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first settled by persons from England in 1633. It was 

 called by the Indians Quassacumcow. The quantity 

 of fruit annually raised in the two places is 51,997 

 bushels, valued at $41,000, or .£8,000. The number 

 of vessels employed in the cod and mackerel fishery, 

 at Newburyport, is 57, and at Newbury 18. Having 

 heard of a family residing here from Newfoundland, 

 we sought out their residence. They emigrated a 

 year ago from Carbonear in Newfoundland. True as 

 the needle to the pole, my heart beat warm towards 

 this family. They were all born within three rods of 

 me. I thought of the beautiful lines of James 

 Montgomery : — 



" There is a spot of earth supremely blest, 

 A dear, a sweeter spot than all the rest ; 

 Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found 1 

 Art thou a man, a patriot, look around. 

 Oh, thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam, 

 That land thy country, and that spot thy home ! " 



We spent a couple of hours very pleasantly wan- 

 dering through the beautiful cemetery. It is inter- 

 spersed with venerable oak and elm trees, and on all 

 sides magnificent monuments are to be seen, the whole 

 forming one of the most elegant cemeteries I have yet 

 seen in the country. In High Street, near the Court 



