CHAPTER XXI.

NANTUCKET--_continued._

Taking Blackfish.--Blue-fishing at the Opening.--Walk to Coatue.--The Scallop-shell.--Structure of the Island.--Indian Legends.--Shepherd Life.--Absolutism of Indian Sagamores.--Wasting of the Shores of the Island.--Siasconset.--Nantucket Carts.--Fishing-stages.--The Great South Shoal.--Sankoty Light.--Surfside 343