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It is a pretty sight, and the neatness and dispatch of the mossers make the odd sea flower gardens attractive patches on the beach. Sometimes a family working together will make as much as a thousand dollars in a season gathering and preparing the moss. IT IS A PRETTY SIGHT AND THE NEATNESS AND DISPATCH OF THE MOSSERS MAKE THE ODD SEA FLOWER GARDENS ATTRACTIVE PATCHES ON THE BEACH SOMETIMES A FAMILY WORKING TOGETHER WILL MAKE AS MUCH AS A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN A SEASON GATHERING AND PREPARING THE MOSS
f seaweed. But she still nags away at the cliffs and shore, and proclaims with every flaunting wave and ripple that it is the water, not the land, which makes Scituate what it is. And, after all, the sea is right. It is along the shore that one sees Scituate most truly. Here the characteristic industry of mossing is still carried on in primitive fashion. The mossers work from dories, gathering with long-handled rakes the seaweed from the rocks and ledges along the shore. They bring it in, a heavy, dark, inert mass, all sleek and dripping, and spread it out to dry in the sun. As it lies there, neatly arranged on beds of smoothest pebbles, the sun bleaches it. One can easily differentiate the different days' haul, for the moss which is just spread out is almost black and that of yesterday is a dark purple. It shimmers from purple into lavender; the lavender into something like rose; and by the time of the final washing and bleaching it lies in fine light white crinkles, almost like wool. LENT FERTILIZER IN THE WAY OF SEAWEED BUT SHE STILL NAGS AWAY AT THE CLIFFS AND SHORE AND PROCLAIMS WITH EVERY FLAUNTING WAVE AND RIPPLE THAT IT IS THE WATER NOT THE LAND WHICH MAKES SITUATE WHAT IT IS AND AFTER ALL THE SEA IS RIGHT IT IS ALONG THE SHORE THAT ONE SEES SITUATE MOST TRULY HERE THE CHARACTERISTIC INDUSTRY OF MOSSING IS STILL CARRIED ON IN PRIMITIVE FASHION THE MOSSERS WORK FROM DOORIES GATHERING WITH LONG HANDLED RAKES THE SEAWEED FROM THE ROCKS AND LEDGES ALONG THE SHORE THEY BRING IT IN A HEAVY DARK INERT MASS ALL SLEEK AND DRIPPING AND SPREAD IT OUT TO DRY IN THE SUN AS IT LIES THERE NEATLY ARRANGED ON BEDS OF SMOOTHEST PEBBLES THE SUN BLEACHES IT ONE CAN EASILY DIFFERENTIATE THE DIFFERENT DAY'S HAUL FOR THE MOSS WHICH IS JUST SPREAD OUT IS ALMOST BLACK AND THAT OF YESTERDAY IS A DARK PURPLE IT SHIMMERS FROM PURPLE INTO LAVENDER THE LAVENDER INTO SOMETHING LIKE ROSE AND BY THE TIME OF THE FINAL WASHING AND BLEACHING IT LIES IN FINE LIGHT WHITE CRINKLES ALMOST LIKE WOOL
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