. King's handbook of Boston harbor. bor, seeking locations for new colonies on this virgin soil. Standishreconnoitred the coast in 1621 ; Westons men came to Weymouth in 1622;exiles from Plymouth founded Hull in 1622; and Mortons scapegracecolony of Merry-Mount began in 1625. KINGS HANDBOOK OF BOSTON HARBOR. 2T,l Many a vessel had sailed into the harbor, from the time of Thorwaldto that of Champlain and Standish ; but the arrival which was great withdestiny for these shores occurred in the beautiful late summer of 1630,when Governor Winthrops fleet sailed in, coming around from Salem. Thepictu
. King's handbook of Boston harbor. bor, seeking locations for new colonies on this virgin soil. Standishreconnoitred the coast in 1621 ; Westons men came to Weymouth in 1622;exiles from Plymouth founded Hull in 1622; and Mortons scapegracecolony of Merry-Mount began in 1625. KINGS HANDBOOK OF BOSTON HARBOR. 2T,l Many a vessel had sailed into the harbor, from the time of Thorwaldto that of Champlain and Standish ; but the arrival which was great withdestiny for these shores occurred in the beautiful late summer of 1630,when Governor Winthrops fleet sailed in, coming around from Salem. Thepicturesque high-sterned vessels, almost Elizabethan in their antique modelsand rich quaint decorations, with abundance of flags fluttering from theirlow masts, and scores of fierce little four-pound cannon protruding fromtheir port-holes, made a brave show as they sailed up the harbor, while therich flush of a July day rested on the embowered islands and the gracefulhills of Shawmut. Foremost rode the admiral-ship, Lady Arbella, of 350. The Old Tewksbury House, Point Shirley. tons, with 28 guns, and in all points well equipped; next came the vice-admiral, the Talbot, with the remaining vessels closing in behind. Mr. Beecher once said that God seems to have picked out the hardestterritory on the globe for the Puritans to inhabit. He placed them on thesterile soil of New England, and told them to show what they could do;and they have shown it to the world. At first they took a grave view ofthis dispensation; and Cotton Mather himself reported that Boston, theMetropolis of the whole English Empire . . was at first proverbially calledLost-Town, for the mean and sad circumstances of it. Ship after shipascended the Bay, each with its precious cargo of immigrants, self-exiled 232 KINGS HANDBOOK OF BOSTON HARBOR. for conscience sake, and finding joy in freedom, even on a rugged andempty continent. The sentiment is clearly set forth in Margaret SmithsJournal: As we passed the small wooded i
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