. Pigeon Cove and vicinity . normans woe. Another digression from the ride round theCape is from Gloucester by the way of the Cut,Stage Rocks, and Steep Bank, to Rafes Chasmand Normans Woe. From the Cut is followed alittle way the old road to Salem. A long hill isclimbed. Near the top dense woods allow butglimpses of cottages and mansions wrapped inshade. Descending the western side of the hill, 86 PIGEON COVE AND VICIXITY. and at its base curving to easily pass a spur of thewood-clad ridge on the right, the road traversesthe romantic region of Fresh Water Cove and^Magnolia. Here an old path,
. Pigeon Cove and vicinity . normans woe. Another digression from the ride round theCape is from Gloucester by the way of the Cut,Stage Rocks, and Steep Bank, to Rafes Chasmand Normans Woe. From the Cut is followed alittle way the old road to Salem. A long hill isclimbed. Near the top dense woods allow butglimpses of cottages and mansions wrapped inshade. Descending the western side of the hill, 86 PIGEON COVE AND VICIXITY. and at its base curving to easily pass a spur of thewood-clad ridge on the right, the road traversesthe romantic region of Fresh Water Cove and^Magnolia. Here an old path, running from themain road diagonally, leads to a high shore ofpitcli-pine shrubs. At this jjoint are seen the won-drous Chasm, the bold, craggy shore of NormansWoe, and a little off from shore the rock island ofKormans RAFE S CHASM. Rafes Cliasm extends into the ledge from thebay more than two hundred feet. Near the bayit is ten feet wide. Toward its termination it isirregular in width. From tlie liighcst part of itsAvails to the lowest spot left bare when the tide isout, its depth is al)Out sixty feet. On a calm daytliis fissure in the jagged ledge gives an impressionof irresistible force, — of the Power that rules theocean, and that makes the earth to be at peace orto toss and shake Avith mighty throes. On the dayof tempest, rushing into it violently, spouting spray EtDE TO Normans woe. 8T many feet into the air, like liugest monsters ofthe deep, and making a noise like the thunderof the clouds, the waves reveal somewhat of themight and terror which are hidden in the earth,the air, and the sea, and incite the beholder andhstener to say: — O Father! — who forgets not, at the sightOf tliese tremendous tokens of thy power,His pride, and lays his strifes and follies by 1Oh, from these sterner as
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