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size. This vessel took fish on board only when perfectly 

 cured, or acted as pilot to the rest, and now and then 

 would return home with an ample supply of halibut, or a 

 cargo of prime mackerel. On another occasion I will 

 offer some remarks on the improvements which I think 

 might be made in the cod fisheries ^f the coast of Labra- 

 dor." 



