“THE MOORS” 
AT COOK’S POINT, MARYLAND 
O NE of the chief attractions of the East¬ 
ern Shore of Maryland is its remote¬ 
ness. The lands bordering on the Chesapeake 
can only be reached by boats plying from 
Baltimore, and though the ride be a leisurely 
one,—soothing the nerves tor fully the 
length of a night,—in these tew hours the 
traveler witnesses a complete transition be¬ 
tween the locality from which he departed 
and that at which he arrives. H orse and 
carriage are needed on leaving the boat to 
complete the journey to “ The Moors,” an 
estate ot several hundred acres belonging to 
John H arrison, Esq., of Philadelphia. It 
is one of a number of game preserves of 
the Eastern Shore which have of late years 
been established by Northern gentlemen. 
H ere where the manners and customs of an 
unprogressive rural people are fifty years 
laggard to the present, wild fowl supply 
sport and food tor the business men seeking 
here a respite from their cares. 
The house at “ The Moors,” from which 
attacks upon the game are made, is an en¬ 
largement of an old farmhouse. It was one 
ot the negro homesteads which bore on its 
chimney the traditional mark of the locality, 
a cross formed ot black bricks and believed 
to be efficacious in keeping away evil spirits. 
But the spirit of change cannot, in this case 
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