Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . the foot of its south-ern slope, while the audience which was gathered there onthat day were ranged upon the hill side. ConsecrationHill is one of the highest of the Forest Hills, and fromits summit is a beautiful prospect. Through the vistas ofthe trees there are charming views of the Blue Hills andthe intervening valley, and in other directions of hills andplains, of farm houses, villas, and cottages, with here andthere a church spire rising above the distant woods. Following Rock Maple Avenue, the visitor is led fromthe eastern end
Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . the foot of its south-ern slope, while the audience which was gathered there onthat day were ranged upon the hill side. ConsecrationHill is one of the highest of the Forest Hills, and fromits summit is a beautiful prospect. Through the vistas ofthe trees there are charming views of the Blue Hills andthe intervening valley, and in other directions of hills andplains, of farm houses, villas, and cottages, with here andthere a church spire rising above the distant woods. Following Rock Maple Avenue, the visitor is led fromthe eastern end of Lake Dell around the base of MountWarren, which rises on the right, for the most part regu-larly but steeply, with here and there large boulders pro-truding above the surface. The side of Mount Warren isclothed with a thick growth of wood, and this avenue, in18 206 SUBURBAN SIGHTS. the afternoon especially, lies in deep shadow under thefoliage. Curving around the foot of the hill, it is a pleas-ant approach to some of the more attractive spots in the. cemetery, and leads directly to the pleasant dell at the footof Mount Dearborn and Fountain Hill. In tins dell thereis a little nook, which seems almost a grotto under the FOREST HILLS CEMETERY. 207 overhanging foliage of trees and shrubs that grow on theprecipitous sides of Fountain Hill. The deep shadowsseem to spread a refreshing coolness around, and inviteone to rest on the garden seats, which are disposed on oneside, while on the other is a rustic fountain — a naturalspring, over which is erected a covering of rough stones are clothed with lichens, and in the intersticesare planted moss, brakes, and other wild plants, the wholeforming a pretty rustic monument. On the upper stone isfixed a bronze plate bearing the following words: — WHOSOEVER DRINKETH OF THIS WATER WILL THIRST AGAIN : BUT THE WATER THAT I SHALL GIVE WILL BE IN HIM A WELL OF WATER SPRINGING UP INTO EVERLASTING LIFE. From this vicinity two aven
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