. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. h. find-ing a resting place further on in thebeautiful waters of Little harbor. The river widens considerably be- THE WINDINGS OF THE PISCATAQUA. 131 youd Pull-and-be Damned point. Onthe left we pass the three bridges andthe back waters in the distance. Fur-ther on the shores become rocky andsteep. Here perched high on therocky bank is a small cottage,—thehome of some toiler of the deep; therocks in front of the cottage arestrewn with fishing nets, while a pileof bleached lobster-traps occupies aplace on one side of
. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. h. find-ing a resting place further on in thebeautiful waters of Little harbor. The river widens considerably be- THE WINDINGS OF THE PISCATAQUA. 131 youd Pull-and-be Damned point. Onthe left we pass the three bridges andthe back waters in the distance. Fur-ther on the shores become rocky andsteep. Here perched high on therocky bank is a small cottage,—thehome of some toiler of the deep; therocks in front of the cottage arestrewn with fishing nets, while a pileof bleached lobster-traps occupies aplace on one side of the door-steps;the old fisherman himself sits in the Newcastle and Kittery Point, the for-mer being on the New Hampshire sideof the rivet, the latter on the Maineside. Volumes could have been writ-ten about these old sea towns. Weshall speak of Newcastle first. Origi-nally Newcastle was a part of Ports-mouth. As the population swelled,however, and the town grew in im-portance, it seceded from its parentand called itself Newcastle. New-castle is a town of great antiquity,. --^-.: 1
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