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  There 
  is, 
  however, 
  a 
  considerable 
  sprinkling 
  of 
  negroes 
  

   among 
  the 
  crews 
  of 
  the 
  whaling 
  vessels 
  of 
  Provincetown 
  

   and 
  New 
  Bedford, 
  the 
  latter 
  alone 
  reporting 
  over 
  200. 
  

   These 
  men 
  are, 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part, 
  natives 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  India 
  

   Islands, 
  such 
  as 
  Jamaica 
  and 
  St. 
  Croix, 
  where 
  the 
  American 
  

   whalers 
  engaging 
  in 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  fishery 
  are 
  accustomed 
  to 
  

   make 
  harbour 
  for 
  recruiting 
  and 
  enrolling 
  their 
  crews. 
  As 
  

   a 
  counterpart 
  of 
  the 
  solitary 
  Chinamen 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  

   Atlantic 
  fisheries 
  we 
  hear 
  of 
  a 
  solitary 
  negro 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  

   coast, 
  a 
  lone 
  fisherman, 
  who 
  sits 
  on 
  the 
  wharf 
  at 
  New 
  

   Tacoma, 
  Washington 
  Territory, 
  and 
  fishes 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  

   local 
  market. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  foreign 
  fishermen 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  

   excluding 
  5000 
  negroes, 
  and 
  8000 
  Indians 
  and 
  Esquimaux, 
  

   who 
  are 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  native-born 
  citizens, 
  probably 
  

   does 
  not 
  exceed 
  10 
  to 
  12 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  number, 
  as 
  

   is 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  figures 
  which 
  have 
  already 
  been 
  given. 
  

   Considerably 
  more 
  than 
  one-half 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  population 
  

   of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  north 
  of 
  

   the 
  capes 
  of 
  Delaware 
  ; 
  of 
  this 
  number 
  at 
  least 
  four-fifths 
  

   are 
  of 
  English 
  descent. 
  They 
  are 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  most 
  in- 
  

   teresting 
  of 
  our 
  fishermen, 
  since 
  to 
  their 
  number 
  belong 
  the 
  

  

  but 
  who 
  now 
  remain 
  on 
  shore 
  until 
  they 
  are 
  fifteen 
  or 
  sixteen, 
  and 
  have 
  

   had 
  their 
  perceptive 
  faculties 
  dulled 
  by 
  school 
  training. 
  Reference 
  

   was 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  morality 
  of 
  the 
  fishermen, 
  the 
  strict 
  observance 
  of 
  the 
  

   Sabbath 
  to 
  be 
  met 
  with 
  among 
  large 
  classes 
  of 
  them, 
  and 
  the 
  entire 
  

   absence 
  of 
  ardent 
  spirits 
  on 
  the 
  fishing 
  vessels. 
  The 
  character 
  cf 
  their 
  

   favourite 
  books 
  and 
  newspapers, 
  their 
  amusements, 
  their 
  dialect 
  and 
  

   their 
  superstitions 
  were 
  discussed. 
  The 
  chief 
  diseases 
  were 
  noted 
  to 
  

   be 
  dyspepsia 
  and 
  rheumatism. 
  They 
  are, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  long 
  lived, 
  though 
  

   the 
  fishing 
  population 
  of 
  large 
  ports 
  like 
  Gloucester 
  is 
  decimated 
  by 
  

   disaster 
  every 
  year 
  or 
  two. 
  The 
  financial 
  profits 
  vary 
  from 
  $1000 
  to 
  

   $100 
  a 
  year 
  for 
  each 
  man, 
  though 
  sometimes 
  a 
  year's 
  work 
  results 
  

   solely 
  in 
  an 
  embarrassing 
  burden 
  of 
  debts. 
  

  

  