Guide to historic PlymouthLocalities and objects of interest . £t>^^. THE MAYFLOWER IN PLYMOUTH HARBOR. exploring party on foot, forcing their way throughthe tangled wilderness, sometimes wading in half-frozen water through the surf or across brooks, theyslowly make their way. Constantly on the alert, andtw(j or three times attacked and beating off their 63 assailants, the sliallop with her company nearsManoniet headland. And now it began to snow andrain and the wind to blow and the seas to rise. Nowthe hinge of the rudder breaks, and oars are got outto steer with. Master Coppin, the pilot,
Guide to historic PlymouthLocalities and objects of interest . £t>^^. THE MAYFLOWER IN PLYMOUTH HARBOR. exploring party on foot, forcing their way throughthe tangled wilderness, sometimes wading in half-frozen water through the surf or across brooks, theyslowly make their way. Constantly on the alert, andtw(j or three times attacked and beating off their 63 assailants, the sliallop with her company nearsManoniet headland. And now it began to snow andrain and the wind to blow and the seas to rise. Nowthe hinge of the rudder breaks, and oars are got outto steer with. Master Coppin, the pilot, bids themto be of good cheer, for he sees the harbor which hehad promised them. Across the bay they steer, keep-ing on a press of sail to make the desired harborbefore nightfall, when crash goes the mast, brokeninto three pieces, and the shallop is near beingwrecked. Now the flood-tide takes them and bearsthem in past the (iurnet nose, and Master Coppin,finding himself in a strange place that he had neverseen before, throws up his hands and exclaims : IheLord be merc
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