THE FISHERMEN'S 



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BY 



GEOKGE H. PROCTEK, 



CONTAININ& 



A LIST OF VESSELS AND THEIK CREWS, LOST FROM 



THE PORT OF GLOUCESTER FROM THE YEAR 



1830 TOTCTOBER 1, 1873, 



EMBRACING 



A PERIOD OF NEARLY HALF A CENTURY; 



COMPRISING 



FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN NAMES, AND TWO HUNDRED 



AND NINETY-SIX VESSELS, INCLUDINO THOSE LOST IN THE 



GALE OF AUGU'ST 24, 1873. 



IT ALSO CONTAINS 



VALUABLE STATISTICS OF THE FISHING BUSINESS, OFF-HAND SKETCHES, 



BIG TRIPS, TALES OF NARROW ESCAPES, MARITIME POETRY, AND 



OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THESE TOILERS OF THE SEA. 



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GLOUCESTER : 

 PROCTER BROTHERS, Publishers, 



CAPE ANN ADVERTISER OFFICE. 



1873. 



