sachusetts soon became considera- ble. In 1636, Mr.'-Vines’ had a consignment of bread and beef from that quarter. Jocelyn remarks that ‘Winter Harbor is a noted place for fishers.’ He describes the mode of pursuing this business in the follow- ing manner: ‘The fishermen take yearly on the coast many hundred quintals of cod, bake, haddock, pol- lock, &c. and dry them at their stages, making three voyages in a year. They make merchantable and refuse fish, which they sell to Massachusetts merchants ; the first for 32 ryals ($4) per quintal; the refuse for 9 and 10 shillings ($2, •and 2,25.) The merchant sends the first to Lisbon, Bilboa, Mar- seilles, Bordeaux, Toulon, and other cities of France ; to Canaries, pipe- staves and clapboards; the refuse fish to the W. Indies for the ne- groes. To every shallop belong four fishermen, a master or steers- man, a midshipman, and "a shore man, who washes it out of tlie salt, and dries it upon hurdles pitched upon stakes breast high, and-tends their cookery. They often get in one voyage 8 or 9 barrels a share per man. The- merchant buys of the planters beef, pork, peas, wheat, indian corn, and sells it to the fish- ermen.’
“ The expense of each planter to. provision himself was quite small, if we may judge from an estimate furnished by Mr. Jocelyn for the information of proposed emigrants. A similar estimate had been previ- ously made by - Capt. Smith with reference to Virginia. ‘ Victuals to last one man a year; 8 bushels of meal, £2: two bushels of peas, 6 shillings: two bushels of oatmeal,
9 shillings : one gallon of aqua vitas, (brandy,) 2s. 6d.: one gallon of oil, 3s. 6d.: two gallons of vinegar, 2s.:’ total, £3 3s., equal to $14..
“ A considerable traffic was" car- ried on with the natives by many of the planters, some of them visi- ting "remote parts of the coast, or
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travelling into the interior for this purpose. English and French goods were bartered for valuable furs, particularly beaver.”
Saddle Mountain, Mass*
See Adams.
Saddleback Mountain, Me.
Franklin co. This mountain is a few miles so.uth of Mount Abraham. It is 25 miles N. W. from Farming- ton, and about 4,000 feet above the level of the sea.
Sagadaliock, Me.
The ancient name of a section of country, at and east of the mouth of Kennebec river. See Saco.
St. Albans, Me.
Somerset co. This is a valuable township of land, 46 miles N. N. E. from Augusta, and 26 N. E. by E. from Norridgewock. Incorpora- ted, 1813. Population, 1830, 911 ; 1837, 1,393. This town contains a large and beautiful pond ; the out- let of which forms a good mill stream, a branch of Sebasticook river. There are two pleasant and flourishing villages in St. Albans. Wheat crop, 1837, 10,294 bushels *
St. Albans, Vt.
Shire town of Franklin co. This town is bounded on the west by Champlain lake. It lies 46 miles N. W. by N.- from Montpelier, and 25 N. from Burlington. First set- tled, about tlm year 1785. Popula- tion 1830, 2,395. The soil of this town is fertile, and under the man- agement of good farmers, is render-’ ed very productive. In 1837, there were 8,459 sheep in the town, and the exports of wool and other pro- ductions of the soil are large and valuable. The water communica- tions by the lake to New-York and Canada, render St. Albans a mart of considerable trade from the sur- rounding country. The first ves- sel from Lake Champlain, that ar- |