. King's handbook of Boston harbor. pleasant views of the harbor onthe left, with the dark groves ofThompsons Island and the villa-crowned ridge of Squantum. Aftertraversing Savin Hill and HarrisonSquare, it crosses the NeponsetRiver, leaves the hill-village ofWollaston Heights on the right,and runs through venerable Ouin-cy, the home of the Presidents,with the Adams Academy on theleft, close by the track. The train passes thence into the rural region tothe southward, and at Braintree leaves the main line, and passes on to therails of the South-Shore branch, where it follows through the rich v
. King's handbook of Boston harbor. pleasant views of the harbor onthe left, with the dark groves ofThompsons Island and the villa-crowned ridge of Squantum. Aftertraversing Savin Hill and HarrisonSquare, it crosses the NeponsetRiver, leaves the hill-village ofWollaston Heights on the right,and runs through venerable Ouin-cy, the home of the Presidents,with the Adams Academy on theleft, close by the track. The train passes thence into the rural region tothe southward, and at Braintree leaves the main line, and passes on to therails of the South-Shore branch, where it follows through the rich villagesof Weymouth, and into Hingham. A mile or so beyond is the Old-Colonystation (18 miles from Boston), whence the new Nantasket-Beach Railwaydiverges to the beach, running through a quaintly desolate region of rockyhillocks and level salt-marshes. The South-Shore train continues on toCohasset, Scituate, Marshfield, and Duxbury, in the very heart of the landof the Brass Mortar, Life-Boat Station. KING S HANDBOOK OF BOSTON HARBOR. 73 f&injjjjam anti OTrtrmoutl).
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