. Pilgrim trails : a Plymouth-to-Provincetown sketchbook . en light little one with 1620 on it? Down on theother side of the road. He waved a brown And there it was, the famous boulder, waitingto be taken to its new position at the waters Rock is a very satisfactory relic; justthe shape of a Rock. Its prehistoric excursions withthe glacier and its historic pilgrimages since 1620have combined to lead it a roving life. In Revolu-tionary days it was on Town Square, with the Lib-erty Pole; then it migrated to the lawn in front ofPilgrim Hall; then it rested under
. Pilgrim trails : a Plymouth-to-Provincetown sketchbook . en light little one with 1620 on it? Down on theother side of the road. He waved a brown And there it was, the famous boulder, waitingto be taken to its new position at the waters Rock is a very satisfactory relic; justthe shape of a Rock. Its prehistoric excursions withthe glacier and its historic pilgrimages since 1620have combined to lead it a roving life. In Revolu-tionary days it was on Town Square, with the Lib-erty Pole; then it migrated to the lawn in front ofPilgrim Hall; then it rested under its canopy at thefoot of Coles Hill — and in all these positions itinspired tourists to remarks about the agility of theFathers in using it as a stepping-stone from theharbor to dry land. And now, in 1921, it goes backto the original landing-place, where the high tideswill reach it again. Barbara and I congratulated ourselves on ourluck in arriving at the right time to catch it on themove. Probably its fourth century of fame will -H &^« ;;; - •. § -^ ^ ,..^s«. PLYMOUTH TOWNE 5 bring it more visitors than ever before, includingour friends, the little delegates from Portugal andItaly, who hope to swim near by. Now, said Barbara, lets go up to LeydenStreet and see if we can imagine that its FirstStreet, with the first houses and all. Taking our imaginations well in hand, we foundLeyden Street and the site of the first it is not necessary to be thrilled at everyinch of Plymouth. No matter how many times wevisit it, I think we expect to find it looking moregray and spectral than it does; just as children,from much study of the map, half expect to seethe land of China look yellow. There are fishing-coves on the Maine coast that look a good dealmore like our childhood idea of Plymouth —weatherbeaten houses, low roofs3 and great darkcliffs with the surf pounding against them. Hemans is not entirely responsible for ourmisconception. We know that we s
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