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  their 
  own 
  immediate 
  dependents. 
  Only 
  one 
  Chinaman 
  has, 
  

   as 
  yet, 
  enrolled 
  himself 
  among 
  the 
  fishermen 
  of 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  

   coast, 
  but 
  in 
  California 
  and 
  Oregon 
  there 
  are 
  about 
  4000 
  of 
  

   these 
  men, 
  all 
  of 
  whom, 
  excepting 
  about 
  300, 
  are 
  employed 
  

   as 
  factory 
  hands 
  in 
  the 
  salmon 
  canneries 
  of 
  the 
  Sacramento 
  

   and 
  Columbia 
  basins. 
  The 
  300 
  who 
  have 
  the 
  right 
  to 
  be 
  

   classed 
  among 
  the 
  actual 
  fishermen, 
  live 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  

   in 
  California, 
  and 
  the 
  product 
  of 
  their 
  industry 
  is, 
  to 
  a 
  very 
  

   great 
  extent, 
  exported 
  to 
  China, 
  although 
  they 
  supply 
  the 
  

   local 
  demands 
  of 
  their 
  countrymen 
  resident 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  

   coast. 
  

  

  The 
  negro 
  element 
  in 
  the 
  fishing 
  population 
  is 
  somewhat 
  

   extensive. 
  We 
  have 
  no 
  means 
  of 
  ascertaining 
  how 
  many 
  

   of 
  this 
  race 
  are 
  included 
  among 
  the 
  native-born 
  Americans 
  

   returned 
  by 
  the 
  census 
  reporters. 
  The 
  shad 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  

   South 
  are 
  prosecuted 
  chiefly 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  negro 
  muscle, 
  

   and 
  probably 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  4000 
  or 
  5000 
  of 
  these 
  

   men 
  are 
  employed 
  during 
  the 
  shad 
  and 
  herring 
  season 
  in 
  

   setting 
  and 
  hauling 
  the 
  seines. 
  The 
  only 
  locality 
  where 
  

   negroes 
  participate 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  extent 
  in 
  the 
  shore 
  fisheries 
  is 
  

   Key 
  West, 
  Fla., 
  where 
  the 
  natives 
  of 
  the 
  Bahamas 
  — 
  both 
  

   negro 
  and 
  white 
  — 
  are 
  considered 
  among 
  the 
  most 
  skilful 
  of 
  

   the 
  sponge 
  and 
  market 
  fishermen. 
  Negroes 
  are 
  rarely 
  

   found, 
  however, 
  upon 
  the 
  sea-going 
  fishing 
  vessels 
  of 
  the 
  

   North. 
  There 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  single 
  negro 
  among 
  the 
  5000 
  

   fishermen 
  of 
  Gloucester, 
  and 
  their 
  absence 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  

   fishing 
  vessels 
  of 
  New 
  England 
  is 
  no 
  less 
  noteworthy.* 
  

  

  * 
  Prof. 
  Goode 
  referred 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  mental 
  and 
  physical 
  traits 
  of 
  the 
  

   Xew 
  England 
  fishermen, 
  their 
  enterprise 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  their 
  readiness 
  to 
  

   adopt 
  improved 
  methods, 
  their 
  intelligence 
  and 
  public 
  spirit. 
  He 
  

   spoke 
  also 
  of 
  the 
  education 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  fishermen, 
  and 
  the 
  injur}- 
  to 
  

   good 
  seamanship 
  resulting 
  from 
  the 
  custom 
  of 
  deferring 
  the 
  shipment 
  

   of 
  boys 
  who 
  formerly 
  entered 
  the 
  business 
  at 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  ten 
  or 
  twelve 
  

  

  