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Show July Is Sponge Fishing Season ; Big Tropical Industry Revivedir Revived ir irr -r- r - - 11 11i i W . ji + fP W WY WW Y v s 5 1 Jf = ' 'r r ' * ak 1 1w e sa- sa sar - w r- r r'W - - 'W W ' & -j j - : w wj fe fe'Sw IN INllID JN IN /llID llID MID / SIIDJULY JULY begins 'Sw Sw ' " $ , " - , , ; f i fthe iL L * the annual sponget sy syrrr t f annualsponge spongetal sponge Se rrr rrrtal } ojMiami tal tale tala e a between coasts oj of ojI ojI ofy y , - T I 1 1Miami I HIiami Miami , Fla and Nos Nas Nosi NosI Nossau Nassau - " ' ' i { a f I sau of the Bahama is ISI ISlands iss isl islands s l lands ttluch ttluchcomes loch 1 1conies I wim a group ivm/ ivm ivmJf / from Jf UJfk u 11/JJfreik 11 JJfreik 11JJfreikcomes / comes conies most o of thesponges the thesponges thesponges sponges used usedIn in U S Shomes Shomes t ty y t homes The above viewshows view viewshows viewshows shows the sponge fleet fleetat fleetat \ i 1 1at at anchor off the BTltlsh British Britisht Britishcolonial t x 1r , % t tcolonial colomal colonial quay quayat at Nassau NassauI Nassaut Nassaua NassauSponges NassauSponges I t a a 'ponges ponges Sponges : ' ydinghys are taken tal.en talen . from fromdmghys fromdinghys g s y dmghys dinghys u/nc/t u nc t uluch / / put out outfrom outFY outfrom FY from FYfrom the sloops when wizen a abed abed abed bed bedU bedis is U sighted Fisher Fishermen Fishermen Fishermen men carry glass s bot bottomed bottomed t xs xsha ha haS hatomed S tomed buckets buc/.ets buc.ets buc .ets ets bcarryucketsglaetss bcarryucketsglaetsss bcarryucketsglaetssand / . and andspears andspears andspears spears Others ( ( TIght right rightpick ) ) plCI pick . by hand"z hand "z z " gal , 1 , . ree ! . 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