The former can tell how toprepare all kinds of savory dishes fromthe oysters and fish at hand, amongthem the celebrated jamboulaire, adish which once eaten can never beforgotten, and the latter will tell aboutGrants Island when it was Fort Fisher,and about the people buried under thelittle mound in the rear of the house. Hewill show where the magazine was andsome of the loaded and primed shellswhich have washed clown to the beach,or, if in the mood, he can tell stirring-tales of war times, when he engaged onblockade runners and carried cotton toCuba. Then when you ha^e your fill youcan set out and sail on acrossthe bay to Fort Morgan and watch thevessels loading lumber brought fromMobile o
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