The Pine-tree coast . nstthe equally determinedeffort to drive all theEnglish back into thesea, whence they hadcome. Some of theolder people remem-ber the ruins of theancient fort that stoodon Stage Island, which,in its day, had servedas a refuge from thesavages, but of whichnot one stone now re-mains on another. Thename Stage Island isan all-sufficient guideto the purpose forwhich it was first occu-pied. It was a goodplace to dry fish, andat high tide a naturalfortress. For a long time the domestic history of this place is a blank, in consequenceof the loss of its earliest records. When they
The Pine-tree coast . nstthe equally determinedeffort to drive all theEnglish back into thesea, whence they hadcome. Some of theolder people remem-ber the ruins of theancient fort that stoodon Stage Island, which,in its day, had servedas a refuge from thesavages, but of whichnot one stone now re-mains on another. Thename Stage Island isan all-sufficient guideto the purpose forwhich it was first occu-pied. It was a goodplace to dry fish, andat high tide a naturalfortress. For a long time the domestic history of this place is a blank, in consequenceof the loss of its earliest records. When they do begin, the name of God isfrequently found spelled with a little g. Indeed, about all that can now begathered of that early life comes to us in the form of remonstrance, complaint,or reproof from the governing power; so that, mnch to our regret, we can onlyinfer what its primitive condition was like. All this, perhaps, sufficiently char-acterizes one of those isolated and primitive communities, existing almost with-. MAIL-CARRIER (wINTER), thp: story of cape porpoise. t 107
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