. Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger . You are a stranojer inBoston, and desirous ofvisiting the principalobjects of interest in the City of little book is in-tended to be a Guide,not a History ; thereforewe shall not enter into any details respecting the riseand progress of Boston, If you know nothing of that,. 2 BOSTON SIGHTS. but are desirous of such information, procure DrakesHistory, published by Stevens, Washington-street, and init you will find all you require. We will, then, suppose you have arrived in Boston, andthat, having located yourself at one of
. Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger . You are a stranojer inBoston, and desirous ofvisiting the principalobjects of interest in the City of little book is in-tended to be a Guide,not a History ; thereforewe shall not enter into any details respecting the riseand progress of Boston, If you know nothing of that,. 2 BOSTON SIGHTS. but are desirous of such information, procure DrakesHistory, published by Stevens, Washington-street, and init you will find all you require. We will, then, suppose you have arrived in Boston, andthat, having located yourself at one of its many spacioushotels, you have commenced your tour of the city. It isalways well to have some defined point to start from, andtherefore we will select Dock-square as the scene of ourfirst exploration. Dock-square. — It is not a square now, in the pleasantacceptation of the word, though probably once upon atime it was. Very long ago grass might have grownthere, and trees flourished, and birds sung, and no dockever have been dreamed of. Only a prowling Indian,in search of a squaw or a scalp, might have been seen inthe vicinity, and all excitement have been confined to apalaver around the council-fire. But a truce to the past;it is Dock-square, and nothing else, now. And, in lieu of groves or glades, we have a busy, openspace, with la
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