The Old Colony town, and other sketches . OLD ROADS NEAR BUZZARDS BAY. OLD ROADS NEAR BUZZARDS BAY. These roads have a history. Long beforeEnglishmen had arrived at Plymouth, theywere the foot trails of Indians traversing thegreat forest which stretched from the oceanto the site of the Providence Plantations ;the colonists used them as cattle-paths, bywhich their herds were driven to wintergrazing in the meadows bordering BuzzardsBay ; then they were bridle-paths, for theusual mode of travehng was on horseback;then they became cart-roads, winding, as old roads will,Here to a ferry, and there t
The Old Colony town, and other sketches . OLD ROADS NEAR BUZZARDS BAY. OLD ROADS NEAR BUZZARDS BAY. These roads have a history. Long beforeEnglishmen had arrived at Plymouth, theywere the foot trails of Indians traversing thegreat forest which stretched from the oceanto the site of the Providence Plantations ;the colonists used them as cattle-paths, bywhich their herds were driven to wintergrazing in the meadows bordering BuzzardsBay ; then they were bridle-paths, for theusual mode of travehng was on horseback;then they became cart-roads, winding, as old roads will,Here to a ferry, and there to a mOl. At last they were adopted as the highwaysof a town. The vines and flowers hedging these roadshave probably been reproducing themselvesin the same places from time immemorial. 82 OLD ROADS NEAR BUZZARDS BAY Mats of wild cranberries have always coveredthe banks near the ruts, and little blossomsof various colors have always lifted theirheads in the dusty wayside grass. Everysummer I have seen those thickets of wildsyringas in flower; those elderberries havehu
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