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COAST STATION OF THE MEN THAT GO DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS AND DO BUSINESS IN GREAT WATERS
The majestic stretches of sandy desert along the Latvian coast are full of the romantic charm of the northern seascape. The miniature figures of fisher folk move here and there about these sandy wastes, tending the nets and boats that help them to wrest their bread from the watery depths. Prior to the Great War, 10,000 Lettish fishermen were employed in the Latvian fisheries. Though their numbers have greatly decreased, there are still many of those for whom the novelties of industrial life have no lure and who, in the face of many vicissitudes, have remained faithful to their humble calling
Photo, Press Section, Latvian Foreign Office, Riga
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PEOPLES OF ALL NATIONS: THEIR LIFE TODAY AND THE STORY OF THEIR PAST BY OUR FOREMOST WRITERS OF TRAVEL, ANTHROPOLOGY & HISTORY (in 7 volumes), editor J. A. Hammerton, published by the Educational Book Co., London, 1920. Subsequently published as both a 7 volume set (1922) and subscription series (1922–1923) by the Amalgamated Press, London.
