. King's handbook of Boston harbor. ting) patricians has found happiness here, — conclaves offinanciers, re-unions of veteran officers, detachments from the city clubs, andpolitical councils often seeking, for the time, no more formidable task thanthe time-honored (and difficult) one of throwing stones from the Point on toDeer Island. We have followed the coast of Boston Harbor, from the finger-tip of Hull,along wave-swept Nantasket, past quaint old Hingham and Weymouth, andhistoric Ouincy and Dorchester, by the eastern wards of Boston, and downto the northern peninsula, gathering here and the
. King's handbook of Boston harbor. ting) patricians has found happiness here, — conclaves offinanciers, re-unions of veteran officers, detachments from the city clubs, andpolitical councils often seeking, for the time, no more formidable task thanthe time-honored (and difficult) one of throwing stones from the Point on toDeer Island. We have followed the coast of Boston Harbor, from the finger-tip of Hull,along wave-swept Nantasket, past quaint old Hingham and Weymouth, andhistoric Ouincy and Dorchester, by the eastern wards of Boston, and downto the northern peninsula, gathering here and there a bit of picturesquehistory, a half-forgotten legend, a gem from the rich treasures of Motley orEverett or Thoreau or Longfellow. It now remains to sail down amongand through the islands, and so on out to sea: — When the pink sails at sunset faded out,Far, far, north-east, when, outward-bound, the fleetLeft home and love behind, and steered away. ICINGS IIAXDHOOK OF BOSTON HARBOR. 129 Castle Mattti anti JFort Entiqjcntjence*. THE OLD PURITAN STRONGHOLD. — PROVINCIAL AND BRITISH GARRISONS.—THE VIRGIN FORTRESS. ROWNING over the channel, zh miles from Bos-ton, and 900 yards from South Boston, rise thebatteries of Castle Island. As far back as#i853Dr. J. V. C. Smith predicted that in time asolid mass of buildings, the homes of 300,000people, would extend on reclaimed land out toThompsons Island. The present Fort Independ-ence is a handsome and substantial stone structure,erected since 1850, on the site of Castle William. Ithas five sides, each of which is commanded by projectingbastions and flank defences, with large howitzers in the casemates and<15-inch Rodman guns on the barbettes. The accuracy and enormouspower of the latter have been tested by firing at targets on the outerpoint of Thompsons Island. In the casemates which overlook the ship-channel is a long line of the heaviest guns, with a formidable battery of 10-inch smooth-bores on the barbette above, protect
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