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There is nothing more indicative of the Yankees' shrewd practicality than the early settlers' instant appreciation of the financial and economic potentialities of the fishing trade. The Spaniard sought for gold in the new country, or contented himself with the fluctuating fur trade with its demoralizing slack seasons. THERE IS NOTHING MORE INDICATIVE OF THE YANKEE'S SHREWD PRACTICALITY THAN THE EARLY SETTLER'S INSTANT APPRECIATION OF THE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC POTENTIALITIES OF THE FISHING TRADE THE SPANIARD SOUGHT FOR GOLD IN THE NEW COUNTRY OR CONTENTED HIMSELF WITH THE FLUCTUATING FUR TRADE WITH ITS DEMORALIZING SLACK SEASONS
ness, the indescribable air of a land's-end spot. The fine houses in Scituate are refreshingly free from pretension; the winds that have twisted the trees into Rackham-like grotesques have blown away falsity and formality. Scituate life has always been along the shore. It is from the shore that coot-shooting used to furnish a livelihood to many a Scituate man, and still lures the huntsmen in the fine fall weather. It is the peculiar formation of the shore which has developed a small, clinker-built boat, and made the town famous for day fishing. It is along the shore that the unique and picturesque mossing industry is still carried on, and along the shore that the well-known colony of literary folk have settled. Scituate's history is really a fishing history, for as early as 1633 a fishing station was established here, and in course of time the North River, winding twenty miles through green meadows to the sea, was once the scene of more shipbuilding than any other river in New England. CASUALNESS THE INDESCRIBABLE AIR OF A LAND'S END SPOT THE FINE HOUSES AND SITUATE ARE REFRESHINGLY FREE FROM PRETENSION THE WINDS THAT HAVE TWISTED THE TREES INTO RACKUM LIKE GROTESQUES HAVE BLOWN AWAY FALSITY AND FORMALITY SITUATE LIFE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ALONG THE SHORE IT IS FROM THE SHORE THAT COOT SHOOTING USED TO FURNISH A LIVELIHOOD TO MANY A SITUATE MAN AND STILL LURES THE HUNTSMEN IN THE FINE FALL WEATHER IT IS THE PECULIAR FORMATION OF THE SHORE WHICH HAS DEVELOPED A SMALL CLINKER BUILT BOAT AND MADE THE TOWN FAMOUS FOR DAY FISHING IT IS ALONG THE SHORE THAT THE UNIQUE AND PICTURESQUE MOSSING INDUSTRY IS STILL CARRIED ON AND ALONG THE SHORE THAT THE WELL KNOWN COLONY OF LITERARY FOLK HAVE SETTLED SITUATE HISTORY IS REALLY A FISHING HISTORY FOR AS EARLY AS SIXTEEN THIRTY THREE A FISHING STATION WAS ESTABLISHED HERE AND IN COURSE OF TIME THE NORTH RIVER WINDING TWENTY MILES THROUGH GREEN MEADOWS TO THE SEA WAS ONCE THE SCENE OF MORE SHIP BUILDING THAN ANY OTHER RIVER IN NEW ENGLAND
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