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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. 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 MI
ized New England ever since? However, in a comparatively short time the colonists who had been brought over in the Anne and the Little James--those who stayed, for some did return at once--adjusted themselves to 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 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. HICH HAS CHARACTERIZED NEW ENGLAND EVER SINCE HOWEVER IN A COMPARATIVELY SHORT TIME THE COLONISTS WHO HAD BEEN BROUGHT OVER IN THE ANNE AND THE LITTLE JAMES THOSE WHO STAYED FOR SOME DID RETURN AT ONCE ADJUSTED THEMSELVES TO 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
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