HARDHEART, THE GULL 
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SS mer along the coast of Maine 
are many small islands. They have 
very rocky shores and on some of the 
larger ones are thick forests of evergreen trees. 
A few have people living on them, but on many 
others men are rarely seen except when some 
lobsterman goes ashore to boil his coffee, or to 
gather a few wild gooseberries. 
Two of these islands I should like you to know 
about, for there is something of rare interest on 
both of them. On one there is a small village 
named Matinicus, built around a very little bay 
where boatmen find a safe place to anchor when 
storms arise. Along the shore are wharves 
where the codfish are dumped that the fishermen 
bring in from the sea. 
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