Scribner's magazine . d Mirrors and Bowers, whichhave sentimentalized the rocks and poolsof the White Mountains. A few Frenchwords still linger as a reminder of thetime when Louis XIV. gave the origi-nal grant to the Sieur de laMotte Cadil-lac ; but most of them, like Hulls Coveand Town Hill, have an honest colo-nial American ring, while about PrettyMarsh Harbor there is a certain echo ofromance, and Junk o Pork and BumKey, two little islands, or rather rocks,in the bay, have a very nautical, andeven i^iratical, suggestiveness. At thefirst glance the island, on a map, re-minds one somewhat of
Scribner's magazine . d Mirrors and Bowers, whichhave sentimentalized the rocks and poolsof the White Mountains. A few Frenchwords still linger as a reminder of thetime when Louis XIV. gave the origi-nal grant to the Sieur de laMotte Cadil-lac ; but most of them, like Hulls Coveand Town Hill, have an honest colo-nial American ring, while about PrettyMarsh Harbor there is a certain echo ofromance, and Junk o Pork and BumKey, two little islands, or rather rocks,in the bay, have a very nautical, andeven i^iratical, suggestiveness. At thefirst glance the island, on a map, re-minds one somewhat of the dejectedlamb which hangs by his middle in theorder of the Golden Fleece. The deepindentation is Somess Sound, ininningfar inland, with Somesville at its head,a quiet New England village, with awhite meeting-house, and many otherhouses, most of them also white, andstanding among gnarled apjDle-trees, ina gentle, dozing tranquillity from whichthe place is roused when parties driveover from Bar Harl)or to eat broiled. Cottage L^e — a Luncheon Party.
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