 | 1828 - 568 pages
...There is a great scarcity of trees, so they enjoy the full benefit of the sun, and and they can at at any moment be flooded, if they wish to make salt....and having blistered your fingers, you may catch a sheephead. The Island air rusts metals, destroys shoe leather, and inspires verse-making. It is not... | |
 | 1828 - 564 pages
...they enjoy the full benefit of the sun, and and they can at at any moment be flooded, if they wisli to make salt. It is a bad place for horses who cannot...and having blistered your fingers, you may catch a sheephead. The Island air rusts metals, destroys shoe leather, and inspires verse-making. It is not... | |
 | 1828 - 554 pages
...if they wish to make s ill. It is a bad place for horses who cannot digest its sand—equally « -or cows, salt marsh having a tendency to produce salt...and having blistered your fingers, you may catch a sheephead. The Island air rusts mrtals, destroys shoe leather, and inspires verse-making. It is uut... | |
 | Hugh Swinton Legaré - Attorneys general - 1845 - 606 pages
...fee-simple of the soil, their tenure being at the will of the State, and by courtesy of the air and water. It is famous for crabs that are not aquatic,...may obtain you a curlew, and, having blistered your fmgers, you may catch a sheephead. The Island air rusts metals, destroys shoe leather, and inspires... | |
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Isle from its propriety,," no watchman to disturb their slumbers, and no militia duty to annoy their leisure. There is a great scarcity of trees, so they enjoy the full benefit of the sun, and and they can at at any moment be flooded, if they wish to... 