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southwest to northwest. But the following examples show 

 what can be done under favourable circumstances : 



The square-rigged schooner William ran from Labrador 

 to Patras, Greece, in twenty-three days. The square- 

 rigged schooner Red Rose took only seventeen days to 

 reach Genoa from Labrador. The fore-and-aft vessels can 

 make fast round-trip passages. Captain McCrea's fore- 

 and-aft schooner Clara left Harbour Grace, reached Gi- 

 braltar in sixteen days ; lay there thirteen days ; went to 

 Patras, Greece ; lay there fourteen days ; returned to Cadiz, 

 loaded with salt, and was back in Harbour Grace in ninety- 

 eight days. In my own fore-and-after, the Albert, I left 

 St. John's and was anchored in Great Yarmouth, England, 

 in twelve and a half days. No doubt quicker passages have 

 been made than any of these. 



Of late years, Norwegian and Danish vessels, being 

 "cheaper," have partly taken the trade from British mer- 

 chants, but there are still firms patriotic enough to pay 

 more in order to secure British bottoms. 



Italy is the best market for Labrador fish to-day, though 

 up to 1904 Spain took most from us. Spain and Greece 

 take quite a large quantity still. Of late years the United 

 Kingdom has not taken so much, the ports to which we 

 export being Liverpool, Exeter, and Bristol. The Portu- 

 guese and Brazilians, who are the largest consumers of dry 

 cod, like it very hard, and nearly all their fish goes from 

 Newfoundland. The fish culled out as not suitable for 

 other markets is shipped to the West Indies at a lower 

 price. 



The culling of the fish is a most important measure, and 

 though as a rule the men will avoid a "cull" if possible, it 



