. Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger . so smooth and hard that they take no impress of thesteeds hoof or the rolling wheel; and as the mind doesnot seem capable of containing all, follow the Guide, andview each object separately. Turning to the left of Nahant Beach, over which wehave just come, a vast fissure in the cliff, forty feet indepth, is seen, bearing the name of Johns Peril. Atthe distance of three fourths of a mile from where we NAHANT. 183 stand, Egg Rock rises abruptly from the sea to the heightof eightj-six feet. Its shape is oval, and on its summitthe gulls d
. Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger . so smooth and hard that they take no impress of thesteeds hoof or the rolling wheel; and as the mind doesnot seem capable of containing all, follow the Guide, andview each object separately. Turning to the left of Nahant Beach, over which wehave just come, a vast fissure in the cliff, forty feet indepth, is seen, bearing the name of Johns Peril. Atthe distance of three fourths of a mile from where we NAHANT. 183 stand, Egg Rock rises abruptly from the sea to the heightof eightj-six feet. Its shape is oval, and on its summitthe gulls deposit their eggs in abundance, whence it takesits name. Passing the Iron Mine, (a huge black ledge,)we reach The Spouting Horn. Here the water, afterbeing driven through a rocky tunnel one hundred feet inlength into a deep cavern, is spouted forth in wild sheetsof foam and spray, while the Atlantics billows seem tojar the solid rocks with thundering sound, and shake thevery crags that dare to stay their onward progress. Pass-ing Saunderss Ledge, we reach. Castle Eock. The battlements, buttresses, turrets,and embrasures of an ancient castle are so faithfully rep- 184 SUBURBAN SIGHTS. resented by this immense pile of rocks, that one almostwaits for the wardens challenge or the trumpets blastand expects to see the square openings (so like doors andwindows) peopled with armed men. \ In Caldron Cliff the water boils with tremendousforce and fury during great storms; and in RoaringCavern the sound is distinctly heard. Crossing Natu-ral Bridge, we may see the varying tides and jaggedrocks full twenty feet below us, and we reach
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