. Historic Boston and its neighborhood ; an historical pilgrimage personally conducted. v-ernment, and now the General Government 148 HISTORIC BOSTON. has given back the use of the island to thecity of Boston for a part of its public-parksystem. Perhaps all this about the boat and theskipper and the sailing across the harbor mayprove imaginary. Perhaps the day is notnice, or perhaps mamma has to attend a meet-ing of the Colonial Dames, so that only theboys and girls can go. In that case you canstill see the fort and can walk about and canlook across and see Winthrops island; and,I think, if yo
. Historic Boston and its neighborhood ; an historical pilgrimage personally conducted. v-ernment, and now the General Government 148 HISTORIC BOSTON. has given back the use of the island to thecity of Boston for a part of its public-parksystem. Perhaps all this about the boat and theskipper and the sailing across the harbor mayprove imaginary. Perhaps the day is notnice, or perhaps mamma has to attend a meet-ing of the Colonial Dames, so that only theboys and girls can go. In that case you canstill see the fort and can walk about and canlook across and see Winthrops island; and,I think, if you get on the highest point of all,you can see far off the point at Squantumwhere the lobsters were. You will take some South Boston car, as Ihave described before ; but, instead of askingfor a boat at City Point, ask one of the guidesto show you the pretty pier which goes acrossthe water to the island. It will please you tosee the number of little children runningabout on the pier, and to see the little whitebabies sitting on their mothers knees andtaking the comfort of the sea THE ISLANDS AND THE FORTS. I49 In 1665, as dear old Captain RichardDavenport, wlio was the commander of theCastle, was taking his afternoon nap on the15th of July, he was struck dead by light-ning. His dog was killed at the gate. Therewas only a wainscot partition between hisroom and the magazine of powder. He wasan old man who had had to do with that inci-dent w^hich I think you have read about, when,thirty years before, Endicott had cut thecross out of the kings colors. From thattime to his time it had been agreed that thered cross shoukl be shown in the flag at theCastle, while it was not shown anywhere onthe mainland until the reign of Charles Richard Clap, who has given one ofthe most quaint accounts of the early settle-ment left from that generation, was appointedas Davenports successor. In 1673 the wholefort was burned down by accident and a stonefort was then built in its place. A
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