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In another place, in these pages, interesting particulars in relation 

 to this fishery may be found, and among the statistics of the busi- 

 ness the mind will dwell with painful emotions upon the list of those 

 who have found in it a watery grave, and also an unknown end ; for 

 no tidings ever come from the missing Georges fisherman. An un- 

 usual absence gives rise to fearful apprehensions, and anxious 

 friends at home watch from the hills in agonizing suspense for the 

 returning sail ; but nothing comes save the' moan of the sea which 

 sounds their requiem. None but the stoutest hearts will brave the 

 perils and hardships of such an employment, or of the dangerous 

 trawl-fishing on Grand Bank ; and the mournful losses, with all 

 their sad consequences, constitute a serious drawback upon the oth- 

 erwise happy prosperity of the fisheries of Gloucester. 



