The Pine-tree coast . CASCO BAY. 179. MRS. H. 15. STOWE. Great Chebeague is a little republic of two thousaud acres, having its own churches, schoolhouses, and stores, with a quite large resident population. In general; the aboriginal names of Maine are jawbreakers; but we do not find those remaining about this bay so unpronounceable as those existing farther east, while as between Hog and Chebeague the relic of barbarism would certainly receive the suffrages of all travellers over the sign of civilization. We glide on past the shores of Great Chebeague, steer between Hope and Little Bangs, ou
The Pine-tree coast . CASCO BAY. 179. MRS. H. 15. STOWE. Great Chebeague is a little republic of two thousaud acres, having its own churches, schoolhouses, and stores, with a quite large resident population. In general; the aboriginal names of Maine are jawbreakers; but we do not find those remaining about this bay so unpronounceable as those existing farther east, while as between Hog and Chebeague the relic of barbarism would certainly receive the suffrages of all travellers over the sign of civilization. We glide on past the shores of Great Chebeague, steer between Hope and Little Bangs, out into Broad Sound, leaving Crotch, Jewells,^ and their satellites astern. Far out in the offing we can now make out the tall, gray lighthouse on Half-Way Rock again.^ It is but a short run now across the sound into Potts Harbor, at the extreme seaward point of Harpswell the world has read Mrs. Stowes Pearl of Orrs Island, and Orrs Island lies out in full view before us. She has told us about the lives of the people. Mr. giv
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