Guide to historic PlymouthLocalities and objects of interest . cture to ourselves the scene onthat Monday morning, when, after theirrest on (kirks Iskrnd, they came intheir shallop t(j inspect the new coun-try tliat they had providentially wharves and Iniildings and every trace of civil-ization vanish. All is wild and unknown. Acrossthe harJDor comes the boat, every eyeanxiously and keenly scanning thestrange shore to dis-n cover the presencej of human beings,j who will be sure to! be enemies. Theycoast along theshore bv cliffand lowland,hand on wea-pon, e\ery sensealert for the ex-^
Guide to historic PlymouthLocalities and objects of interest . cture to ourselves the scene onthat Monday morning, when, after theirrest on (kirks Iskrnd, they came intheir shallop t(j inspect the new coun-try tliat they had providentially wharves and Iniildings and every trace of civil-ization vanish. All is wild and unknown. Acrossthe harJDor comes the boat, every eyeanxiously and keenly scanning thestrange shore to dis-n cover the presencej of human beings,j who will be sure to! be enemies. Theycoast along theshore bv cliffand lowland,hand on wea-pon, e\ery sensealert for the ex-^ p e c t e d warwhoopand attack. A steepand sandy cliff, the base of which is washed ])y thewater, meets their eye ; at its foot a great boulder,brought from some far-away coast by glaciers, in somelong-gone age. Oval in form, with a liat top, it seemsthe very place to liring the great clumsy boat up to, asfrom its top they can spring to the shore drv-shod,a matter which, after their previous wading in theice-cold water at the Cape, is of no small moment, 32. The shallop is steered to its side ; the companysteps upon the Rock, and the Landing of theForefathers, now so reverently commemorated, iscompleted. Look along the shore at this day, northor south, and you may see cliffs as this was of romance thrown around it by time, itshould be remembered that the Landing was thatof the exploring party which had coasted around thebay, the Mayflower then being in Cape CodHarbor. According to Mourts Relation, the exploringparty, having landed from the Rock, marched alsointo the lane and found divers cornfields and littlerunning brooks, a place very good for situation. Sowe returned to our ships again with good news tothe rest of the people, which did much comfort theirhearts. The Mayflower weighs her anchor, and spread-
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