. New England; a human interest geographical reader. The arch on the cliff walk A City of Pleasure 233 is recorded that in one instance they took a pig outto ride in an automobile in order to do somethingreally new. The part ofthe place thatwas once soflourishing asa seaport, isnow a ratherquiet and ordi-nary old villagewith the nar-row streets andquaint crowdedwooden build-ings character-istic of so manyof the colonialtowns alongthe New Eng-land of itsstreets whichimpresses the traveller with its name, is FarewellStreet, so called because it leads to the is very littl
. New England; a human interest geographical reader. The arch on the cliff walk A City of Pleasure 233 is recorded that in one instance they took a pig outto ride in an automobile in order to do somethingreally new. The part ofthe place thatwas once soflourishing asa seaport, isnow a ratherquiet and ordi-nary old villagewith the nar-row streets andquaint crowdedwooden build-ings character-istic of so manyof the colonialtowns alongthe New Eng-land of itsstreets whichimpresses the traveller with its name, is FarewellStreet, so called because it leads to the is very little of the old sea traffic now, butevery evening the place is startled out of its dreams,after the curfew has rung, by the arrival of a hugeSound steamer, which glides along with a subdued. In Newport harbor 234 New England noise of parting waters, and, with its multitude ofelectric lights, shines like a street in the New the harbor continues to be used by the fish-ing fleet, costly yachts often outnumber the fishingboats there. Newports most widely famed relic of the past iswhat is known as The Old Stone Mill in one of thecity parks. It is a low circular tower supported oneight arches. Formerly there was a floor above thearches making a second story to the building. Thewalls stand firm, and probably are much what they werein the first place. Little is known with certainty aboutits history except that it was used at one time as astorehouse for hay. But most investigators agree thatit was erected for a windmill by an early governor ofthe colony about 1675. Others, however, claim thatit was built by the Norsemen hundreds of years beforeColumbus discovered America. Longfellow in his well-known poem, The Skeletonin Armor, makes it the home of a bold Norse
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