. King's handbook of Boston harbor. attraction, at Point Allerton,Strawberry Hill, and beyond. After passing the Rockland House the rail-way turns inland, among strange rocky hillocks, and meets the Old Colonyline in the town of Hingham. On foggy and stormy days, this route isavailed of by the people who must go to Boston. The length of the lineis nine miles; and the fare is ten cents, over the entire route or any partof it. It is one of the most charming rides imaginable; close beside thecool and salty sea, with the waves breaking so near as to throw spray, athigh wind and tide, over the rail
. King's handbook of Boston harbor. attraction, at Point Allerton,Strawberry Hill, and beyond. After passing the Rockland House the rail-way turns inland, among strange rocky hillocks, and meets the Old Colonyline in the town of Hingham. On foggy and stormy days, this route isavailed of by the people who must go to Boston. The length of the lineis nine miles; and the fare is ten cents, over the entire route or any partof it. It is one of the most charming rides imaginable; close beside thecool and salty sea, with the waves breaking so near as to throw spray, athigh wind and tide, over the rails, — so near, that, in the winter of 1882, asection of the track was destroyed by a wrecked vessel that was thrownupon it. There is great variety of scenery, too, — the stately processionof vessels in the light-house channel; the Brewster Islands, green andbrown, like cairngorms set in blue enamel; the lake-like expanses of theinner harbor; and the wide blue ocean, with its surges whitening up thestrand beneath the ICINGS HANDBOOK OF BOSTON HARBOR. 29 Efje Ancient Eoton of Hfull.
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