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We may not give in this limited space an account of the various vessels which have sailed down the green sea aisles the last three hundred years. WE MAY NOT GIVE IN THIS LIMITED SPACE AN ACCOUNT OF THE VARIOUS VESSELS WHICH HAVE SAILED DOWN THE GREEN SEA ISLES OF THE LAST THREE HUNDRED YEARS
 themselves, which, with gentle majesty, look down affectionately upon the town at their feet. [Illustration] CHAPTER III SHIPBUILDING AT QUINCY [Illustration] The first man-made craft which floated on the waters of what is now Fore River was probably a little dugout, a crude boat made by an Indian, who burned out the center of a pine log which he had felled by girdling with fire. After he had burned out as much as he could, he scraped out the rest with a stone tool called a "celt." The whole operation probably took one Indian three weeks. The Rivadavia which slid down the ways of the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation in August, 1914, weighed 13,400 tons and had engaged the labor of 2000 men for fifty months. Between these two extremes flutter all the great sisterhood of shallops, sloops, pinks, schooners, snows, the almost obsolete batteau and periagua, the gundelow with its picturesque lateen sail, and all the winged host that are now merely names in New England's maritime history. UNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG THE OLD COAST ROAD FROM BOSTON TO PLYMOUTH BY AGNES EDWARDS CHAPTER THREE SHIP BUILDING AT QUINCEY THE FIRST MAN MADE CRAFT WHICH FLOATED ON THE WATERS OF WHAT IS NOW FOUR RIVER WAS PROBABLY A LITTLE DUGOUT A CRUDE BOAT MADE BY AN INDIAN WHO BURNED OUT THE CENTER OF A PINE LOG WHICH HE HAD FELLED BY GIRDLING WITH FIRE AFTER HE HAD BURNED OUT AS MUCH AS HE COULD HE SCRAPED OUT THE REST WITH A STONE TOOL CALLED A SALT THE WHOLE OPERATION PROBABLY TOOK ONE INDIAN THREE WEEKS THE RIVIDAVIA WHICH SLID DOWN THE WAYS OF THE FOUR RIVER SHIP BUILDING CORPORATION IN AUGUST NINETEEN FOURTEEN WEIGHED THIRTEEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TONS AND HAD ENGAGED THE LABOUR OF TWO THOUSAND MEN FOR FIFTY MONTHS BETWEEN THESE TWO EXTREMES FLUTTER ALL THE GREAT SISTERHOOD OF SHALLOPS SLOOPS PINKS SCHOONERS SNOWS THE ALMOST OBSOLETE BATTO AND PEREGUA THE GUNDOLO WITH ITS PICTURESQUE LATIN SAIL AND ALL THE WINGED HOSTS THAT ARE NOW MERELY NAMES IN NEW ENGLAND'S MARITIME HISTORY
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