Guide to historic PlymouthLocalities and objects of interest . ALONG THE WHARVES. riower ? swung at her anchors. Manomet is therange of misty blue hills stretching into the bay onthe right. Kingston and Duxbury, with CaptainsHill, are on the left, and far out Clarks Island,Saquish and the Gurnet, with the thin, sandy stripof beach joining the latter headlands. On the Gurnetis Fort Andrew, and at Saquish is Fort Standish,both earthworks built by the Government during the 6i civil war of 1861-65. ^ ^^^ sites are the property ofthe United States. The Gurnet, it is said, takes itsname from a somew
Guide to historic PlymouthLocalities and objects of interest . ALONG THE WHARVES. riower ? swung at her anchors. Manomet is therange of misty blue hills stretching into the bay onthe right. Kingston and Duxbury, with CaptainsHill, are on the left, and far out Clarks Island,Saquish and the Gurnet, with the thin, sandy stripof beach joining the latter headlands. On the Gurnetis Fort Andrew, and at Saquish is Fort Standish,both earthworks built by the Government during the 6i civil war of 1861-65. ^ ^^^ sites are the property ofthe United States. The Gurnet, it is said, takes itsname from a somewhat simihir promontory in theEngUsh channel, near Plymouth, England. (>n itare located a United States life-saving station andlighthouse. Saquish is an Indian word signifying anabundance of clams. Clarks Island was named fromthe mate of the MayHower, who commanded theshallop on the expedition when the island was dis-covered. The following statistics were furnished l)y M. Harrison fmrn the Inited States Survev of. » *^ ; jvi OFF BEACH HiH, Duxbury, in the distance. 1853-57 : l^rom the shore end of Long Wharf, in astraight line, to (lurnet Eight, the distance is fourand seven-sixteenths statute miles, or three and se\en-eighths nautical miles. Ihe length of rhniouthJJeach, from the foot of Manomet Hills to the beaconon extreme ]:)()iiit, is three and li\e-sixteenths statutemiles, or l\v(; and nautical miles. The 62 length of the Reach, from its junction with the main-Lmd to the beacon, is two and five-eighths statutemiles, or two and one-fourth nautical miles. Voyage of the MayflowerShallop* ROM here we can trace the whole courseJ) of that expedition which started on its^^^ voyage of discovery from the May-flower in Provincetown Harbor, directlyopposite us across the bay. Coastingalong the inside of Cape Cod at the right, its sandyshore hidden by distance from our sight, some of the
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