. Quaint Cape Cod and its summer delights . wn as a summeringplace. The fame of it as a summer resort has been spreadby those who have visited the place during the heatedterm and reveled in the charms of the old-fashionedlife of the place. Business men and professional mentired of the hurly-burly life of the city, found here aplace of soothing rest—a place abounding in healthful andsirpple pleasures. The harbor of Provincetown is al-most circular in form. It is a beauti-ful sheet of water and affords a safeanchorage for vessels of any size anddraught. The fleet of United States warshipsassembl
. Quaint Cape Cod and its summer delights . wn as a summeringplace. The fame of it as a summer resort has been spreadby those who have visited the place during the heatedterm and reveled in the charms of the old-fashionedlife of the place. Business men and professional mentired of the hurly-burly life of the city, found here aplace of soothing rest—a place abounding in healthful andsirpple pleasures. The harbor of Provincetown is al-most circular in form. It is a beauti-ful sheet of water and affords a safeanchorage for vessels of any size anddraught. The fleet of United States warshipsassembles here every summer. Hereis a glorious place for the yachtsmanand fisherman from the city to idleaway the summer. There is no end to the fishing—yousimply have to drop a line overboardand youll get your till of sport—andfish. Cod, haddock, bluefish, mack-erel, and sea-bass — the waters ofProvincetown harbor fairly teem withthese. Nearly the whole town is engagedin the catching and shipping of sea continues to yield up its. the first real democratic governmentwas established. A monument to thememory of the Pilgrims stands onHigh Pole Hill and towers 250 feetabove the town. The lighthouses and life-savingstations in and about Provincetownare points of interest for the summervisitor. Upon Long Point, at the very tipend of the Cape, is the light whiciiguards Ihe entrance to Provincetownharbor. Two miles westward from LongPoint is Wood End Station, the firstof a string of life-saving stations thatextend along the Cape. HighlandStation and the famous HighlandCw^eandWharj Light stand upon a at Coliiit high bluff at North bounty to Provincetown folks—enough to afford them a com-fortable livelihood. The fisheries are not what they were—the rotting wharves where most of the fishing vessels landedin days gone by are evidence of that. But there is still quitea fleet of bankers and mackerelers that start out fromProvincetown. Every foot of this Provincetown region is h
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