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    290 NEWIiYN AND ITS FISHWOMEN.

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    1 N How Atur Frequentl E Has Been Y Leas...

    as our guide , draw what amusement we could from , tiie scenes we passed through . read of the fisheries of landand

    "Weof coursehad heard and Eng , lay knew they Here , form h e , d a lar at ge Penzanee source of we profit found to the ourselves counties in where the imme they

    -. , owever , therefore diate vicinit became y of one anxious of them to — take a fishing advantage village of called the _ISTewl opportun yn , — ity an to d

    gather Newl some yn is personal a small village information entirel on y the occu subject pied in . the pilchard

    commerceand was built about two hundred years ago . It lies , at the liead of a very snug little harbour about a mile and

    kinds holds a half of an from fish important P are enzanee rank ht , and the among althoug coast the of h Newl insi fisheries gnificant yn is of princi Eng in pall appearance land y . celebrated Several , yet caug ;

    for shoals of pilchards , which every season approach the shore , and are However captured unacquainted , salted , and exported we miht to previousl other countries have . been with the

    name and nature of these useful g little fish , we y no sooner found ourselves in their locality , than the pilchard ' s dignity as a staple article

    of food and commerce could no longer be ignored . The pilchard boats , with their pretty short drooping sails ; and the p thick ilchard set

    fishersilchard fLshwomenwith their petticoats - chards figures , j p p ilchards ilchards in in tubs the , market ilchards , marinated in baskets p fresh ilchards j ) ilchards , salted , live pilp ,

    quire into pilchards a into , perfect p , the & c , history surroun tide of of ded pilchardism , this us little on every , fish our and side cur its i . intimate it Fairl y was y thus roused relation launched to with

    inthe On peop makin le of the _inquiries place . where we could find a guide to explore the g

    village , we were at once directed to the Penzanee Market , where some said of the our Newl informant yn fishwomen , " you are are always sure to to see be Sall found all y Berryman the . " information Among , the them queen , "

    require of _tlie . fishwomen 7 ' Immediat , and ely conjuring she will up give some you little romance in connexion you with the dignity conferred on this lady , we of inquired her trilb for in Her the Majesty arket ,

    • and whom soon , we got found into in conversation company with with several her . Slie was an e old woman m of , seventbearing the remains of great beautand was distinguished

    y , y , alone . Her from title her of companions Queen , we learnt by her , had superior been address assigned and her manner at On el fete . this iven bthe Penzanee le to the fishwomen of Newlyn .

    occasion gy Sally had been peop selected as Queen from about two hundred of her companions _" for her combined ifts of beauty and worth' *

    "being from that time , as her husband g proudly told us , " the most , esteemed and the xnost honored woman in the place , " though , as he for she

    appeared a si , gnificantl queen without t ha added t she a received " revenue it was from . " not , The t however he honor only , pecuniary much wasthat good her advantage , stall and , it

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    290 Newiiyn And Its Fishwomen.

    290 _NEWIiYN AND ITS FISHWOMEN .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1862, page 290, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011862/page/2/