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    NEW3LYN ANT > ITS FISHWOMEN. 297

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

    cottages , built on either side of roughly paved streets . Tlie wretched irregularity with which but the nevertheless houses are built we were gives struck Newlyn in every very

    the p house lace dw t and he we ellings entered appearance their le . habi This having wi ts th , ; we of the no argued industry , neatness extra , . s resources poke and The well , comfort population to for fall the of back the is women a on interior very . There of poor the of

    and are one , no in gen the peop try winter resident months , consequen great t destitution ly no chari prevails ties or subscri among ptions many ;

    t o f The the Newl poor Gospel . tes rule for of we charit heard y , ho of wever m , ap nei peared hborl to bear acts fruit of kindnes among s yni any g

    and deeds of love , among thern . The morality of the place also should be noted "worthof imitation .

    " We were assured as that a y woman of reputed bad character , if known as suchwould not be permitted to remain in the place . Their

    marformed riages , are within contracted their own at a very communit early age few , and str are angers generall coming y unions into y

    ne Newl ts yn & c . and The "being girls thus are earl fitted y taug for h useful t the , wive arts s of are curing sure fish to meet , makin with g husbands , , indeedit is rare to find a woman of twenty-three

    unmarried . The ; fishers , ' wives bear the character of being thrifty and doub industrious tless tends , and to the make early thern finding domesticated their sphere . and The occupation men are princi in life

    p village ally teetotalers tends na , t urall t y to ab improve sence tional of their any and demand moral several condition for dames spiri ' ts * schools in They the . hchurcha chael of easea na

    The and ave l larger a a tterly t proportion here , have p been of the a tin grea , peop s t le m , w re e l reviva i were ious t ls old reunions amon , are g M . them e Notwith thodis whic ts h - have oriinated meeg

    standing t g the man somewhat p rayer f the fi hard shermen g lives att the aining peop le ght lead y years , they and live more to a . W grea had age become , y intted in Newland its primitive inhabitants

    tha e t the shadow s of evening eres had ga yn thered ere" we prepared to take , leavof host and hostessOn expressing some fear at being able

    of to find the e old our our man way b as , taking alone , . I w can n his never hat forget , he said the , at _" innate We hand need courtesy not

    think where This to ended want had Ibeen a our pilo much expedition t while interested Andrew to the Berryman in j all ) ilchard we had was village seen and of Newl . " heard yn . ,

    enin mi The ht g our we be result barren own of faith such and in a . its visit God fruit ' had s providential s , less we trust lentiful , also care t than he for man f in ect more . of The streng favored ear th th - p

    ' l God ands g ' , but ppor in tuni this ty very is the necessity more _aiDparent of for the the , for creative and He making hath means given the of man existence waters here to , ,

    in lieudominion over the fish sea , , bring forth , abundantly , supplies thus the need of all flesh . LN

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    New3lyn Ant > Its Fishwomen. 297

    _NEW 3 _LYN ANT > ITS _FISHWOMEN . 297

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1862, page 297, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011862/page/9/