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Show ttftw lh cw Um. Tlnven UlMAlp A number of store In Nantu ket seli what Art know as Ughtsldp baikeU They coma (n "nttts, a net eoni'it lugnftlvo or eight baAkeUof varloui 1m fitting one Into tho other TIiom basket aro mad only on th South Bhoal lightship. Their mnnufartur ho Ix-tii atU'iuptcd Bfthore, but Uv never witd. Thl 1 liecauso tht.ru l wry narrow margin of prvtlt In thetr for the llhthlp crew, who maku the 11 chiefly for tlto purposo of n Idling aw ) tint weary w Inter hours. In surauiir tho crow oceuptei Pi spare thno 'WrhnnhAwlng," an M whaling term for doing Ingenious 1 o cltanleal work, but having aboard th Bouth Hhoal the rj-erUl mmithig I preparing the fltrlprtcf wood and mtln for thttinnnufacturo of Iho batketn in winter Tlio bottoms aro tumrd a-hora Tito blocks over which lbs baskets aro made liavu been aboard tho ship shire sho wa first anchoreil ofl the New Hon tti Shoal In 1M1 The ildes of the bakvts are of whlto oak 1 hickory, 111 lot 1 In with rattan, and thry nro round or oval, of graceful lines and of great durability, tho aliea to n m-t ranging from a plat to n pock and 0 llAlf Hut notnlthotandlng them varloui attempts at killing time, hfe on the Kouth tthoal lightship Is at Its lvst a llfo of desolstlon, with only a fuw gull-or gull-or ilothrr Carey's ehlckeiis for vUitors, which seek rvfugo aboard In itormy wcUar. (JuiUv Kobbo In (ntury |