The tourist's guide to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard . Gay Head, 136 MARTHAS VINEYARD. esting. Its whole territory contains onlyabout 2,400 acres, as bare of treegrowth as the Rock of Gibraltar, although byplanting and assiduous care of late years afew acres of oak, beech and walnut trees havebeen coaxed into existence. The town takesits name from the fantastic cliff at its westernextremity, the **Gay Head that has beenknown to many generations of wondering ad-mirers, and which rise sheer and clear almostperpendicularly to a height of 134 feet abovethe sea. Upon this wild cliff is
The tourist's guide to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard . Gay Head, 136 MARTHAS VINEYARD. esting. Its whole territory contains onlyabout 2,400 acres, as bare of treegrowth as the Rock of Gibraltar, although byplanting and assiduous care of late years afew acres of oak, beech and walnut trees havebeen coaxed into existence. The town takesits name from the fantastic cliff at its westernextremity, the **Gay Head that has beenknown to many generations of wondering ad-mirers, and which rise sheer and clear almostperpendicularly to a height of 134 feet abovethe sea. Upon this wild cliff is the finestlighthouse on the American coast, its lantern173 feet above the water. The name of this interesting section is de-rived from its geological formation, no lessthan twenty-three bright-colored bands ofclay, sand, and conglomerate lignite and ironore being presented on the face of the cliffwithin four-fifths of a mile. The clays arewhite, blood-red, dull-red, yellow and green/To the vessels that have occasion to cruise offthis point, to excursio
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