. Portland [Me.] its representative business men and its points of interest. efer land travel to watertravel, and have never visited this region, have an experience in store for them for which they may wellbe envied. A good-sized guide-book, descriptive of these drives, might easily be compiled without exhausting thesubject, so that the most we can do within our limited space is to mention two of the more noteworthy. 38 rORTLAXD AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. Jhe most cMijo\-abIe of tliem all. uiuler the right conditions of weather, is to Prouts Neck, by way of theOcean Road around the shore of C
. Portland [Me.] its representative business men and its points of interest. efer land travel to watertravel, and have never visited this region, have an experience in store for them for which they may wellbe envied. A good-sized guide-book, descriptive of these drives, might easily be compiled without exhausting thesubject, so that the most we can do within our limited space is to mention two of the more noteworthy. 38 rORTLAXD AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. Jhe most cMijo\-abIe of tliem all. uiuler the right conditions of weather, is to Prouts Neck, by way of theOcean Road around the shore of Cape Elizabeth, a distance of about fifteen miles. Prouts Neck was afamous • Summer resort lonj; before that highly convenient but somewhat ambiguous phrase was invented,and although it never was fashionable. and is not so now. it possesses many advantages over the greatmajority of its high-toned rivals. It is se|5arated from Old Orchard Beach by a broad arm of the sea,and the other side of the peninsula is washed by the rollers of the open ocean. As the Neck has a View in Lixcoln Park. (No. i.) even, sandy beach at one point, and a bold, rocky shore at another, fine opportunities are given for bothbathing and fishing; and from time immemorial almost, it has been a resort for excursion parties from allthe towns in the vicinity. Here was made the first settlement in the town of Scarboro: Thomas Cammock,the original settler, having a house here some 260 years ago ; and the tourist may have pointed out to himthe site of the fort so gallantly defended, in 1703, by eight men, that they repulsed five hundred Frenchand Indians. If ever we have an American Rider Haggard, the story of that fight may be fittingly told. To reach the Neck from Portland by the Ocean Road, we cross Portland Bridge, drive along with theocean and harbor in full view, and finally draw near to Portland Light, the first lighthouse built on theMaine coast. It first sent forth its warning gleam January 10,
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