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towns about Cape Cod, there were manufactured in 

 1837, 669,064 bushels of salt, valued at $219,870. 

 Great quantities of salt, however, are manufactured in 

 other parts of the States. 



Total, 910,954 



About the same quantity as the above is taken by 

 the French and American fishermen on the Banks and 

 along the shores of Newfoundland. 



The exports from Newfoundland in the year 1814 

 were 1,200,000 quintals of codfish, valued at £2 per 

 quintal; 20,000 quintals of pickled fish, in barrels; 

 6,000 tuns of cod oil, at £32 per tun; 156,000 seal 

 skins, at 5s. each; 4,666 tuns seal oil, at <£36 per 

 tun ; besides salmon, mackerel, furs and berries to the 

 amount of <£ 10,000 ; the whole amounting to no less 

 a sum than £2,828,976. 



Newburyport is considered as one of the most 

 beautiful towns of New England. It is situated on 

 gently rising ground, on the south bank of the mouth 



