Rand, McNally & co.'s handy guide to Boston and environs .. . orms, in effect, a secondstory, having pavilions 21 feet square upon each corner, con-taining stairs, serving, and toilet room. These pavilions are con-nected by covered galleries on three sides, the remainder of thespace being open to the sky. A collection of fancy pigeons, including archangels, blondinettes,English owls, fantails, tumblers, magpies, nuns, and turbits, fromthe estate of the late Edmund Quincy at Isle au Haute, was presentedto the department by Dr. H. P. Quincy, and are domiciled at thepropagating house in the nurse
Rand, McNally & co.'s handy guide to Boston and environs .. . orms, in effect, a secondstory, having pavilions 21 feet square upon each corner, con-taining stairs, serving, and toilet room. These pavilions are con-nected by covered galleries on three sides, the remainder of thespace being open to the sky. A collection of fancy pigeons, including archangels, blondinettes,English owls, fantails, tumblers, magpies, nuns, and turbits, fromthe estate of the late Edmund Quincy at Isle au Haute, was presentedto the department by Dr. H. P. Quincy, and are domiciled at thepropagating house in the nursery at the southerly end of the are a source of much attraction to visitors. A flock of about200 sheep also attracts . considerable notice, and is a popularfeature of the park, the herding of the sheep by the shejiherddogs being an interesting sight. ^ Scarboro Pond, seven acres in area, adds very materially to theattractiveness of the park. Its summer level, which gives it a depthof eight feet, is in winter lowered to a depth of about four feet to. (67) 68 HANDY GUIDE TO BOSTON. make it safe for skating. Eventually a boating and skating housewill be built here. The beautiful parkway drive ends at Franklin Park, but beginsagain in the Dorchesterway, which, in connection with the proposedstrandway, will open into Marine Park. ? Marine Park, on South Boston Point, includes historic CastleIsland, and is connected with the latter by bridge. From its south-eastern extremity an immense pier, 1,300 feet in length, has beenbuilt out into the bay, and is a crowded resort on pleasant head-house was built at the shore end of the point. This build-ing is flanked on two sides by raised platforms to serve as prome-nades, which will extend to the iron pier, and below and betweenwhich 500 bath-houses will be located. The house will containa general waiting-room on the ground or terrazzo floor, withmens and womens waiting and dressing rooms and bath toilets, thespaces under t
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