. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations. he south ; and Pocky Xook and Kingston toward the west. In 282 GAZE T TEEB 0 F MA 8SA CHUSE T TS. clear weather, the Blue Hills of Milton, on the one hand, and on theother the curving shores of Cape Cod, are distinctly visible. Nearthis monument, at the foot of the hill, is the well from which thefamous captain of the Plymouth Pilgrims drank, and also the cellarof the house in which he lived. The quaint old house of his neighborMr. Souther, still standing near, well represents that of the doughtycaptain. Near Captains H
. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations. he south ; and Pocky Xook and Kingston toward the west. In 282 GAZE T TEEB 0 F MA 8SA CHUSE T TS. clear weather, the Blue Hills of Milton, on the one hand, and on theother the curving shores of Cape Cod, are distinctly visible. Nearthis monument, at the foot of the hill, is the well from which thefamous captain of the Plymouth Pilgrims drank, and also the cellarof the house in which he lived. The quaint old house of his neighborMr. Souther, still standing near, well represents that of the doughtycaptain. Near Captains Hill is the old burial place where The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The eastern part of the town is almost destitute of stone and tim-ber ; and hence a cluster of pines upon the sandy beach, and anotherat Powder Point, are noticeable objects in the landscape. The wes-terly part of the town is well wooded with white pine and oak. Herethe trailing arbutus grows abundantly, and the holly (Irex glabra) nowand then appears. The villages of North and South Duxbury are. THE MILES STANDISH HOUSE, DUXBURY. built chiefly upon a long and pleasant street on which are some fineold mansions of various architecture. The street is crossed in thenorthern village by the Blue-fish Eiver, on which there is a ship-yardand a tide-mill. Duxbury Harbor is of unusual beauty, and well pro-tected from easterly gales by a remarkable promontory, which, start-ing from the borders of Marshfield, runs out southward, like a slendertop-boot, seven miles, terminating heel and toe with the Gurnetand Saquish. The terminus of the Anglo-American Submarine Cable Companyis on the street just mentioned ; and from a modest building where-some dozen intelligent and obliging operators are employed in tend-ing the delicate registering instruments, messages are sent by dayand night to every part of the world. The railroad stations are Duxbury, South Duxbury, and IslandCreek; these and West Duxbury are post-offices ;
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