Gita . Egli lasttime soltanto quindici anni fa. Non vi è alcuna altra raccolta di Americanawhich può così vivo il ricordo di un svanito eraand farla vivere di nuovo come questi hundredsupon centinaia di antichi log-book. All completo, finale ed abbracciano dothe luogo di alta marea, il riflusso e thevanishing del commercio di Salem, thewhole storia di quei vichinghi di deep-waterenterprise che ha abbagliato il mondo marittimo.Essi riflettono in intima e bruscamente fo-cused dettaglio di quel piccolo mondo che HarrietMartineau intravisto quando ella visitedSalem settantacinque anni fa e correlati: parlano di Fayal e il

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Outing . he lasttime only fifteen years ago. There is no other collection of Americanawhich can so vividly recall a vanished eraand make it live again as these hundredsupon hundreds of ancient log-books. Theyare complete, final, embracing as they dothe rise, the high-tide, the ebb and thevanishing of the commerce of Salem, thewhole story of those vikings of deep-waterenterprise who dazzled the maritime world.They reflect in intimate and sharply fo-cused detail that little world which HarrietMartineau glimpsed when she visitedSalem seventy-five years ago and related: They speak of Fayal and the Azores asif they were close at hand. The fruits ofthe Mediterranean are on every table.They have a large acquaintance at Cairo.They know Napoleons grave at St. Helena, and have wild tales to tell of Mozam-bique and Madagascar, and stores of ivoryto show from there. They speak of thepower of the king of Muscat, and are sen-sible of the riches of the southeast coast ofArabia. Anybody will give you anecdotes. Rear View of the witch house. 392 The Outing Magazine from Canton, and descriptions of the So-ciety and Sandwich Islands. They oftenslip up the western coast of their two con-tinents, bringing furs from the back regionsof their own wide land, glance up at theAndes on their return; double Cape Horn, touch at the ports of Brazil and Guiana;look about them in the West Indies, feelingalmost at home there, and land some fairmorning in Salem and walk home as if theyhad done nothing remarkable. If you would see something more thanthese old log-books in the Marine Roomof the Essex Institute, then turn your stepstoward the Peabody Museum, across EssexStreet, the great stone hall with the shipsanchor resting in front of it. Here theloyal sons of Salem, aided by the generousendowment of George Peabody, the bankerand philanthropist, have created an im-posing memorial to the sea-born genius ofthe old town. One hall is filled with modelsand paintings of the stout ships whichmade Salem rich

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