Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . green16 182 SUBURBAN SIGHTS. of their crests, as they bend just before they tumble inmusic; all the loveliness and majesty of the ocean aredisplayed around the jagged and savage-browed cliffs ofNahant. This narrow promontory, which runs out from LynnBeach, is crowned with charming gardens, cottages, andvillas, and rests like an emerald in its sparkling and frettedframework of brilliants. While the rocks present everyvariety of color, the cliffs are pierced by fissures, caverns,and grottos so numerous that the visitor stands in awe;and
Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . green16 182 SUBURBAN SIGHTS. of their crests, as they bend just before they tumble inmusic; all the loveliness and majesty of the ocean aredisplayed around the jagged and savage-browed cliffs ofNahant. This narrow promontory, which runs out from LynnBeach, is crowned with charming gardens, cottages, andvillas, and rests like an emerald in its sparkling and frettedframework of brilliants. While the rocks present everyvariety of color, the cliffs are pierced by fissures, caverns,and grottos so numerous that the visitor stands in awe;and the shell-crowned beaches of shining, silvery sand areso 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 eighty-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
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