Popular resorts, and how to reach them . utilized. At one periodPlymouth was of considerable maritime importance. It is but thirty-seven miles from Boston, and is reached in a little more than an hoursride. The town is well laid out, and pleasantly located, on ground slopingto the water. Burial Hill, above, commands a fine view of the Hall, with its many curious relics; Plymouth Rock, Coles Hill,and Clarks Island (where the Pilgrims rested on Sunday, Dec. 10, 100 POIULAK RESOKTS, AND HOW TO KEACH THEM. 1620, before landing at Plymouth on the 20th), are all interesting placesto v
Popular resorts, and how to reach them . utilized. At one periodPlymouth was of considerable maritime importance. It is but thirty-seven miles from Boston, and is reached in a little more than an hoursride. The town is well laid out, and pleasantly located, on ground slopingto the water. Burial Hill, above, commands a fine view of the Hall, with its many curious relics; Plymouth Rock, Coles Hill,and Clarks Island (where the Pilgrims rested on Sunday, Dec. 10, 100 POIULAK RESOKTS, AND HOW TO KEACH THEM. 1620, before landing at Plymouth on the 20th), are all interesting placesto visit. The vicinity of Plymouth, with its fresh-water lakes and finedrives, also presents objects of interest. Scituate is really a very pleasant place, and has many agreeableattractions both for the tourist and the temporary resident. The Cape Cod Division of the Old Colony Railroad extends to Prov-incetown, the extreme point of Cape Cod, one hundred and twenty milesdistant from Boston. The fine harbor at Provincetown presents a refuge. for the storm-driven mariner. The place is inhabited largely by sea-faring men; and its thrifty appearance is a fine illustration of what anenterprising community can drag from the sea. It is built on and sur-rounded by sand-hills; and the earth of its gardens, so green and beauti-ful, is mostly brought from the mainland. Branches lead from this road,from Cohasset Narrows to Woods Hole, and from Yarmouth to Hyannis,which was the terminus of the road before it was extended to Province-town. Hyannis is a pleasant village, and, next to Provincetown, thelargest place on the Cape. It is prettily laid out, and ornamented byshade-trees. The inhabitants are engaged in a sea-faring life; and manyretired sea-captains and merchants have made this their home. The rail-road leads through the village a mile to the sea, where a fine wharf hasbeen constructed. A growing seaside village, a short distance to thewest, overlooks the harbor to Vineyard Sound and Mar
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