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prairies of the west; from the broad savannas of the south; from 
the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific slope — 
“Come along, come along, don’t be alarmed, 
For Uncle Sam is rich enough to give us all a farm.” 
TRIUMPHS OP THE FISHERMEN. 
In every country where the fisheries have been economically 
prosecuted, they have been successful nurseries of discovery, 
commerce, civilization, and human progress. The live emulation 
which that industry infuses in the youthful breast has lead to 
heroic achievements; the page of history is spangled with 
valorous deeds of the fishermen ; the Apostles, who abandoned 
their nets to share the toils and companionship of Jesus, were 4 
nurtured in the fishing craft. Ernest Rennan pays a lofty tribute 
to the fishermen in the u lake region.” He remarks : “ Very 
successful fisheries were prosecuted on the lake of Tiberius, es¬ 
pecially at Bethsaida and Capernaum, which had provided a 
certain competency. The families of the fishermen formed a 
pleasant and peaceful society, strengthened by numerous bpnds 
of relationship through all the lake regions ; their leisure gave 
larger liberty and scope to their imagination; their manners 
were peaceful and they had something of refinement. They 
seemed somewhat analagous to the better portions of the popu¬ 
lation in the Lebanon, but with the capability of producing great 
men. Jesus there found his real family, he installed himself 
among them as one of themselves ; Capernaum became his own 
city; in the midst of their little circle which adored him, he 
forgot his sceptical brothers — ungrateful Nazareth and its 
mocking credulity. . . . Jesus, who was fond of playing 
upon words, occasionally said that he would make them fishers 
of men.” 
The countries of Europe bordering on the Mediterranean fos¬ 
tered the fisheries. The republic of Venice extended great fa¬ 
cilities to that industry, and her merchants for centuries mo¬ 
nopolized the rich trade with the east. Genoa afforded but lit¬ 
tle scope at home to her fishermen; they went abroad to oper¬ 
ate among the isles of Greece, “ where burning Sappho loved 
and sung.” They also extended their voyages to the Black 
Sea, and acquired a heavy prestige. At one period they con¬ 
trolled the navigation of the Bosphorus, and collected tribute of 
foreign vessels passing through those waters* The countries 
