The Pine-tree coast . vantage. \ffa. *fjftsr„I ai**tvu. ?>) /?/.. affairs like men whohave moved out of theworld, and whom the worldhas forgotten. I have said more thanintended, in the hope of givingsome check to those loose and mis-leading statements which, from frequentrepetition, gain credit among uninstruotedvisitors, and are so hard to root out. Noplace on the whole coast has afforded suchplentiful crop of historical nettles as indulgent reader will, I trust, therefore appre-ciate the endeavor to give him the true countersign,before we go the rounds together. This tour of
The Pine-tree coast . vantage. \ffa. *fjftsr„I ai**tvu. ?>) /?/.. affairs like men whohave moved out of theworld, and whom the worldhas forgotten. I have said more thanintended, in the hope of givingsome check to those loose and mis-leading statements which, from frequentrepetition, gain credit among uninstruotedvisitors, and are so hard to root out. Noplace on the whole coast has afforded suchplentiful crop of historical nettles as indulgent reader will, I trust, therefore appre-ciate the endeavor to give him the true countersign,before we go the rounds together. This tour of a spot not much larger than a country gentlemans privategrounds is certainly one of the most profitable experiences old or young couldpossibly have; not so much tor what the place has to show, though in thisrespect it is by no means lacking, as for the crowding recollections itcalls up, the consistency it gives to things bu1 imperfectly understood al best,and for the satisfaction one feels in walking about among scenes consecrated byhistory. a ^mf Iw/kf
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