. Quaint Cape Cod and its summer delights . isco. The Civil War changed all this. Dennis from Cape Cod Bay to Nantucket Sound, andis a town of ponds. At North Dennis is a large, modern hotel and a summer col-ony of cottagers from Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City and otherlarge cities of the West. Dennis is a beautiful town, full of quiet, satisfying will want to visit the old whaling ground on the shoreand the old Indian cemetery among the hills. Comprised in the town of Dennis are the villages of North Den Dennis, East Dennis, WestSouth Dennis, and DennisIn ail tliese villages
. Quaint Cape Cod and its summer delights . isco. The Civil War changed all this. Dennis from Cape Cod Bay to Nantucket Sound, andis a town of ponds. At North Dennis is a large, modern hotel and a summer col-ony of cottagers from Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City and otherlarge cities of the West. Dennis is a beautiful town, full of quiet, satisfying will want to visit the old whaling ground on the shoreand the old Indian cemetery among the hills. Comprised in the town of Dennis are the villages of North Den Dennis, East Dennis, WestSouth Dennis, and DennisIn ail tliese villages you wilcomfortable accommodation;Summer life here is restfuland satisfying. At North Dennis arefine golf links. Thereare abundant opportuni-ties for fishing here. Cod,bluefish, and striped bassare taken in great quan-tities about a mile fromshore, and lobsters are plen-tiful. There is a mile of beach-front—firm, clean, white sandthat is just ideal for bathing. From the bluff, back of the bathingbeach, on clear days, you have a fine view. from this lofty point the view of Cape Cod and thesea is even more magnificent This hill is the highest point of land on Cape Cod. An observatory has been built here. On a clear day you can see Marthas Vineyard awayacross the Sound. At the foot of the hill is ScargoLake, a picture of tranquil beauty Bass River and Chase Garden River form part ofthe boundary between the towns of Yarmouth andDennis. Bass River is navigable for canoes andother small craft for a distance of five miles from itsmouth on the south shore. Harwich A S you go from Yarmouth to Harwich you will see that much of the land is covered with dense pine woods. Sired Only here and there are occasional farm rewiler, clearings. Unlike the other Cape towns. Chatham Light I of Provincetown to the north—nearly twenty miles On the left, Plymouth coast is visible; to the southwest is theI Yarmouth shore. Inland a short distance is Scargo Hill, and h front on both the bay a
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