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National Geographic : 1960 Nov
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KODACHROMEBY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICPHOTOGRAPHER ROBERTF. SISSON ( N.G.S. the city's heart with Algiers. Both lie below water restrained by banks and levees tanned into excellent and expensive leather. The teeth can be carved into ornaments. The flesh can be eaten, if you have a strong stomach and an insensitive palate. Some del tans claim that the tail of an alligator is a morsel for the gods, but that to be really flavorsome, it should be buried in the ground for several days until it ripens. Shrimping is big business in the delta, as are the trapping of muskrats and the raising of delicious oranges. And so, of course, is oystering. We went by launch through the mazes of Barataria Bay to visit the oystermen. We expected their island homes to be shanties and cabins. Instead we were ushered into a large white frame house with three bedrooms, two modern bathrooms, and well-equipped kitchen. It was the home of Kuzma Tesvich, who came from Dalmatia in 1929 with nothing, and is now a prosperous oysterman, working in the vicinity of Port Sulphur. With gracious hos pitality he served us glasses of refreshing Dalmatian wine. 715
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