Popular resorts, and how to reach them . h; the ground is high, falling gently from a woodedcrest to the bluff, which drops thirty feet to the beach below. Serpentinewalks and drives permeate the groves of oak, in which cottages are pleas-antly placed. A grand ocean avenue leads for miles along bluff andthrough the groves to the point of starting. A commodious hotel is open 102 POPULAB BESORTS, AND HOW TO BEACH THEM. to guests in summer. The railroad which leads to Falmouth Heights andWoods Hole branches from the main road at Cohasset Narrows. Thislocality abounds in fine landscape and marine
Popular resorts, and how to reach them . h; the ground is high, falling gently from a woodedcrest to the bluff, which drops thirty feet to the beach below. Serpentinewalks and drives permeate the groves of oak, in which cottages are pleas-antly placed. A grand ocean avenue leads for miles along bluff andthrough the groves to the point of starting. A commodious hotel is open 102 POPULAB BESORTS, AND HOW TO BEACH THEM. to guests in summer. The railroad which leads to Falmouth Heights andWoods Hole branches from the main road at Cohasset Narrows. Thislocality abounds in fine landscape and marine views; and summer resi-dences will soon dot the scene. Woods Hole is a picturesque hamlet of a hundred buildings, locatedon a promontory, on the extreme southern point of the peninsula whichforms Barnstable County. The harbor is small, but affords good anchor-age, and is well protected by outlying headlands and islands. This isthe terminus of the road in this direction, and is the nearest point ofrailroad connection to Marthas town in the Commonwealth. Thirty miles out at sea isa tufted sand-bank fifteenmiles long: on it is the quaint-est and most old-fashionedThe zeal and energy of its hardy seamen, POPULAR RKSORTS, AND HOW TO REAOH THEM. 103 who pursued the whale in its arctic home, made Nantucket in earliertimes familiar to the British Parliament. Nantucket is now coming tothe front as a watering-place. The facilities for the rugged sports of theseaside which it otters, its bracing and genial air, the many attractionsthat surround it, the absence of fogs, and the home amusements presented,the easy sail of two hours, — all commend Nantucket to parties in searchof out-door excitement and healthy recreation. The town is specially commended to invalids who seek quiet andrepose. Visitors can take their breakfast at the White Mountains, andsleep in Nantucket; men of business can reach New York or the WhiteMountains as easily as from Boston. The connections are swift a
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