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Show Oil Pondt In tlt Oulf. Between the month of the Mississippi river and Galveston, ten or fifteen miles south of Sabine Pass, is a spot in the Gulf of Mexico which is commonly called "The Oil Ponds" by the captains of the malt craft which ply iu that vicinity. Tbere is 00 land within fifteen miles; bat even in the wildest weather the water at this spot is comparatively calm, owing to tbe thick covering of oil, which apparently rises from the bed of the Gulf, which is here about fifteen to eighteen feet beneath the surface. This strange refuge ii well known to sailors who run on the small vessels trading between Cal-casien. Cal-casien. Orange, Sabine, Beanmont and Galveston. When through stress of weather they fail to make harbor elsewhere else-where they ran for "The Oil Ponds." let go anchor and ride the gale la safety, this curious spot furnishing a good illustration illus-tration of the effect of "oil upon a troubled trou-bled sea. "St Looia Republic |
