. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations. ection intothe long and beautiful wooded eminence of Manomet Hill, 396 feetabove sea-level. A charming locality on this shore, called ManometBluffs, has become quite populous with summer residents, having ahotel, villas and cottages. The land rises precipitously in a curvedline from the shore to the heights of 60 and 100 feet. The outlookfrom the bluffs is one of the finest and most expansive on the fair weather, nearly the entire outline of Cape Cod, from Sand-wich to Provincetown, may be seen sweeping around
. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations. ection intothe long and beautiful wooded eminence of Manomet Hill, 396 feetabove sea-level. A charming locality on this shore, called ManometBluffs, has become quite populous with summer residents, having ahotel, villas and cottages. The land rises precipitously in a curvedline from the shore to the heights of 60 and 100 feet. The outlookfrom the bluffs is one of the finest and most expansive on the fair weather, nearly the entire outline of Cape Cod, from Sand-wich to Provincetown, may be seen sweeping around and enclosingthe bay. The view to the north includes the nearer Duxbury Bay,with the Neck, Captains Hill, and Pilgrim Hall and church spiresand towers in Plymouth, and the shipping in its harbor. A remark-able feature in the town is the numerous fresh-water ponds, whichhave an area of about 3,000 acres. The most noted of these —beginning at the north — are Billington Sea, Great South Pond,Long Pond, Half-way Pond, and Great Herring Pond which extends J*P^?Ml, ^P-^T^.
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