MAINE: BELFAST DISTRICT. 



Detailed statement of Hit' quantities and rallies of the products Continued. 



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24. BELFAST AND ADJACENT TOWNS. 



STOCKTON. Stockton is situated about five or six uiiles below Bucksport, on the west side of 

 the Penobscot River. It has a resident population of about 1,550, including a village of 500 inhab- 

 itants at Cape Jellison Harbor. The people of the town are largely interested in agriculture, and in 

 vessels employed in the foreign or coasting trade. Many of the inhabitants "follow the sea" for a 

 livelihood. The fisheries of the town are very limited. One vessel of 8 tons is engaged iu the shore 

 fisheries during a part of the summer, and another of 16 tons "runs" lobsters and clams to the 

 Castine cannery; these two comprise the fishing fleet of the town. In 1880 seven or eight men 

 were engaged iu the lobster fisheries, and twenty or more fished for mackerel for several weeks in 

 midsummer, some of them fishing for pleasure only. A few of the residents go down the river to 

 fish for cod and hake for home supply, but none follow the business regularly. The river fisheries 

 for salmon and alewives are quite important. They will be described in the chapter ou the fresh- 

 water fisheries of the State. 



SEARSPORT. The town of Searsport, forming the western boundary of Penobscot River, 

 between Stockton and Belfast, has about 2,200 inhabitants. It has a village of the same name, 

 with about 1,000 inhabitants. Many of the residents are extensively interested in the coasting 

 trade, while others own or man larger vessels that run between the United States and various 

 European countries; the remainder are engaged in farming. The fishing interests of the town 



