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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  Photograph 
  from 
  S. 
  S. 
  Spurling 
  

  

  A 
  FISHERMAN'S 
  LUCK 
  IN 
  BERMUDA 
  

  

  Bermuda 
  fishermen 
  enjoy 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  advantages 
  as 
  do 
  those 
  off 
  the 
  Florida 
  coast 
  (see 
  

   "Certain 
  Citizens 
  of 
  the 
  Warm 
  Sea," 
  pages 
  27 
  to 
  62). 
  

  

  living 
  upon 
  the 
  sweat 
  and 
  blood 
  of 
  other 
  

   men. 
  No 
  greater 
  canker 
  can 
  there 
  be 
  to 
  a 
  

   new 
  settled 
  plantation 
  than 
  the 
  stuffing 
  

   it 
  with 
  idle 
  and 
  unprofitable 
  persons, 
  

   whose 
  bellies 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  are 
  ex- 
  

   traordinarily 
  craving 
  and 
  their 
  mouths 
  

   ravenous." 
  

  

  If 
  a 
  man 
  in 
  bravery 
  of 
  apparel 
  ex- 
  

   ceeded 
  his 
  degree, 
  and 
  if 
  after 
  admoni- 
  

   tion 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  reform 
  the 
  same, 
  he 
  was 
  

   in 
  respect 
  of 
  all 
  public 
  burdens 
  to 
  bear 
  

   the 
  double 
  to 
  any 
  other, 
  and 
  was 
  declared 
  

   infamous. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  class 
  of 
  infamous 
  persons 
  were 
  

   those 
  who 
  were 
  idlers 
  after 
  admonition; 
  

   who 
  were 
  vagrants 
  ; 
  who 
  were 
  drunkards 
  

   or 
  common 
  haunters 
  of 
  tippling-houses 
  ; 
  

   who 
  were 
  common 
  spenders 
  of 
  their 
  time 
  

   in 
  dicing, 
  carding, 
  or 
  other 
  kinds 
  of 
  un- 
  

   lawful 
  gaming; 
  who 
  were 
  common 
  raisers 
  

   of 
  quarrels 
  among 
  neighbors. 
  When 
  in- 
  

   famous 
  they 
  were 
  incapable 
  of 
  holding 
  

   office, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  permitted 
  to 
  sit 
  

   or 
  stand 
  in 
  church 
  with 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  

   congregation, 
  but 
  in 
  a 
  lower 
  place 
  by 
  

   themselves, 
  in 
  the 
  meanest 
  place 
  every- 
  

   where. 
  

  

  The 
  records 
  are 
  full 
  of 
  convictions 
  of 
  

   persons 
  who, 
  having 
  spoken 
  contemptu- 
  

   ously 
  of 
  a 
  governor 
  or 
  minister, 
  were 
  im- 
  

   prisoned 
  and 
  only 
  released 
  after 
  serving 
  

   a 
  time, 
  upon 
  signing 
  a 
  confession 
  and 
  

   repentance. 
  

  

  In 
  1669 
  Governor 
  Haydon 
  issued 
  the 
  

   following 
  to 
  his 
  provost 
  marshal 
  : 
  

  

  "7 
  March, 
  1669. 
  

  

  "To 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Bristowe, 
  Jun'r, 
  

   Provost 
  Marshal. 
  

  

  By 
  Sir 
  John 
  Heydon 
  : 
  

  

  "Whereas 
  Wm. 
  Deane 
  of 
  St. 
  George's 
  Mari- 
  

   ner 
  hath 
  bin 
  a 
  man 
  of 
  deboshed 
  life 
  and 
  con- 
  

   versation, 
  more 
  especially 
  since 
  his 
  marriage, 
  

   and 
  hath 
  bin 
  admonished 
  by 
  Magistrates 
  to 
  

   reform, 
  and 
  yet 
  notwithstanding 
  favour 
  form- 
  

   elie 
  shewed 
  him, 
  hee 
  hath 
  not 
  seased 
  to 
  tell 
  

   his 
  neighbor 
  (videlicet) 
  Mistress 
  Katherine 
  

  

  Shaw 
  that 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  care 
  a 
  for 
  her 
  nor 
  

  

  for 
  Mr. 
  Samuel 
  Smith 
  (the 
  minister) 
  neither 
  

   and 
  bid 
  her 
  goe 
  and 
  tell 
  him 
  soe; 
  with 
  addition 
  

   of 
  many 
  other 
  reprochful 
  languages 
  unto 
  her 
  

   the 
  said 
  Katharine, 
  for 
  noe 
  other 
  cause, 
  then 
  

   onlv 
  that 
  shee 
  came 
  to 
  his 
  house 
  upon 
  her 
  

   hearing 
  of 
  him 
  notoriously 
  abusing 
  and 
  beat- 
  

   ing 
  his 
  own 
  wife 
  as 
  formerly 
  he 
  hath 
  done. 
  

   These 
  are 
  therefore 
  to 
  require 
  and 
  authorize 
  

   you 
  forthwithc 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  said 
  William 
  Deane, 
  

   and 
  him 
  whip, 
  or 
  cause 
  to 
  be 
  whipped 
  uppon 
  

  

  