. Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger . ,and receiving and reading rooms; in the wings are themale wards, with operating, apothecary, and bath the second story are accommodations for the matron,and private female wards. The building is provided witha thorough system of ventilation, and the whole surroundedby a spacious, airy ground, shut out from the street by ahigh brick wall. This institution is intended exclusivelyfor the poor, and no fees are [)ermitted to be taken. In the rear of the Infirmary, and extending from the 128 BOSTON SIGHTS. west end of Cambridge St
. Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger . ,and receiving and reading rooms; in the wings are themale wards, with operating, apothecary, and bath the second story are accommodations for the matron,and private female wards. The building is provided witha thorough system of ventilation, and the whole surroundedby a spacious, airy ground, shut out from the street by ahigh brick wall. This institution is intended exclusivelyfor the poor, and no fees are [)ermitted to be taken. In the rear of the Infirmary, and extending from the 128 BOSTON SIGHTS. west end of Cambridge Street to the opposite shore inCambridge, is Cambridge Bridge^ seeming (from a littledistance) like a huge cable confining Boston to the main-land. This bridge was the second built over CharlesRiver, and the first bridge over which a horse railroadleft the city. To the original proprietors a toll wasgranted for seventy years from the opening of the bridge,which, together with the causeway, was estimated to havecost twenty-three thousand pounds lawful The vicinity of Boston presents a succession of villagesprobably not to be paralleled for beauty in the UnitedStates. They are generally the residence of businessmen from the city; and a suburban residence has becomeso attractive, and the villages so stocked with comfortsand luxuries, that many wealthy families who used for-merly to pass the winter in the city and the summer inthe country make the latter their permanent dwelling-place THE SUBURBAN SIGHTS. only, and the correct method of seeing them^ we proposeto give, as it would be impossible, within our limits, andnot to our purpose, to describe the suburban towns, whichare all worthy of a visit. Therefore we shall merely de-scribe the suburban sights, and leave the visitor to dis-cover new beauties in each town he may visit. (129)
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