Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . NAHANT. 183 stand, Egg Rock rises abruptly from the sea to the heightof eighty-six feet. Its shape is oval, and on its summitthe gulls deposit their eggs in abundance, whence it takesits name. Passing the Iron Mine, (a huge black ledge,)we reach The Spouting Horn. Here the water, afterbeing driven through a rocky tunnel one hundred feet inlength into a deep cavern, is spouted forth in wild sheetsof foam and spray, while the Atlantics billows seem tojar the solid rocks with thundering sound, and shake thevery crags that dare to stay the
Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . NAHANT. 183 stand, Egg Rock rises abruptly from the sea to the heightof eighty-six feet. Its shape is oval, and on its summitthe gulls deposit their eggs in abundance, whence it takesits name. Passing the Iron Mine, (a huge black ledge,)we reach The Spouting Horn. Here the water, afterbeing driven through a rocky tunnel one hundred feet inlength into a deep cavern, is spouted forth in wild sheetsof foam and spray, while the Atlantics billows seem tojar the solid rocks with thundering sound, and shake thevery crags that dare to stay their onward progress. Pass-ing Saunderss Ledge, we reach. Castle Rock. The battlements, buttresses, turrets,and embrasures of an ancient castle are so faithfully rep- 184 SUBURBAN SIGHTS. resented by this immense pile of rocks, that one almostwaits for the wardens challenge or the trumpets blastand expects to see the square openings (so like doors andwindows) peopled with armed men. In Caldron Cliff the water boils with tremendousforce and fury during great storms; and in RoaringCavern the sound is distinctly heard. Crossing Natu-ral Bridge, we may see the varying tides and jaggedrocks full twenty feet below us, and we reach
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