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GEOGEAPHIOAL REVIEW OF THE FISHERIES. 



Detailed statement of Hie quantities and voiles of tlie products Continued. 



The following statement, by Mr. F. B. Goss, collector of customs, shows the extent of the vessel 

 fisheries of the district of Barnstable, for the year euding December 31, 18S1 : 



' Within three miles of the Canada shore, none. 

 RECAPITULATION FOR 1881. 



74. PROVINCETOWN AND ITS FISHERIES. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. Proviucetowii is the leading fishing port in Barnstable County, as 

 well as one of the most important in the United States. The town is located at. the extremity of 

 Cape Cod, and is almost surrounded by water. The western coast line is deeply indented, forming 

 the shore of one of the finest harbors on the Atlantic coast. The houses are built near the water, 

 occupying a section of the town extending along the shore of the harbor for nearly a couple of 

 miles. Between the dwellings and the sea, eastward, lie the great " sand dunes," which form a 

 peculiar feature of this portion of Massachusetts. 



