The tourist's guide to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard . 126 MARTHAS VINEYARD. and enterprise incident upon the planting ofthe modern city. The glory of the cottages,in all parts except upon the Bluffs line, consistsin the overhanging, spreading, shading, pro-tecting trees that rear in front of and shelterand bless almost every cottage away fromthe ocean front. Their trunks are fromone to two feet through, gnarled andknotted and burled in most singular, and oftengrotesque, formations. Their great limbsspread amazingly, with a vitality and far-reaching comprehensiveness of a work to per-form th
The tourist's guide to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard . 126 MARTHAS VINEYARD. and enterprise incident upon the planting ofthe modern city. The glory of the cottages,in all parts except upon the Bluffs line, consistsin the overhanging, spreading, shading, pro-tecting trees that rear in front of and shelterand bless almost every cottage away fromthe ocean front. Their trunks are fromone to two feet through, gnarled andknotted and burled in most singular, and oftengrotesque, formations. Their great limbsspread amazingly, with a vitality and far-reaching comprehensiveness of a work to per-form that are suggested to every appreciativebeholder. In their branches the summer birdsnestle and busy themselves, and under theirshade the summer residents linger and rest—oh, how they rest!—themselves. It is probable that the great majority of peo-ple who make reference by voice or pen toMarthas Vineyard are thinking when they doso, only of Cottage City, that place being thegrand centre of attractions and interests forthe whole island, and, indeed, th
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