The Pine-tree coast . STEAMING HOT. BOOTHBAY AND ABOUT THERE. Squirrel Island lies three miles off the harbor, to which it makes a sorl ofbreakwater. Then comes the Damariscove group, and then, still farther out, Waves in the sun—the white-winged gleamOf sea-birds in the slanting beam —And Ear-off sails which Hit before the south-wind free. It would need all of one summer, perhaps even a winter added, to do justiceto what the eye lias traversed in less time than it takes to pu1 pen to paper. What history has to tell, r the coasts themselves to show, gives promise of arich treat to the stu
The Pine-tree coast . STEAMING HOT. BOOTHBAY AND ABOUT THERE. Squirrel Island lies three miles off the harbor, to which it makes a sorl ofbreakwater. Then comes the Damariscove group, and then, still farther out, Waves in the sun—the white-winged gleamOf sea-birds in the slanting beam —And Ear-off sails which Hit before the south-wind free. It would need all of one summer, perhaps even a winter added, to do justiceto what the eye lias traversed in less time than it takes to pu1 pen to paper. What history has to tell, r the coasts themselves to show, gives promise of arich treat to the studious SBINEBS OK THE ALEUT. Let us first go to Squirrel Island. The distance is short, so we are soonthere. A cove is roughly worked out of its west side, from which the landrises to a moderately high ridge, skirted by groves of evergreen. The big treesare all gone, but there still remain some pleasant stretches of spruce and this cove, along this ridge, in the woods, and by the shore, rise a hundredeottages, all pretty, some handsome, not a few mere cubby-houses, others withroom to spare, — and all set so thick together that one looks about him for thefamiliar warning of standing-room only. Lol THE PINE-TREE COAST. The colony at Five Islands is conducted like a club; here the associatedcottagers may keep house or dine out, as they prefer. They have a code ofregulations; they have their chapel, their printing-office, and their reading-room ; a tennis-court, croquet-ground, and bowling-alley. Their large boarding-house is also open to the public. In short, I found them excellent
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