. Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger . ngular horizontal slab to thememory of M. W. B., and a little north-west of the pub-lic lot, on Eglantine Path, is the sculptured figure ofChrist blessing little children; a little to the east of thatis the Ford monument. Faith with the Cross, and theFuller monument. Eetum through the south part ofCypress Avenue, where is a monument to Samuel Story,Jr., on Lupine Path; then turn round to the left, intoCedar Avenue, leading to the north, where are monumentsto Gridley, Hayward, Benjamin, and others; continue tothe right hand, through pa
. Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger . ngular horizontal slab to thememory of M. W. B., and a little north-west of the pub-lic lot, on Eglantine Path, is the sculptured figure ofChrist blessing little children; a little to the east of thatis the Ford monument. Faith with the Cross, and theFuller monument. Eetum through the south part ofCypress Avenue, where is a monument to Samuel Story,Jr., on Lupine Path; then turn round to the left, intoCedar Avenue, leading to the north, where are monumentsto Gridley, Hayward, Benjamin, and others; continue tothe right hand, through part of Cypress Avenue, to Cen-tral Avenue, passing the statue of Bowditch, and view themonument to the officers lost in the exploring expedition,and others, after which a return to the gate on the northmay be made direct. A short distance fi-om the cemetery, in TVatertown,is the f NiTED States Aksexal. It stands on the banksof the Charles River, a short distance below the village,contains a large amount of munitions of war, and coversforty acres of CHAPTER XVI. BUNKER HILL. MONUMENT. NAVY YARD. STATEs PRISON. HARVARD MONUMENT. A Charlestown omnibus can speedily set us downat the foot of Bunker Hill, where the pride of Britainwas once humbled, and her veteran sons, in promiscuousheaps, bit the dust. On the summit of this eminencestands the renowned Monument, towering to the skies,silently saying, Here was the bloody conflict between theoppressor and the oppressed; there floated the ships ofwar that vainly thundered with the engines of desolationagainst the undaunted heroes who, with pickaxe andshovel, upheaved the mounds that were to protect themfrom the enemy. Ascending one of the long flights of granite steps tothe gravel walk that leads to the monument, we approachthe highest spot of this everlasting hill, of everlastingremembrance. Though once soaked with the blood ofthe slain, it is now a beautiful and interesting resort tostrangers and travellers. Its pleasingly ve
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