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Furthermore, the flats in the harbor are planted with clams, which (through the utilization of shells for poultry feeding, and by means of canning for bouillon) yield a profit of from five hundred to eight hundred dollars an acre. FURTHERMORE THE FLATS IN THE HARBOR ARE PLANTED WITH CLAMS WHICH THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF SHELLS FOR POULTRY FEEDING AND BY MEANS OF CANNING FOR BULLION YIELD A PROFIT FROM FIVE HUNDRED TO EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS AN ACRE
 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. 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. 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 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 MILLION DOLLARS
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