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For days he will dredge for oysters, seemingly intent upon no other object. United States vessels pass and re-pass him daily : he is undisturbed, and, if noticed, it is merely by some sympathizing tar in the forecastle, who per- 92 PRISON-LIFE A'r EICHMOND. haps exclaims, '^Lo! the poor fislierman!" recalling his own sad experience. But our smuggler only lies wait- ing patiently till wind and weather are favorable. Then, at midnight, he will dart out from his oyster-cove and speed swiftly to hi...s haven of safety, — Yacomico Kiver, Northumberland county, Virginia, emptying into the Potomac just above its mouth, distant from Baltimore one hundred and forty miles. Here he is greeted with cordiality and gold ; for does he not bring quinine for the sick, salt for the hogs, and gold braid for the motley-garbed militia-officers ? The oyster-skipper unloads his cargo, pockets the specie, runs back on a dark night to the Maryland shore, catches a few oysters as a blind, and returns to Baltimore, prepared to repeat his hazardous voyage.
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