Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . n feet, and is valued at three thousanddollars. The cabinet of the Pilgrim Society containsmany valuable antiquities. From Burying Hill, in therear of the town, which is elevated one hundred and sixtyfeet above the level of the sea, is a tine view of the vil-lage, the harbor, and shipping beyond, Avith the coast forsome miles in extent. Plymouth Rock, a deeply inter-esting spot to New P^nglanders, is near the termination ofLeyden Street. The town contains about two hundredponds; the largest, called Billington Sea, is about sixmiles in ci
Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . n feet, and is valued at three thousanddollars. The cabinet of the Pilgrim Society containsmany valuable antiquities. From Burying Hill, in therear of the town, which is elevated one hundred and sixtyfeet above the level of the sea, is a tine view of the vil-lage, the harbor, and shipping beyond, Avith the coast forsome miles in extent. Plymouth Rock, a deeply inter-esting spot to New P^nglanders, is near the termination ofLeyden Street. The town contains about two hundredponds; the largest, called Billington Sea, is about sixmiles in circumference. It is two miles south-west ofthe village, and contains a good supply of pickerel andperch. 96 BOSTON AN1> VICINITV. The National Monumknt to tiik Forefathers, adescription of which we talie from the Boston Ahnanac of1856, is to be erected here. The design comprises anoctagonal ])cdestal, eighty-three feet high, upon whielistands a figure of Faitli, rising to the height of seventyfeet above the platform of the pedestal, so that the whole. monument will rise one hundred and fifty-three feet abovethe earth upon which it rests. Faith is represented asstanding upon a rock, holding in iier left hand an openBible, while the other hand is uplifted toward.^ heaven. BOSTON AND ViaNlTV. 97 From the four cmaller faces of the main pedc!<tal projectwings or buttresses, upon which are seated figures em-lilematic of the principles u})on which tlie Pilgrim Fathersproposed to found their commonwealth. These are Moral-ity, Law, Flducation, and Freedom. The sides of theseats upon which they sit are dHcorated with niches, inwhich arc statues appropriate to the figures above. Upon th(; larger faces of the main pedestal are panels,which are intended to contain recoids of the names of thePilgrims of the Mayflower, the events of the voyage, thepiuininent events in the early history of the colony, andthe events which occurred previous to their departure fromDelft Haven. Upon smaller p
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