. New England; a human interest geographical reader. ue of five million dollars, and sent into thehome port a million dollars worth of goods. On oneof the cruises the profits were so great that the twonegro cabin waiters. Coffee Cockroach and Jack Jib-sheet, received for their share about a thousand dollarsapiece. Bristol used to have its whaleships, merchant ships,and brigs. Hundreds of men would be busy at thewharves loading the vessels or hoisting out the oil andhemp and iron, the sugar, coffee, molasses, and otherimports. Near at hand were coopers making casks forthe whalemen, and blacksmi
. New England; a human interest geographical reader. ue of five million dollars, and sent into thehome port a million dollars worth of goods. On oneof the cruises the profits were so great that the twonegro cabin waiters. Coffee Cockroach and Jack Jib-sheet, received for their share about a thousand dollarsapiece. Bristol used to have its whaleships, merchant ships,and brigs. Hundreds of men would be busy at thewharves loading the vessels or hoisting out the oil andhemp and iron, the sugar, coffee, molasses, and otherimports. Near at hand were coopers making casks forthe whalemen, and blacksmiths making harpoons andchains, and shoemakers making shoes, and tailors mak-ing clothing for the sailors. There was a shipyard The Smallest State 24 where vessels were bemg built, and sail-lofts wheresails were made, and long sheds in which hemp wastwisted into ropes. The town still has its shipyard,whence have come the noted yachts that have de-fended the Americas Cup against British boats for the naw are also built at A Bristol wharf Near the head of the bay oysters and scallops aredredged in the shallow waters, and clams are dug onthe mud flats. Lobsters are taken in the deeper wateroutside of the bay, and there are little vessels that gocruising after fish. Many of the shell-fish and otherfish are sent by the steamers or trains to the marketsof Boston and New York. 242 New England In the warmer part of the year great schools ofmenhaden appear in the shoal waters about LongIsland. These are a small fish, too bony and oily tobe valued for food, but large numbers are seined andtaken to the factories at Tiverton where the oil is ex-tracted, and the remainder made into fertilizer. The sea cuts deeply into Rhode Island and thereare good harbors near the falls on the streams thatempty into the upper end of this inreach. A profitablecommerce early developed at the inland harbors, andsome of the capital gained was invested in manufac-turing at the adjac
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