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  forest 
  there, 
  encountered 
  a 
  trapper, 
  who 
  told 
  him 
  that 
  he 
  

   went 
  1 
  80 
  miles 
  every 
  winter 
  into 
  the 
  forests 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   settlements 
  to 
  set 
  his 
  traps. 
  He 
  had 
  a 
  canoe 
  of 
  birch, 
  and 
  

   on 
  it 
  he 
  had 
  burnt 
  his 
  name, 
  and 
  underneath 
  the 
  title 
  

   " 
  Moose 
  Warden," 
  and 
  he 
  said 
  he 
  would 
  take 
  care 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  

   moose 
  that 
  came 
  within 
  the 
  reach 
  of 
  his 
  rifle. 
  Of 
  course 
  it 
  

   was 
  impossible 
  for 
  any 
  warden 
  under 
  the 
  statute 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   of 
  Maine 
  to 
  approach 
  him 
  ; 
  but 
  he 
  believed 
  the 
  public 
  

   opinion 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Maine 
  did 
  serve 
  as 
  a 
  better 
  protector 
  

   of 
  the 
  moose. 
  This 
  sort 
  of 
  independence 
  was 
  typified 
  in 
  a 
  

   fact 
  concerning 
  the 
  American 
  oyster 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  heard 
  

   that 
  day. 
  The 
  young 
  of 
  the 
  European 
  oyster 
  were 
  con- 
  

   tained 
  within 
  their 
  shell 
  for 
  a 
  certain 
  appreciable 
  period, 
  

   but 
  the 
  young 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  oyster 
  were 
  more 
  adventur- 
  

   ous, 
  and 
  were 
  turned 
  loose 
  into 
  the 
  wide 
  world 
  of 
  the 
  

   oyster 
  to 
  look 
  out 
  and 
  find 
  for 
  themselves. 
  Professor 
  

   Goode, 
  in 
  the 
  introduction 
  to 
  his 
  remarks, 
  spoke 
  of 
  the 
  

   importance 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  fisheries 
  in 
  early 
  times, 
  

   and 
  that 
  importance 
  could 
  not' 
  be 
  exaggerated. 
  The 
  

   fisheries 
  were 
  what 
  the 
  mines 
  . 
  of 
  California 
  afterwards 
  

   became, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  would 
  turn 
  out 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  more 
  valuable 
  

   mine 
  than 
  they, 
  but 
  he 
  had 
  omitted 
  one 
  point 
  which 
  was 
  of 
  

   very 
  great 
  importance, 
  and 
  a 
  point 
  to 
  which 
  Burke 
  alluded 
  

   in 
  his 
  speech 
  to 
  the 
  electors 
  of 
  Bristol 
  when 
  he 
  spoke 
  of 
  

   those 
  rude 
  fishermen 
  who 
  had 
  whitened 
  every 
  ocean 
  with 
  

   their 
  sails. 
  The 
  great 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  

   estimated 
  in 
  New 
  England, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  country 
  at 
  large 
  even 
  

   more 
  so, 
  was 
  as 
  a 
  nursery 
  for 
  seamen, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  things 
  

   which 
  had 
  impressed 
  him 
  in 
  that 
  Exhibition 
  more 
  agreeably 
  

   than 
  almost 
  any 
  other 
  was 
  the 
  indication 
  it 
  gave 
  that 
  there 
  

   were 
  callings 
  which 
  summoned 
  forth 
  all 
  those 
  manly 
  quali- 
  

   fications 
  of 
  daring, 
  endurance, 
  self-reliance, 
  and 
  self-sacrifice 
  

   in 
  a 
  peaceful 
  occupation 
  which 
  perhaps 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  too 
  

  

  