Caption: Sophograph - 1890
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B4 T i n :s o i ' lot iHAl'li. we found merry groups of pleasure seekers enjoying together the fresh air and the waves which vied with each other in 1 climbing flu sandy shore At fen o'clock (he time lor surf b a t h i n g began, and a buy, and pro should never b M in repeat h i s IH'WS a t t i e Nantucket of a hundred Bending away ifai whaling ret* of coal oil de>troved its indu then. The il Of the btldi* II.. •' nd it is • 1 hut? i w. i. sight more amusing can not he imagined. Pat old couples waddled through the yielding sand wholly oblivious of the eyes of spectators, and gay young g i r l s — c o u l d they be the mie that we had silently admired a half hour ago in their pretty costumes and jaunty hats? — now dressed in a styh that would provoke mirth in a stolid savage. There they were, splashing and shrieking in the water or rushing breathlessly up the beach pursued by a dashing wave. The temptation was too great, we could not remain cynical spectators of such a mirthful scene, but soon arrayed in the regulation •"high w a t e r " uniform we hurried t o join t h e sport. Of course we were not going to appear green at the business and so went boldly in. when there appeared a frightful wave towering above us and we made for land at double time. We never reached it by our own exertions but found our- vegetation can grow on i island was once co Iw h I onlv a few dwarfed white pin-. k there and the reply WJ 'Tani A\ e saw some of the old eighty years of age, but i quiet life is so mucl «rer than course to run. Bny Pin " \\ •• ^ ' ,n * ** bat wa§ im: a cap! ns, * feebleor leas. 1 our as a 1 : We carried home man. ira i -la a of the old Landmarks w« visited, bul oar liest souvenir L the * memory of tin liappj daj spenl tl selves sprawling in the sand, to the amusement-of the wicked spectators while the wave was backing off for another assault. We made several similar attempts and more than once tasted the briny deep, but not finding it good to drink desisted. When we Learned to go beyond the place where the waves broke we acquitted ourselves more creditably, and were surpri 1 to find how much easier it is t o swim in salt water than in fresh. On our return to the town of Nantucket who should w meet but the town-err ? He came ringing his hell, and, opping on the corner, he blew a blast on his long tin horn, an.I then cried t h e news. He told what ships had been 6ET *l2vorl r?l ghted off tie' coast, what kind of weather might be exed, and a we I ened with wonder to bis strange recital, h< nded i,, ihouting "There's a man down in the quar-rter selling Jamaica Qinjah, it - the besl Jamaica Ginjah you can •
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