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Updated: July 27, 2026

Now the forgotten wrecks, like long-buried sins, rise and stand naked, showing every scar and stain. This is the work of the sea-puss the revolving maniac born of close-wed wind and tide; a beast so terrible that in a single night, with its auger-like snout, it bites huge inlets out of farm lands mouthfuls deep enough for ships to sail where but yesterday the corn grew.

Francis Hopkinson Smith - Tides of Barnegat