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rned Lyttleton, State leader during Indian upheavals. Here also is the $1112 OF STUART , ·  
WHS Town, where in 1684, Lord Cardross, Scottish Presbyterian, attempted to settle 6 ‘ i
{WO a small group of Covenanters. Indians and slaves, inspired by Spaniards, Q    
{md, massacred the colonists, 1686. During the World War a large shipyard operated · A E
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mm- . . PORT ROYAL, 21.3 m. (3,53 pop.), has one of the rare names sur— r ` j . 
S , I 3 \'lVi¤g from GZYIY _FY€¤€h attempts at Settlement. The English consid-   ;   ' 
,,,,‘;,, t = ered setthng here m 1670, but the colonists voted to proceed to Albe- g Q E g
mc,. ; 1 marie, the first site of Charles Town. Activity has again sprung up > .  
here 5 1 on this flat island, since the building of the Parris Island Bridge in . = i`  l
md Q l 1939- Little ffélmé houses look out from the live oaks over Port Royal   , E
    ; harbor, of which Ribaut in 1562 wrote in his report to Admiral Coligny: · ,
md, . i Une of the greatest and fairest havens in the world, where without ? Q
cen- L ; danger all the ships in the world might be harbored.’ It is the deepest ‘ ,.
gold Q , natural harbor south of Chesapeake Bay, with an average depth of 5 , 
2;;,1 iathoms for nearly 27 miles. The population of the village, mostly  .
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ml _ . civilian employees on Farris Island, 15 augmented from ]uly to Novem—  ,. 1
ntuin i her by Portuguese and Italian fishermen, who follow the shrimping '  
;<¤‘l§ __ , season up the coast from Florida. Q ;_ "
  — ’ About the middle of August the shrimp season reaches its peak. Bat- .  
mg ¤ z tered little sailing smacks with auxiliary engines, well-iced, and manned . §
r be 4 by two or three fishermen, sail out from the harbor in the early morn- r l
Shi!) Q ‘ ing. About a mile offshore, large weighted nets are thrown overboard, l .
  . e trawled along the bottom for a few minutes, then hauled in and the l ,  
,0,,,1, i . shrimp dumped into the ice in the hold. Fifty bushels make a good ;
Q V day’s haul, and usually two or three days at sea are required to fill p i g
f ‘”’_·» ? j the boat. Along the docks, in sheds leased by owners of the fleet, the i .
mms i shrimp are unloaded onto long tables. Chattering Negro women fall to   ‘
K, A i work ‘picl~;ing’ or beheading, washing and chilling the shrimp before ; {
ench ~ packing them in barrels of ice for shipment. A factory for the process- i t
{mm ing of crab meat adds its aroma to Port Royal air, and furnishes em- A 5 ,,
· j ployment to local Negroes. ? .·
the ‘ » These industries indicate a new trend in Port Royal business. For- Q ,
  merly lumber and cotton were shipped; during the 187075 railroad »,£ pr
Own - coaches were built; between 1870 and 1890 the harbor was alive with   TS
vessels from many countries, awaiting their cargoes of phosphate. This , *2 I
tirs, i last industry may be revived; in 1939 a small quantity of phosphate
me- was dredged from river bottoms and shipped through the inland water-  ’  
rgml i \\`{ly.
ieis, In Port Royal Sound is CAT ISLAND, where in the early 193075, ,,,
6 of ” warin climate, sea breezes, and the beauty of subtropical vegetation at- ”  
the i tracted a nudist colony from the North. For a while it flourished on {
mis , publicity that sprang from the petitions of outraged citizens to the  
5 ju I ‘ Horernor, but interest lagged, and the venture was finally dropped by its ,  
_  , promoter.   l  
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