. The old colony, or, Pilgrim land : past and present . matter; and as these wind-mill on the cape. sharp representatives of the keenest Yankee race haAe alwajrs delightedto take their wives and daughters about the world with them, andthe sons have made the same cruises on their own account, it hap-pens that in every dozen of Cape Cod families there are more indi-viduals who have seen the world, than can be found in any onehundred families elsewhere on earth. These matters are alluded tothat the reader may be assured of the fact that it is possible to fallfar short of a correct estimate of thi
. The old colony, or, Pilgrim land : past and present . matter; and as these wind-mill on the cape. sharp representatives of the keenest Yankee race haAe alwajrs delightedto take their wives and daughters about the world with them, andthe sons have made the same cruises on their own account, it hap-pens that in every dozen of Cape Cod families there are more indi-viduals who have seen the world, than can be found in any onehundred families elsewhere on earth. These matters are alluded tothat the reader may be assured of the fact that it is possible to fallfar short of a correct estimate of this tongue of land, in any respect. It is hardly necessary, however, to assure anybody who knoAvs aughtof its real situation of the superior claims of Cape Cod as a summering-place, for it can be nothing short of the best in this regard, so far assea-coast sojourning is concerned. It makes little difference in whatpart of the Cape the summer visitor may decide to tarry, or whether heconcludes to visit many portions in turn; he will find peculiar attrac-. 52 tions in all. For purely ocean scenes and influences, Provincetown,Truro, Wellfleet, and the middle towns will present special hotels, crowded with guests and brilliant with all the fashion-able paraphernalia, form no part of any existing attributes of Cape Codsummering. But there are quiet private houses, where hospitality,good cheer, and a home-life unequalled for its grateful ministrationsmay be secured, within reach of recreative enjoyments which can neverbe understood or appreciated except as matters of experience. Theocean in storm and calm; the life-saving stations, grouped more thicklyon these shores than anywhere else; the peculiar employments, facilitiesand pursuits of the population; the beautiful shore scenery; the lightestablishment; the fisheries; the singular make-up and grouping of thehabitations and villages; the ancient Yankee manners and customs;all these, with the matters enumerated above a
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