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Weymouth, Mass., can maintain itself in prosperity by the manu- 

 facture of boots and shoes (it has also a foundry where nails are 

 made in some quantity), why cannot Weymouth, Dorset, do the 

 same or something like it 1 ? The answer is not far to seek we 

 lack the spirit of enterprise. Weymouth, Mass., enjoys no special 

 advantages; it has no special facilities for procuring leather for 

 instance, there are no tan yards there, neither has it cheap motive 

 power. We, in fact, have greatly the advantage in this respect, for 

 the outflow of our Backwater could, and, were it in America, 

 doubtless would, be utilised, as are the Falls of the Naugatuck, 

 the Housatonic, or the Passaic. 



