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face of the gypseous clays, there is grass in plenty and much soil 

 deep enough for oats and potatoes ; but it is on the low plateau of 

 red sandstone near the west and north where the soil is of extra- 

 ordinary richness, and grain, potatoes and gardens grow to a fulness 

 restricted only by the shortness of the season. The fertility of 

 this soil is barely tried by the inhabitants; on the lowlands it is 

 hardly scratched from year to year to invite the less exhausted 

 parts to the top — but withal, with minimum of labor, always 

 reluctant, it yields enough ; the people are fairly well to do and 



want is unknown among them. 



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Added to all the possibilities of the soil are the treasures of the 

 sea; the seal, the lobster, cod, herring, mackerel and cod again, each 

 in its season — a rich horn of plenty for any one who will, at some 

 cost of rough work, reach out and take. Two hundred thousand 



