. A narrative history of the town of Cohasset, Massachusetts . n builtup in a similar way. Three or four feet below the muckat the foot of the Ridges, pieces of old logs and roots areto be found buried under the accumulations of decayedgrass and other stuff. These logs are probably the remains of a growth of * William Veale, of South Main Street, who has dug through the marsh backof his house, has called my attention to these facts about the formation of themarsh. 64 HISTORY OF C OH ASSET. trees which existed at the place mentioned before the landsubsided so as to let in the salt sea. But thes
. A narrative history of the town of Cohasset, Massachusetts . n builtup in a similar way. Three or four feet below the muckat the foot of the Ridges, pieces of old logs and roots areto be found buried under the accumulations of decayedgrass and other stuff. These logs are probably the remains of a growth of * William Veale, of South Main Street, who has dug through the marsh backof his house, has called my attention to these facts about the formation of themarsh. 64 HISTORY OF C OH ASSET. trees which existed at the place mentioned before the landsubsided so as to let in the salt sea. But these accumula-tions of half-decayed grass with roots and particles of dustare possible only where there is sufficient dampness. Thegrass upon uplands never grew very much nor resisted longthe forces of decay. Trees and bushes were more adaptedto the conditions of upland life, and they were so greedyfor sunshine as to lace their tops together, making a deepshade in most places, quite discouraging to the trees of the dwarf kind were thus bullied out of. Photo, Miss Annie Hartwell. Little Harbor from the Ridges over the Savins. place. Along the bleak shore, where rocks were many andthe soil scarce, the savin trees could get a fair chance withthe sun ; but in places where big pines and oaks and manybroad-leaved tall trees could grow, the sunlight was somonopolized that the little savins gave up the struggle. The climate is such in New England that the richestvariety of trees in the world was here pine trees could endure the cold winters and the hotsummers because there was a good degree of moisture fall-ing each year. CLOTHED WITH VEGETATION. 65 The oaks and birches and beeches and hickories andchestnuts and many other trees with juicy leaves couldflourish here, because the summers were so hot and moistthat a large growth was made each season, before the bit-ing frosts could nip off the leaves. Too little moisture orlong periods of drought cannot be endured
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