their economy being very great in that respect.  These are commonly called Tetoukemah lots.  You must not imagine that every person on the island is either a landholder, or concerned in rural operations; no, the greater part are at sea; busily employed in their different fisheries; others are mere strangers, who come to settle as handicrafts, mechanics, etc., and even among the natives few are possessed of determinate shares of land:  for engaged in sea affairs, or trade, they are satisfied with possessing a few sheep pastures, by means of which they may have perhaps one or two cows.  Many have but one, for the great number of children they have, has caused such sub-divisions of the original proprietorship as is sometimes puzzling to trace; and several of the most fortunate at sea, have purchased and realised a great number of these original pasture titles.  The best land on the island is at Palpus, remarkable for nothing but a house of entertainment.  Quayes is a small but valuable track, long since purchased by Mr. Coffin, where he has erected the best house on the island.  By long attention, proximity of the sea, etc., this fertile spot has been well manured, and is now the garden of Nantucket.  Adjoining to it on the west side there is a small stream, on which they have erected a fulling mill; on the east is the lot, known by the name of Squam, watered likewise by a small rivulet, on which stands another fulling mill.  Here is fine loamy soil, producing excellent clover, which is mowed twice a year.  These mills prepare all the cloth which is made here:  you may easily suppose that having so large a flock of sheep, they abound in wool; part of this they export, and the rest is spun by their industrious wives and converted into substantial garments.  To the south-east is a great division of the island, fenced by itself, known by the name of Siasconcet lot.  It is a very uneven track of ground, abounding with swamps; here they turn in their fat cattle, or such as they intend to stall-feed, for their winter’s provisions.  It is on the shores of this part of the island, near Pochick Rip, where they catch their best fish, such as sea bass, tew-tag, or black fish, cod, smelt, perch, shadine, pike, etc.  They have erected a few fishing houses on this shore, as well as at Sankate’s Head, and Suffakatche Beach, where the fishermen dwell in the fishing season.  Many red cedar bushes and beach grass grow on the peninsula of Coitou; the soil is light and sandy, and serves as a receptacle for rabbits.  It is here that their sheep find shelter in the snow storms of the winter.  At the north end of Nantucket, there is a long point of land, projecting far into the sea, called Sandy Point; nothing grows on it but plain grass; and this is the place from whence they often catch porpoises and sharks, by a very ingenious method.  On this point they commonly drive their horses in the spring of the year, in order to feed on the grass it bears, which is useless when arrived at maturity.  Between