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Splicing the cables. 



Three men of the schooner Laura Say ward's crew splicing a manila 

 cable on the wharf. The cables used on fishing vessels of New 

 England are manufactured in lengths varying from 25 to 100 

 fathoms, and these are spliced together to obtain the length 

 required. Gloucester, Mass., 1882. (Photo. No. 2033.) TJ. S. 

 Fish Commission. 



BOAT-BUILDERS' SHOP. 



Boat-shop of Higgins & Gilford, builders of purse-seine boats, 

 dories, &c. View from the wharf of Sayward Brothers, Glou- 

 cester, Mass., 1882. (Photo. No. 2031). U. S. Fish Commission. 



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