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Title: Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
Subjects: World history
Publisher: Cincinnati : Jones
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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^^Tat^r--It is not humorous to say fo^^-that it is a problem in political econ-omy how to gauge these fisheries to thebest advantage. )\Iean while, in thewaters of the fjords and along the isletsof the coast, the spotted seals aboundand are taken in great numbers. Ashort distance from the shore, in theforest, feathered game may be found inabundance, though it is less plentiful atpresent than formerly. It is doubtfulAvhether in any other country the life of 64 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. the people is so closely related with asupply gathered directly from the ani-mal, the fish, and the fowl. There is one other aspect of the fish-eries which may be mentioned with in-terest. This fact is that the coast ofNorway has the deep waters of the short distance from the Norwegiancoast line to a depth of about a hundredand fifty to two hundred fathoms ofwater. This calls to the very landmarkthe sharks and whales from which aconsiderable part of the product of thefisheries is derived. As is well known,
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BERGEN. ocean against it. The shoals and barsare not extensive, but the angle goesdown rapidly to a great depth, except inThe coast f jords. This brings close to Weep-sIaTni-^ the coast the great marinemais and fishes, auimals and deep-sea fisheswhich are never seen on the shallowsea banks with which other countriesare approached. As a rule, it is only a the herring and cod are of all speciesof fish the most valuable and abundant.We have already had occasion to re-mark upon the distribution of most ofthe Scandinavians upon Forces that have small landed estates. This democratized ■I , T J • -1 the Norwegians. has tended m the coun-tries north of the Baltic to democratizethe inhabitants and to prevent them THE NORSE.—NOR WEGIANS. 65 from accumulating- in large numbers.Norway has a coast line, exclusive offjords, bays, and islands, of three thou-sand and eighteen miles. The area ofthe country is one hundred and twenty-two thousand seven hundred and eightysquare miles, the greatest

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