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to shipping than the northeast coast of America, 

 while the traffic and consequent danger of collision is 

 infinitely less ; moreover, there are excellent markets 

 Avithin as accessible distances as the vessels have that 

 sail annually from British and French ports for the 

 great bank of Newfoundland or the Labrador coast. 



