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southwest to northwest. But the following examples show 
what can be done under favourable circumstances : — 
The square-rigged schooner William ran from Labrador 
to Patras, Greece, in twenty-three days. The square- 
rigged schooner Red Rose took only seventeen days to 
reach Genoa from Labrador. The fore-and-aft vessels can 
make fast round-trip passages. Captain McCrea’s fore- 
and-aft schooner Clara left Harbour Grace, reached Gi- 
braltar in sixteen days; lay there thirteen days; went to 
Patras, Greece; lay there fourteen days; returned to Cadiz, 
loaded with salt, and was back in Harbour Grace in ninety- 
eight days. In my own fore-and-after, the Albert, I left 
St. John’s and was anchored in Great Yarmouth, England, 
in twelve and a half days. No doubt quicker passages have 
been made than any of these. 
Of late years, Norwegian and Danish vessels, being 
“cheaper,” have partly taken the trade from British mer- 
chants, but there are still firms patriotic enough to pay 
more in order to secure British bottoms. 
Italy is the best market for Labrador fish to-day, though 
up to 1904 Spain took most from us. Spain and Greece 
take quite a large quantity still. Of late years the United 
Kingdom has not taken so much, the ports to which we 
export being Liverpool, Exeter, and Bristol. The Portu- 
guese and Brazilians, who are the largest consumers of dry 
cod, like it very hard, and nearly all their fish goes from 
Newfoundland. The fish culled out as not suitable for 
other markets is shipped to the West Indies at a lower 
price. 
The culling of the fish is a most important measure, and 
though as a rule the men will avoid a “cull” if possible, it 
