The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . ngin the effort to cripple the colonies, the Englishman was promptto seize the opportunity offered and lowered away a boat forthe plunder and burning of the helpless schooner. But wordof the impending trouble was carried throughout the country,and before the boat could reach its intended victim the farmerswere flocking m on horseback or afoot. Few had arms, buta hedge fence bordering a nearby field offered its stakes,
The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . ngin the effort to cripple the colonies, the Englishman was promptto seize the opportunity offered and lowered away a boat forthe plunder and burning of the helpless schooner. But wordof the impending trouble was carried throughout the country,and before the boat could reach its intended victim the farmerswere flocking m on horseback or afoot. Few had arms, buta hedge fence bordering a nearby field offered its stakes, andthese were promptly distributed to the resolute islanders, whoreached the schooner before the attacking party could do anydamage, and literally clubbed the British off, for so impetuouswas their onslaught that the single boat load of tars was forcedto retire defeated of its purpose. Every island man was a sailoras well as farmer and with so many willing hands the vesselwas soon floated and out of danger. FROM EAST CHOP. Now a fight does not put us in a proper frame of mind forwhat is to come so we must mount the hill slowly in order to OAK BLUFFS TO VINEYARD HAVEN. 65. Tlie NfW York Yacht Club imssinj; East Cliop. cool off and be prepared for the beauty and magnificence ofthe view for, as we reach the higher level, at our feet is the vastexpanse of Vineyard Sound, an enchantment of opalescentcolor, of white caps or doldrums, of catboats and steamers andtows and schooners, and across the five miles of water the scat-tering villages of the Cape. Never twice alike and ever beau-tiful. THE WASTING OF EAST CHOP. On the eastern side of East Chop Prof. Henry L. Whiting,who first mapped the island in 1845-6, found that the bluff,which has a height here of about 80 feet, retreated 75 feet be-tween 1845 and 1871, or at the rate of 3 feet per annum. Inthese years 13,000,000 cubic feet of earth and stones werewashed away by the strong currents, a large portion beingcarried into Vineyard
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