. The old colony, or, Pilgrim land : past and present . ough all the earth, and none nowneed to be told that this form of religious worship long since attainedits greatest proportions here. From the first foundation of thesemeetings there were those among their regular attendants who foundin the place not only sacred and valued associations growing out of itsconnection with the religious establishment, but a situation fair to viewand desirable to occupy; and these became habituated to anticipatingthe meeting season in their attendance, and remaining behind after thereligious exercises were fin
. The old colony, or, Pilgrim land : past and present . ough all the earth, and none nowneed to be told that this form of religious worship long since attainedits greatest proportions here. From the first foundation of thesemeetings there were those among their regular attendants who foundin the place not only sacred and valued associations growing out of itsconnection with the religious establishment, but a situation fair to viewand desirable to occupy; and these became habituated to anticipatingthe meeting season in their attendance, and remaining behind after thereligious exercises were finished — in fact, they became summer resi-dents, building cottages or temporary homes, and in every way provid-ing for making their stay comfortable and pleasant. In course of timeother and richer visitors, attracted sometimes by the novelty of themeeting establishment, and still more, perhaps, by the superlativecharms of the island, added their presence and their villas and ornatecottages to the general assemblage, until the renowned Cottage City 60. y/J/VEy/iKD 61 had taken place, a community point which is now one of the wondersof the western world, and which has not its counterpart anywhere and small hotels, restaurants, libraries, all sorts of public con-veniences and appliances, are in fullest provision; and here one mayAnd largest scope for all his ideas, or practices growing out of them,with regard to summering; making one with the great throng in anotable caravansary; mingling with the most cultured guests or tem-porary denizens of the ideal summer houses of the place; becoming adweller in tents or rude lodgings, like the patriarchs of old; or he maysojourn by himself in some chosen nook or solitude, philosophizingor exploring or investigating alone, like Thoreau, up and down theshores, or like the heroes or the old red sand-stone. The shores of Marthas Vineyard are of surpassing attractiveness,and their fascinations are greatly enhanced through the animati
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