. New England; a human interest geographical reader. awn to close the bottomof the seine. Then the entire seine is hauled in so thatthe fish are in a sufficiently reduced space to be takenwith dip-nets into the boat. Small steamers collect thecatch and deliver it at the factories, where the fish arecleaned while fresh by men, women, and child they are soaked in brine, dried on wire flakes,cooked in hot oil for two or three minutes, and packed insmall tin boxes. Many full-grown herring are heads and other refuse are made into fertihzer. The Coast with a Hundred Harbors 3
. New England; a human interest geographical reader. awn to close the bottomof the seine. Then the entire seine is hauled in so thatthe fish are in a sufficiently reduced space to be takenwith dip-nets into the boat. Small steamers collect thecatch and deliver it at the factories, where the fish arecleaned while fresh by men, women, and child they are soaked in brine, dried on wire flakes,cooked in hot oil for two or three minutes, and packed insmall tin boxes. Many full-grown herring are heads and other refuse are made into fertihzer. The Coast with a Hundred Harbors 351 The Maine coast is a very attractive summer re-sort region. No matter how hot the weather may beinland, the sea breezes and cool water usually makethe air along shore quite comfortable. The coast isdelightfully bold and picturesque, and the littlesteamers that thread the channels among the islandsbring a multitude of visitors to it every year. Someplaces have become prosperous simply through sup-plying the wants of the warm weather cottagers and. Where sea and land meet boarders. One of the largest of the summer coloniesis that which dwells on the islands of Casco Bay. Manyof the families that have vacation homes there arefrom Canada and the Western States. 352 New England The largest and most beautiful Maine island, how-ever, is Mount Desert, the fame of which is world-wide. It is about fourteen miles long and seven mainland is close at hand, and the island is sep-arated from it only by narrow winding are thirteen mountains on the island, and anequal number of lakes nestle in the hollows and wildravines. The loftiest height can be seen sixty milesout at sea. When the white men came to the island it was afavorite resort of the Indians. The waters aboundedwith fish, and game birds and animals were plentifulon the land. It was discovered by Champlain, thegreat French explorer, in 1604. His description of itsays that the summits of the mountains were a
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