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FISHERMEN'S OWN BOOK. 



Neck with this list of wharves, and notice the great improvements which the 

 last half-century has made, and the surprise will be great. The entire wa- 

 ter front to the Neck is mostly occupied by substantial wharves and fine 

 buildings thereon, representing business energy and a determination to im- 

 prove the natural facilities which have been so lavishly bestowed. The 

 march of improvement must continue. Rocky Neck has many valuable 

 wharf lots, and in the course of time we predict that the coves and shores 

 on the southeasterly side of the harbor will be converted into wharf prop- 

 erty ; for Gloucester's advance the next fifty years will, undoubtedly, be 

 fully as rapid as that which has characterized her past half-century. 



THE JOLLY YACHTSMAN. 



Wlio would not a. jolly yacht sinun be, 



Upon a Siininier's day, 

 Dressed in a nobby suit of l)luo, 



Go dancing o'er tlu^ bay? 



In his )\atty yacht, so neat and trim, 



His comfort and his pride, 

 Freed from city's noise and dust, 



He enjoys the ocean ride. 



He cares not for stmlls upon the beach, 

 Or ilrives o'er hill anil dal<' — 



His jileasures lie in the speedy craft 

 With llowing sheet and bellying sail 



Filled by balmy winds of June 

 From otVour western shore. 



Laden with odors from blossominfr trees- 

 Give him this, and he asks no more. 



To while away his leisure hours 



And r«'st his weary limbs. 

 The yacht to him is an easy chair, 



As o'er the wave she skims. 



"With hull as smooth as polished steel, 



Sails white as drift inj; snow, 

 "With lockers stocked with ^roodies — 



Who would not a yachting go? 



