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Into the harbor, where once a single shallop was the only visible sign of man's dominion over the water, now sail great vessels from Yucatan and the Philippines, bringing sisal and manila for the largest cordage company in the whole country  a company with an employees' list of two thousand names, and an annual output of $10,000,000. INTO THE HARBOR WHERE ONCE A SINGLE SHALLOP WAS THE ONLY VISIBLE SIGN OF MAN'S DOMINION OVER THE WATER NOW SAIL GREAT VESSELS FROM YUCATAN AND THE PHILIPPINES BRINGING SICIL AND MANILA FOR THE LARGEST CORDAGE COMPANY IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY A COMPANY WITH AN EMPLOYEES LIST OF TWO THOUSAND NAMES AND AN ANNUAL OUTPUT OF TEN MILLI
 new life. Many married--both Myles Standish and Governor Bradford found wives among them; and now the Plymouth Colony may be said to have fairly started. Just as a trail which is first a mere thread leading to some out-of-the-way cabin becomes a path and then a road, and in due time a wide thoroughfare, so the way across the Atlantic from Old England to New became more charted--more traveled. At first there was only one boat and one net for fishing. In five years there was a fleet of fifty fishing vessels. Ten years later we have note of ten foreign vessels in the harbor in a single week. And to-day, if the Pilgrim man and maid whom we joined at the beginning of our reminiscences could gaze out over the harbor, they would see it as full of masts as a cornfield is of stalks. Every kind of boat finds its way in and out; and not only pleasure craft: Plymouth Harbor is second only to Boston among the Massachusetts ports of entry, receiving annual foreign imports valued at over $7,000,000. O THE NEW LIFE MANY MARRIED BOTH MYLES STANDISH AND GOVERNOR BRADFORD FOUND WIVES AMONG THEM AND NOW THE PLYMOUTH COLONY MAY BE SAID TO HAVE FAIRLY STARTED JUST AS A TRAIL WHICH IS FIRST A MERE THREAD LEADING TO SOME OUT OF THE WAY CABIN BECOMES A PATH THEN A ROAD AND IN DUE TIME A WIDE THOROUGHFARE SO THE WAY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC FROM OLD ENGLAND TO CANOE BECAME MORE CHARTERED MORE TRAVELLED AT FIRST THERE WAS ONLY ONE BOAT AND ONE NET FOR FISHING IN FIVE YEARS THERE WAS A FLEET OF FIFTY FISHING VESSELS TEN YEARS LATER WE HAVE NOTE OF TEN FOREIGN VESSELS IN THE HARBOUR IN A SINGLE WEEK AND TO DAY IF THE PILGRIM MAN AND MAID WHOM WE JOINED AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR REMINISCENCES COULD GAZE OUT OVER THE HARBOR THEY WOULD SEE IT AS FULL OF MASS AS A CORNFIELD IS OF STALKS EVERY KIND OF BOAT FINDS ITS WAY IN AND OUT AND NOT ONLY PLEASURE CRAFT PLYMOUTH HARBOUR IS SECOND ONLY TO BOSTON AMONG THE MASSACHUSETTS PORTS OF ENTRY RECEIVING ANNUAL FOREIGN IMPORTS VALUED AT OVER SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS
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