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and Mackerel Fishery. The annual value of the Cod 

 and Mackerel Fishery is about $170,000, or £35,- 

 000. The various manufactures of the place are said 

 to amount to $400,000 annually, or £ 80,000. A 

 steam Cotton Mill was erected here five years ago, 

 the statistics of which I have not been able to obtain. 

 The land near the sea is very hilly and rocky. When 

 the celebrated Whitefield first visited Marblehead, he 

 asked where they used to bury their dead. Notwith- 

 standing its rocky appearance, the land surrounding 

 the town is very fertile, the Agricultural Society hav- 

 ing awarded premiums for the largest quantity of 

 hay, barley, and corn, obtained here from an acre. 

 This town produced in one year 1,500 bushels of 

 grain, 2,000 bushels of fruit, 17,525 bushels of vege- 

 tables, 550 tons of hay, and 1,295 pounds of butter. 

 When I sat down to breakfast at the neat, homely 

 hotel of Marblehead, I fancied myself sitting at the 

 hospitable table of Newman & Co., at Harbor Briton, 

 in Fortune Bay, Newfoundland. The first dish which 

 appeared on the table was a nice dish of fine fried 

 halibut. The whole place has a Newfoundland-like 

 appearance. The barren, naked rocks skirting the 

 water, covered with fish-flakes, the fishermen moving 

 about, the schooners preparing for the fishery, and 



